[Biofuel] Fireworks over NYC - http://www.fireworkspop.com/
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Re: [Biofuel] Valuable chemical from glycerol and Biofuel waste
Hi, GMSEURO As Brazil's having almost 46 percent of the best land that are very good for irrigation as well as have very good water resource distributed, the world bio fuel business is very keen on Brazilian biofuel project , as this country is now world leader about bio fuel at present. However this position is disputed now also by USA, the future is uncertain about the same who will win .As the two country business model is different, where micro distillery of Brazil can produce about half of the price of etanol and Biodiesel, the small one is competting well with the bigger on , as the micro ethanol distillary can make rapadura , animal feed , liquid fertilizer , without problem of distribution of these far way .The same model is also true for biodiesel Thus the big company can also accommodate small one.Thus we hope the glycerine waste need to be for internal market for local comunity as everything is imported in the area where biofuel glycerine is now mostly lost only very less is used. Eventhoug these waste can be used for compost and biogas very successfully our research is sure that biodegrable plastics, some protective films for the fruits can be more viable due to local market. We wish to have decentralized market oriented products development from glycerol waste . In the same direction of thinking of the most of the list members here , we wish the intermediate and social oriented technology .Any green investments , Eco business venture for the benefit of the several farmers , who are responsible for the bio fuel production are more welcome , as the Brazilian central government is now giving green seal and certificate , financial loan independent of brazilian or foriegn investor . Any collaboration , foreign investment are welcome .We will be happy to support any project for the benefit for the small farmer based on waste glycerol. Please feel free to contact us , as this business model will have great impact on future Bio fuel . Thanking You Yours sincerely Pannirselvam 2007/7/1, GMSEURO LTD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: *We will be interested to look at this project more carefully to make it a into production process. Will it be possible to provide us with more information on your exact direction on this project. * On 27/06/07, Pagandai Pannirselvam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear list members > > A very large quantities of liquid effluents (all acid, catalysts, > glycerol) , after producing biodiesel are disposed as waste in one of the > the big projects which had been given social green seal from Federal > Government of Brazil. > > The JTF and this list have very extensively given importance to this > topic focusing on biogas , fuel and soap production . > Is any one have other biodegradable plastics, solid biofuel and simple > polymer products that can be produced in a decentralised , ecologically > sustainable way for employment generation form this huge amount of > waste.possible to make wealth for many . > Any help in this regard are very welcome . > > sd > Pannirselvam > > -- > Grupo de Pesquisa em Engenharia de Custos e Processos > DEQ – Departamento de Engenharia Química > CT – Centro de Tecnologia / UFRN, Lagoa Nova – Natal/RN > Campus Universitário. CEP: 59.072-970 > http://pannirbr.googlepages.com/gpecufrnhomepage > > 3215-3769 ramal 210 > casa 3215-1557 > ___ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > -- Thank You and Regards, R.Gopal Krishnan M.Sc, ISF Managing Director GMS Euro Ltd United Kingdom ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ -- Grupo de Pesquisa em Engenharia de Custos e Processos DEQ – Departamento de Engenharia Química CT – Centro de Tecnologia / UFRN, Lagoa Nova – Natal/RN Campus Universitário. CEP: 59.072-970 http://pannirbr.googlepages.com/gpecufrnhomepage 3215-3769 ramal 210 casa 3215-1557 ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] Giant microwave turns plastic back to oil
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Re: [Biofuel] The Dark Side of Soy now milk
