NZ bans fertility-damaging soy-based baby formula
Yet another study showing that genetically modified foods cause sterility — this one in humans instead of just animals. “Health and medical experts in New Zealand have called for a ban on soy-based infant formula after a recent mouse study suggested soy damages the reproductive tract and immune system. The US research, published in The...
New research suggests Tasers can be lethal
thebureauinvestigates.com Questions about the safety of taser stun guns used by police forces across the globe have been raging ever since the supposedly non-lethal weapons first came into use over a decade ago. Amnesty International, the company’s most vocal critic, has compiled figures indicating that at least 500 people in the USA have died since 2001...
Israel’s popularity sinks even lower in 2012, new BBC global survey confirms
electronicintifada.net Israel, already one of the world’s most negatively viewed countries, according to an annual BBC survey, has seen its reputation sink even lower in 2012. The result will come as a blow to Israeli officials and organizations who have been attempting to improve the country’s image through intensive hasbara – propaganda – campaigns. The 2012 Country Ratings...
Thaer Halahleh’s letter to his daughter: “My Beloved Lamar…Forgive me”
electronicintifada.net The Ministry of Prisoners’ Affairs received a letter from hunger striking Palestinian prisoner Thaer Halahleh addressed to his two year old daughter Lamar, most likely passed on by one of Addameer’s lawyers Mona Neddad during her last visit to the Ramle prison hospital on Thursday, May 10. In the latest installation of prisoner profiles for Al-Akhbar English News, I...
The Children Of Iraq: Devastation Untold
“…Line up the bodies of the children, the thousands of children — the infants, the toddlers, the schoolkids — whose bodies were torn to pieces, burned alive or riddled with bullets during the American invasion and occupation of Iraq. Line them up in the desert sand, walk past them, mile after mile, all those twisted corpses, those scraps of...
Amish prove raw milk promotes health in children
An international team of researchers recently confirmed that children who drink fresh milk – unprocessed and unpasteurized – have a better immune response to allergens and are far less likely to develop asthma. This comes amidst a concerted state and federal effort to criminalize raw milk in the US, with a Minnesota trial and protest...
Why we must name all drone attack victims
thebureauinvestigates.com Sunday’s death of Fahd al-Quso in a CIA drone strike was a significant US success. The admitted al Qaeda bomber had long been sought for his role in the deadly attack on the US navy ship the USS Cole back in 2000. At the Bureau we logged al-Quso’s name – along with his nephew Fahed Salem...
The Energy Wars Heat Up
Tomdispatch.com Six Recent Clashes and Conflicts on a Planet Heading Into Energy Overdrive Conflict and intrigue over valuable energy supplies have been features of the international landscape for a long time. Major wars over oil have been fought every decade or so since World War I, and smaller engagements have erupted every few years; a...
UNRWA mysteriously removes top official’s statement on Israel’s treatment of hunger strikers
electronicintifada.net A widely reported statement by UNRWA Commissioner General Filippo Grandi that merely noted the health conditions of hunger striking prisoners and the validity of their demands has been removed from UNRWA’s web site without explanation. The statement, originally available at http://unrwa.org/etemplate.php?id=1340, was published earlier today and removed soon after. It read in full: 10 May...
