{"id":585435,"date":"2010-05-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:www.infinitehealthresources.com:\/\/e970bff295741f0885d528964e0c5961"},"modified":"2010-05-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T04:00:00","slug":"organic-consumers-association-newsletter-226","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/585435","title":{"rendered":"Organic Consumers Association Newsletter #226"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"579\" class=\"bgTop\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"579\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"PADDING-TOP: 0px\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/images\/bytes\/bytesheadergreen.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"579\" class=\"bg\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" width=\"579\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mainbar\" valign=\"top\" width=\"579\" align=\"left\">\n<h2> <\/h2>\n<h2>Frankenfoods and Sterility, Monsanto and the Supreme Court<\/h2>\n<p>Hello Viewers, <\/p>\n<h4 style=\"FONT-SIZE: 13px\">#226, May 28, 2010 <\/h4>\n<h4>Health, Justice and Sustainability News<br \/>from the <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=n1vdGboWtsJzUw6ob0JXcglK3NysawvM\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Organic Consumers Association<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12px\">Edited by Alexis Baden-Mayer and Ronnie Cummins<\/h4>\n<h3> <\/h3>\n<h3>In this issue:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"COLOR: #000000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infinitehealthresources.com\/Resource\/Article\/-1-57\/3\/2234.html#SEC1\" rel=\"nofollow\">Quote of the Week: GM Foods Cause Sterility<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"COLOR: #000000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infinitehealthresources.com\/Resource\/Article\/-1-57\/3\/2234.html#SEC2\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alert of the Week: Monsanto and the Supreme Court<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a style=\"COLOR: #000000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infinitehealthresources.com\/Resource\/Article\/-1-57\/3\/2234.html#SEC3\" rel=\"nofollow\">Video of the Week: Hammy the Hamster Goes Organic <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"COLOR: #000000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infinitehealthresources.com\/Resource\/Article\/-1-57\/3\/2234.html#SEC4\" rel=\"nofollow\">Little Bytes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Connect with us:<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=jDbgG%2BoFPcMzTsgHqsR3xAlK3NysawvM\" rel=\"nofollow\" ><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" 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height=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                                      <a name=\"SEC1\" rel=\"nofollow\">                                      <\/p>\n<h3>Quote of the Week<img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/images\/bytes\/lettuce_skull.jpg\" width=\"130\" alt=\"\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>                                      <\/a>                                      <\/p>\n<h2>Genetically Modified (GM) Foods Cause Sterility<\/h2>\n<p>&#038;quot We failed to get cubs from these pairs, which were fed with GM foodstuffs. It was proved that these pairs lost their ability to give birth to their cubs.&#038;quot <\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<em>Dr. Alexei Surov, a Russian biologist describing the results of a study of hamsters fed genetically modified soy for two years over three generations. By the third generation, most the hamsters lost the ability to have babies. The pups who were born suffered slower growth and a high mortality rate. Inexplicably, some grew fur inside their mouths (click the link below for pictures).<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"bottomlink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=JdEeLNiHh7gJyeTdhHaiaglK3NysawvM\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Read More<\/a> <\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" bgcolor=\"#a5b578\" height=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                                      <a name=\"SEC2\" rel=\"nofollow\">                                      <\/p>\n<h3>Alert of the Week<img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/images\/bytes\/kagan-monsanto-bat.jpg\" width=\"130\" alt=\"\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>                                      <\/a>                                      <\/p>\n<h2>Monsanto and the Supreme Court: Urge President Obama to Withdraw Elena Kagan&#8217;s Supreme Court Nomination<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Kagan goes to bat for Monsanto<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan, President Obama&#8217;s pick for the Supreme Court, is the most recent in a long line of pro-biotech Obama appointees.<\/p>\n<p>As Solicitor General, Kagan submitted a friend of the court brief to the Supreme Court in favor of Monsanto&#8217;s appeal in Monsanto v. Geertson Seed Farms.<\/p>\n<p>Monsanto is trying to get the Supreme Court to force genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa onto the market, despite passionate opposition from organic consumers and farmers, and despite the fact the USDA never did a proper Environmental Impact Statement. Geerston Seed Farms made the case that GE alfalfa would permanently contaminate their GE-free alfalfa seed, prompting a California US District Court to effectively ban Monsanto&#8217;s GE alfalfa.<\/p>\n<p>As Solicitor General, Kagan is supposed to represent the interests of the American people in matters that come before the Supreme Court. Instead, she went to bat for Monsanto Co.