FWIW - I can't see the point of cooking most food. Just today at the 4th of July picnic I had to hide my corn so it wouldn't get cooked. For some reason it *really* irritates people if you eat raw corn. They all watch you and made comments. Of course, they're all fat, have heart disease, high blood pressure and asthma... > http://www.realmilk.com/milkcure.html - notice it is raw milk and not what > you find in the supers. > Meat or milk is basically unfit for consumprtion, but lest we think we > can be vegans consider the ecoli in spinach and the hepatitis from > strawberries recently. Industry sees keeping a clean operation as a > money loser.Thats why we have dropped out. > > We have a 5 year old jersey, a former Tillamook cow who now eats green > grass (and apples when my grandson sees her) instead of a high protein > grain and silage in a cow barn. Needless to say she is very healthy and > we just hade home made ice cream made from - God forbid! - real raw > cream, raw eggs and raw apricots. We grew all of it. Our birds are > healthy too. Salmonella BTW usually isnt from eggs. > The ice cream was delicious. The stuff in the stores is poisonous to my > estimation. Oh - there was a bit of maple syrup and vanilla in the first > batch. Very nice but the apricots are better. > We make our own butter too. And I can honestly say from a contented cow. > She is a family pet. > Dairy cattle lead a hell of a life. They live on concrete with a bit of > straw. The ration they eat is to psh milk production and some herds are > Monsanto - those poor devils are constantly on antibiotics due to > mastitis. Cruelty to animals, no doubt about it. Monsanto needs to be > dismantled. The proceeds from the sale should then be given to > Monsanto's victims. > > Come out of her lest ye partake of her plagues. > > Kirk > > Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, I think soy being touted as a "good source of protein" for us > poor meat-deprived vegetarians is a crock. As far as I can tell, there is > no danger of developing "protein deficiency" or Kwashiorkor unless you > really work at it. It almost always accompanies caloric deficiency, and > is virtually unheard of in the US: > See - http://www.duke.edu/web/planv/realities.html > # Disease linked to inadequate protein consumption: Kwashiorkor > # Number of cases of kwashiorkor in United States: Virtually none > > Of course, if you really want a fun read, "google somatic cell count and > milk" > > -Weaver > > > >> See: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg44820.html >> RE: [Biofuel] Cleaning Up Factory Farms ... and vegetarians >> >> Best >> >> Keith >> >> >>>The Dark Side of Soy >>>Is America's favorite health food making us sick? >>>By Mary Vance, Terrain >>>Utne Reader July / August 2007 Issue >>>http://www.utne.com/issues/2007_142/features/12607-1.html >>>As someone who is conscious of her health, I spent 13 years cultivating >>>a vegetarian diet. I took time to plan and balance meals that included >>>products such as soy milk, soy yogurt, tofu, and Chick'n patties. I >>>pored over labels looking for words I couldn't pronounce--occasionally >>>one or two would pop up. Soy protein isolate? Great! They've isolated >>>the protein from the soybean to make it more concentrated. Hydrolyzed >>>soy protein? I never successfully rationalized that one, but I wasn't >>>too worried. After all, in 1999 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) >>>approved labeling I found on nearly every soy product I purchased: >>>"Diets low in saturated fat and cholesterol that include 25 grams of soy >>>protein a day may reduce the risk of heart disease." Soy ingredients >>>weren't only safe--they were beneficial. >>>After years of consuming various forms of soy nearly every day, I felt >>>reasonably fit, but somewhere along the line I'd stopped menstruating. I >>>couldn't figure out why my stomach became so upset after I ate edamame >>>or why I was often moody and bloated. It didn't occur to me at the time >>>to question soy, heart protector and miracle food. >>>When I began studying holistic health and nutrition, I kept running >>>across risks associated with eating soy. Endocrine disruption? Check. >>>Digestive problems? Check. I researched soy's deleterious effects on >>>thyroid, fertility, hormones, sex drive, digestion, and even its >>>potential to contribute to certain cancers. For every study that proved >>>a connection between soy and reduced disease risk another cropped up to >>>challenge the claims. What was going on? >>>"Studies showing the dark side of soy date back 100 years," says >>>clinical nutritionist Kaayla Daniel, author of The Whole Soy Story (New >>>Trends, 2005). "The 1999 FDA-approved health claim pleased big business, >>>despite massive evidence showing risks associated with soy, and against >>>the protest of the FDA's own top scientists. Soy is a $4 billion [U.S.] >>>industry that's taken these health claims to th
