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Informant: NHNE

Some of the hottest names in technology scored the lowest grades in a recent test of environmentally-unfriendly electronics. That’s because some of your favorite tech gadgets are made with toxic chemicals like polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic and brominated flame retardants (BFRs). And when last year’s coolest trend isn’t so cool anymore, tons of tossed out electronics make their way to the developing world, where children dismantle them for scraps, and are exposed to the toxics they contain. It’s time for these companies to cut the chemicals from their products, and create a strong recycling program.

Take Action >> Tell these toxic-tech companies to clean up their act:
https://usactions.greenpeace.org/action/start.php?action_id=118

Think of it as a vast experiment in human biology. Put millions of people in a limited space, then crank a few levers: increase the hours they work, and increase the distance they have to travel; tempt them with material goods but undermine their sense of security about the future; allow them almost unlimited access to food, but subtly direct their choice by making grease and sugar most accessible. See what happens.

https://www.truthout.org/issues_06/081606HB.shtml

By Leo Lewis in Tokyo
The Times
August 10, 2006

The rapid spread of Western business practices in Japan has caused widespread mental illness and is responsible for a deepening demographic crisis, government officials say.

Statistics indicate that 60 per cent of workers suffer from ³high anxiety² and that 65 per cent of companies report soaring levels of mental illness.

Meanwhile, the size of the Japanese population is shrinking, and for the first time the Government has acknowledged that the falling birth rate is linked to job-related factors. Directors of the Japanese Mental Health Institute blame the same factors for rising levels of depression among workers and the country¹s suicide rate, which remains the highest among rich nations.

Merit-based pay and promotion are of particular concern because they are at odds with the traditional system, built on seniority, that has reigned supreme in corporate Japan. In the harsh new atmosphere of cut-throat rivalry between workers, the Institute for Population and Social Security argues, young people do not feel financially stable enough to start families.

The trend is put down to Japanese companies¹ attempts to globalise by adopting working practices more closely in line with US and British models. Larger numbers of temporary staff, a greater willingness to sack people and greater pay disparities are the downside.

A spokesman for the Mental Health Institute said that the emphasis on individual performance was driving Japanese workers -- particularly those in their thirties -- to mental turmoil. ³People tend to be individualised under the new working patterns,² he said. ³When people worked in teams they were happier.²

https://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25689-2305849,00.html


Informant: NHNE

https://www.emfacts.com/weblog/index.php?p=534
https://www.emfacts.com/weblog/index.php?p=535

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Ultrasound Can Affect Brain Development

Exposure to ultrasound can affect fetal brain development, a new study suggests. When pregnant mice were exposed to ultrasound, a small number of nerve cells in the developing brains of their fetuses failed to extend correctly in the cerebral cortex.

https://www.truthout.org/issues_06/080806HA.shtml

An Indian non-governmental organisation says samples of Coca-Cola and Pepsi products are showing even worse levels of pesticides than in a previous study.

https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5239758.stm


From Information Clearing House

Runoff from modern life is feeding an explosion of primitive organisms. This "rise of slime," as one scientist calls it, is killing larger species and sickening people.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/073106G.shtml

31.07.06

Bundesverbraucherminister Horst Seehofer will sich mit einem nationalen Allergieplan um Krankheiten wie Neurodermitis, Heuschnupfen und Unverträglichkeiten von Nahrungsmitteln kümmern. Er bezeichnete Allergien als "Volkskrankheit". Studien würden bestätigen, dass Allergien in den letzten Jahrzehnten "weltweit dramatisch zugenommen" haben. So habe sich beispielsweise allein in den 1980er Jahren die Anzahl der allergischen Bronchialasthmatiker in Europa verdoppelt. In Dänemark habe sich das Auftreten der Hautkrankheit Neurodermitis bei jüngeren Menschen nahezu verdreifacht. Bei Seehofers Plan geht es darum Daten zu sammeln und zu veröffentlichen, um die Kennzeichnung und theoretisch auch um Verbote von allergieauslösenden Stoffen.

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: https://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=14117

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Mobilfunk ein Allergen?

Elektrosensibilität eine allergische Reaktion gegen elektromagnetische Strahlung?

Die Wahrheit über die derzeitige Mobilfunktechnologie mit gepulsten Hochfrequenzen ist jedoch, dass diese Strahlung alle Zellen in unserem Körper schwächt, das heißt, der Zellstoffwechsel, inklusive aller Enzymaktivitäten etc., wird deutlich beeinträchtigt. Die Zellen funktionieren durch die Mobilfunkstrahlung nicht nur schlechter, sondern es bleiben auch mehr Stoffwechselendprodukte in den Zellen liegen. Dies betrifft aber auch sämtliche Umweltgifte, die wir über die Luft oder die Nahrung aufnehmen. Somit führt die Mobilfunkstrahlung zu einer verstärkten Verschlackung des Körpers nicht nur mit Stoffwechselendprodukten, sondern auch mit Umweltgiften. Dadurch verschlechtert sich der Zellstoffwechsel ein zweites Mal! Dies ist der Grund, warum in den letzten Jahren die Allergikerzahlen so dramatisch zugenommen haben...

Weiter unter:
https://omega.twoday.net/stories/186306/

Fast jede Erkrankung kann durch Mobilfunk verursacht oder vestärkt werden
https://omega.twoday.net/stories/426700/

https://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,640198810,00.html


Informant: binstock