<\/p>\n<p>Take action now! Tell President Obama to nominate a Supreme Court Justice who will stand up to the Monsanto and the biotech lobby and defend organic farming and democracy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bottomlink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=6ZLh0SmBLOgFAtmrnIEe%2BglK3NysawvM\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Take Action<\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" bgcolor=\"#a5b578\" height=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>PLEASE DONATE!<\/h3>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/images\/bytes\/mambump_sm.jpg\" width=\"130\" alt=\"\" \/>OCA Needs Your Help to Fight Monsanto and Spread the Organic Revolution<\/h2>\n<p>OCA and our growing network of organic consumers and farmers understand that we have a positive life-affirming solution for the global food, health, and climate crisis: organic food, farming, and ranching. But to fight Monsanto and Food Inc. and get out our all-important message we need your support. Please send us a tax-deductible donation today and we&#8217;ll send you a free &#038;quot Millions Against Monsanto&#038;quot  bumper sticker so you can help spread the word in your community.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: please put &#038;quot Monsanto Bumper Sticker&#038;quot  in the comment field to receive yours. Thanks!<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"bottomlink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=35%2BRSPMKcnFx6D0c3wGiXAlK3NysawvM\" rel=\"nofollow\" >PLEASE DONATE<\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" bgcolor=\"#a5b578\" height=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                                      <a name=\"SEC3\" rel=\"nofollow\">                                      <\/p>\n<h3>Video of the Week<\/h3>\n<p>                                      <\/a>                                      <\/p>\n<h2>Hammy the Hamster Goes Organic<img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/images\/bytes\/sterile_hamster.jpg\" width=\"130\" alt=\"\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>If you need a pick-me-up after learning the depressing news that GMO-fed hamsters become sterile, have higher rates of infant mortality, and have cubs that grow fur in their mouths, watch this terribly cute video that shows that, when not being force-fed GMOs by Russian biologists, hamsters will choose organic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bottomlink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=s3mVApkqvJ872wFw5QAlEAlK3NysawvM\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Watch<\/a><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" bgcolor=\"#a5b578\" height=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>                                      <a name=\"SEC4\" rel=\"nofollow\">                                      <\/p>\n<h2> <\/h2>\n<p>                                      <\/a>                                      <\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/images\/bytes\/little_bytes_color.jpg\" width=\"130\" alt=\"\" \/>Little Bytes<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Will the BP Oil Spill Be the Spark?<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=jOKBa7VpY2ELZOs4jaeSAglK3NysawvM\" rel=\"nofollow\" ><strong>READ MORE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Peak Oil Production Coming Much Sooner than Expected<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=%2BksbfNxIqf8%2BRRZe24UaGAlK3NysawvM\" rel=\"nofollow\" ><strong>READ MORE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OCA and Allies Expose Best, and Worst, Laundry Detergents with 1,4-Dioxane Contamination<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=DI%2FeNyoNeFPqrlvCQd1psglK3NysawvM\" rel=\"nofollow\" ><strong>READ MORE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Big Soda Wants to Keep America Fat: Here&#8217;s How to Fight Back<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=U3qb6DQHC6YgYdtYRqxLCwlK3NysawvM\" rel=\"nofollow\" ><strong>READ MORE<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Shrink Corporate Tumors With Immunogentility<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=XtDjD9TCc4GgqLP1zb1UGpPJtmAhmcB6\" rel=\"nofollow\" ><strong>READ MORE<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" bgcolor=\"#a5b578\" height=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>LOCAL NY NEWS OF THE WEEK<\/h3>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/images\/bytes\/us-map.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>NY &#8211; Get Involved Locally<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn more about OCA related action alerts and other news in NY <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=TnCUYi7HTX9M%2BxmBCF1MHJPJtmAhmcB6\" rel=\"nofollow\" >here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Join NY discussion groups in our <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=G6MCNCtmNAlS9D1zGrO6vQlK3NysawvM\" rel=\"nofollow\" >forum<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Post events in NY on our community <a href=\"http:\/\/salsa.democracyinaction.org\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2andc=5%2BckA2QWYDrtztsA6pI5iJPJtmAhmcB6\" rel=\"nofollow\" >calendar<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" bgcolor=\"#a5b578\" height=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"5\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 class=\"top\">Message from our Sponsors<\/h3>\n<h2>Dr. Bronner&#8217;s is Celebrating Our 60th Anniversary!<\/h2>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/images\/bytes\/bronners-emblem.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Marking the 60th Anniversary of the company, Dr. Bronner&#8217;s Magic Soaps is pleased to announce that all classic liquid and bar soaps are now not only certified under the USDA National Organic Program, but also certified Fair Trade! 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