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... GLOBAL NEWS ... NEWS ... waters of the Bering Sea reached 56°F rupted when a person moves. A small (13°C), 10°F (5.5°C) higher than normal. computer analyses the changes in each Not only have the bizarre temperature _ electrical field, working out exactly where changes upset the local ecosystem and a person is situated. Alaska's salmon runs, but the changes are Trials of the carpet are taking place in also threatening an unparalleled calamity private nursing homes in Tuusula, Finland, on land. where it is being used at night, when there The Trans-Alaska Pipeline carries oil for are fewer nurses around, to alert help if 800 miles, from Prudhoe Bay to the Port of _ people get out of bed and fall over. Valdez. The heated oil moves through (Source: The Sunday Telegraph, Sydney, pipes suspended over Alaska's permafrost. 14 December 1997) But as the region has warmed over recent decades, the tundra has begun to soften, VICTORY FOR HEALTH FREEDOM posing a threat to the pipeline—and the oO 9 November 1997, a potential disas- fragile Alaskan environment. ter for health freedom in the USA was On 7 August 1997, floods caused by averted at the last minute. Victory was melting glaciers almost destroyed the achieved by a massive grassroots campaign Trans-Alaska Pipeline. The incident was which forced a change in an enabling widely reported in the local news media but clause of the FDA Reform Bill (S.830) received little coverage outside Alaska. which, if left unchallenged, would have (Source: Earth Island Journal, Fall 1997, allowed the Food & Drug Administration northern hemisphere) (FDA) to regulate many dietary supple- her haw So much so that congressional staff referred to them as "the vitamin people" and said they were the most politically active group on Capitol Hill. The fight for health freedom is still far from over, and we recommend that people stay informed by visiting the International Advocates for Health Freedom website, www.pnc.com.au/~cafmr/online/freedom/ index.html. (Source: John C. Hammell, "Victory for Health Freedom", Life Extension, February 1998 issue) decades, the tundra has begun to soften, VICTORY FOR HEALTH FREEDOM posing a threat to the pipeline—and the oO 9 November 1997, a potential disas- fragile Alaskan environment. ter for health freedom in the USA was On 7 August 1997, floods caused by averted at the last minute. Victory was melting glaciers almost destroyed the achieved by a massive grassroots campaign Trans-Alaska Pipeline. The incident was which forced a change in an enabling widely reported in the local news media but clause of the FDA Reform Bill (S.830) received little coverage outside Alaska. which, if left unchallenged, would have (Source: Earth Island Journal, Fall 1997, allowed the Food & Drug Administration northern hemisphere) (FDA) to regulate many dietary supple- ments as drugs by harmonising American FLOORED BY SMART CARPETS law with that of the European Union, innish engineering company Messet has _ where supplements are regulated as drugs. developed a carpet that is sensitive to Several major US-based health and herb touch and is capable of monitoring the companies, who had entered into partner- heart, breathing and pulse rate of someone _ ships with European pharmaceutical com- lying on it. panies, were supporting the FDA's move to The carpet relies on a special pressure- regulate herbs as over-the-counter (OTC) sensitive film made of tiny bubbles sur- drugs because it would make it easier for rounded by electrical fields which are dis- _ them to obtain OTC drug approval and thus achieve US tin market dom- fT (EEN patsy inance. fa ye +H Members ea [Soastl __ of organisa- a tions such as the Life Extension Foundation and National Health Federation flooded Congress with faxes, letters, e- mail and phone calls demanding that the har- monisation language in the Bill be amended to exempt dietary sun- 98% IN UK SURVEY BELIEVE DIANA WAS MURDERED Compiracy theories are still emerging surrounding the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, as more and more clues surface which contradict the official stories. No wonder, then, that people are becom- ing suspicious—so suspicious, in fact, that one survey organised by the British Sunday newspaper The People recently revealed that 98 per cent of the 5,600 respondents believe Diana and Dodi were killed as part of a secret operation involving British intelligence. Only 93 respondents said they believed the crash was an accident. (Source: The People, 9 November 1997) FLOORED BY SMART CARPETS ‘innish engineering company Messet has developed a carpet that is sensitive to touch and is capable of monitoring the heart, breathing and pulse rate of someone lying on it. The carpet relies on a special pressure- sensitive film made of tiny bubbles sur- rounded by electrical fields which are dis- FLUORIDE, TEETH AND THE ATOMIC BOMB undreds of once-secret World War II documents—including declassified papers from the Manhattan Project, the US military group that built the atomic bomb—have delivered yet more proof that fluoride in drinking water is very danger- ous to human health. Massive quantities of fluoride were essential for the manufacture of nuclear- weapons-grade uranium and plutonium throughout the Cold War. Fluoride is one of the most toxic chemicals known, and the documents reveal that it rapidly emerged as the leading chemical health hazard of the US atomic bomb program—both for work- ers and for nearby communities. The documents show that much of the proof that fluoride is "safe" for humans in low doses was generated by atomic bomb program scientists who had been secretly ordered to provide "evidence useful in liti- gation" against defence contractors for flu- oride injury to citizens. The documents reveal that the first law- suits against the US atomic bomb program exempt dietary sup- plements. Sew ti 8 = NEXUS FEBRUARY - MARCH 1998