Re: [Biofuel] The Dark Side of Soy now milk
http://www.realmilk.com/milkcure.html - notice it is raw milk and not what you find in the supers. Meat or milk is basically unfit for consumprtion, but lest we think we can be vegans consider the ecoli in spinach and the hepatitis from strawberries recently. Industry sees keeping a clean operation as a money loser.Thats why we have dropped out. We have a 5 year old jersey, a former Tillamook cow who now eats green grass (and apples when my grandson sees her) instead of a high protein grain and silage in a cow barn. Needless to say she is very healthy and we just hade home made ice cream made from - God forbid! - real raw cream, raw eggs and raw apricots. We grew all of it. Our birds are healthy too. Salmonella BTW usually isnt from eggs. The ice cream was delicious. The stuff in the stores is poisonous to my estimation. Oh - there was a bit of maple syrup and vanilla in the first batch. Very nice but the apricots are better. We make our own butter too. And I can honestly say from a contented cow. She is a family pet. Dairy cattle lead a hell of a life. They live on concrete with a bit of straw. The ration they eat is to psh milk production and some herds are Monsanto - those poor devils are constantly on antibiotics due to mastitis. Cruelty to animals, no doubt about it. Monsanto needs to be dismantled. The proceeds from the sale should then be given to Monsanto's victims. Come out of her lest ye partake of her plagues. Kirk Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Actually, I think soy being touted as a "good source of protein" for us poor meat-deprived vegetarians is a crock. As far as I can tell, there is no danger of developing "protein deficiency" or Kwashiorkor unless you really work at it. It almost always accompanies caloric deficiency, and is virtually unheard of in the US: See - http://www.duke.edu/web/planv/realities.html # Disease linked to inadequate protein consumption: Kwashiorkor # Number of cases of kwashiorkor in United States: Virtually none Of course, if you really want a fun read, "google somatic cell count and milk" -Weaver > See: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg44820.html > RE: [Biofuel] Cleaning Up Factory Farms ... and vegetarians > > Best > > Keith > > >>The Dark Side of Soy >>Is America's favorite health food making us sick? >>By Mary Vance, Terrain >>Utne Reader July / August 2007 Issue >>http://www.utne.com/issues/2007_142/features/12607-1.html >>As someone who is conscious of her health, I spent 13 years cultivating >>a vegetarian diet. I took time to plan and balance meals that included >>products such as soy milk, soy yogurt, tofu, and Chick'n patties. I >>pored over labels looking for words I couldn't pronounce--occasionally >>one or two would pop up. Soy protein isolate? Great! They've isolated >>the protein from the soybean to make it more concentrated. Hydrolyzed >>soy protein? I never successfully rationalized that one, but I wasn't >>too worried. After all, in 1999 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) >>approved labeling I found on nearly every soy product I purchased: >>"Diets low in saturated fat and cholesterol that include 25 grams of soy >>protein a day may reduce the risk of heart disease." Soy ingredients >>weren't only safe--they were beneficial. >>After years of consuming various forms of soy nearly every day, I felt >>reasonably fit, but somewhere along the line I'd stopped menstruating. I >>couldn't figure out why my stomach became so upset after I ate edamame >>or why I was often moody and bloated. It didn't occur to me at the time >>to question soy, heart protector and miracle food. >>When I began studying holistic health and nutrition, I kept running >>across risks associated with eating soy. Endocrine disruption? Check. >>Digestive problems? Check. I researched soy's deleterious effects on >>thyroid, fertility, hormones, sex drive, digestion, and even its >>potential to contribute to certain cancers. For every study that proved >>a connection between soy and reduced disease risk another cropped up to >>challenge the claims. What was going on? >>"Studies showing the dark side of soy date back 100 years," says >>clinical nutritionist Kaayla Daniel, author of The Whole Soy Story (New >>Trends, 2005). "The 1999 FDA-approved health claim pleased big business, >>despite massive evidence showing risks associated with soy, and against >>the protest of the FDA's own top scientists. Soy is a $4 billion [U.S.] >>industry that's taken these health claims to the bank." Besides >>promoting heart health, the industry says, soy can alleviate symptoms >>associated with menopause, reduce the risk of certain cancers, and lower >>levels of LDL, the "bad" cholesterol. >>Epidemiological studies have shown that Asians, particularly in Japan >>and China, have a lower incidence of breast and prostate cancer than >>people in the United States, and many of these studies credit a >>traditional diet
Re: [Biofuel] The Dark Side of Soy
Actually, I think soy being touted as a "good source of protein" for us poor meat-deprived vegetarians is a crock. As far as I can tell, there is no danger of developing "protein deficiency" or Kwashiorkor unless you really work at it. It almost always accompanies caloric deficiency, and is virtually unheard of in the US: See - http://www.duke.edu/web/planv/realities.html # Disease linked to inadequate protein consumption: Kwashiorkor # Number of cases of kwashiorkor in United States: Virtually none Of course, if you really want a fun read, "google somatic cell count and milk" -Weaver > See: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg44820.html > RE: [Biofuel] Cleaning Up Factory Farms ... and vegetarians > > Best > > Keith > > >>The Dark Side of Soy >>Is America's favorite health food making us sick? >>By Mary Vance, Terrain >>Utne Reader July / August 2007 Issue >>http://www.utne.com/issues/2007_142/features/12607-1.html >>As someone who is conscious of her health, I spent 13 years cultivating >>a vegetarian diet. I took time to plan and balance meals that included >>products such as soy milk, soy yogurt, tofu, and Chick'n patties. I >>pored over labels looking for words I couldn't pronounce--occasionally >>one or two would pop up. Soy protein isolate? Great! They've isolated >>the protein from the soybean to make it more concentrated. Hydrolyzed >>soy protein? I never successfully rationalized that one, but I wasn't >>too worried. After all, in 1999 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) >>approved labeling I found on nearly every soy product I purchased: >>"Diets low in saturated fat and cholesterol that include 25 grams of soy >>protein a day may reduce the risk of heart disease." Soy ingredients >>weren't only safe--they were beneficial. >>After years of consuming various forms of soy nearly every day, I felt >>reasonably fit, but somewhere along the line I'd stopped menstruating. I >>couldn't figure out why my stomach became so upset after I ate edamame >>or why I was often moody and bloated. It didn't occur to me at the time >>to question soy, heart protector and miracle food. >>When I began studying holistic health and nutrition, I kept running >>across risks associated with eating soy. Endocrine disruption? Check. >>Digestive problems? Check. I researched soy's deleterious effects on >>thyroid, fertility, hormones, sex drive, digestion, and even its >>potential to contribute to certain cancers. For every study that proved >>a connection between soy and reduced disease risk another cropped up to >>challenge the claims. What was going on? >>"Studies showing the dark side of soy date back 100 years," says >>clinical nutritionist Kaayla Daniel, author of The Whole Soy Story (New >>Trends, 2005). "The 1999 FDA-approved health claim pleased big business, >>despite massive evidence showing risks associated with soy, and against >>the protest of the FDA's own top scientists. Soy is a $4 billion [U.S.] >>industry that's taken these health claims to the bank." Besides >>promoting heart health, the industry says, soy can alleviate symptoms >>associated with menopause, reduce the risk of certain cancers, and lower >>levels of LDL, the "bad" cholesterol. >>Epidemiological studies have shown that Asians, particularly in Japan >>and China, have a lower incidence of breast and prostate cancer than >>people in the United States, and many of these studies credit a >>traditional diet that includes soy. But Asian diets include small >>amounts--about nine grams a day--of primarily fermented soy products, >>such as miso, natto, and tempeh, and some tofu. Fermenting soy creates >>health-promoting probiotics, the good bacteria our bodies need to >>maintain digestive and overall wellness. By contrast, in the United >>States, processed soy food snacks or shakes can contain over 20 grams of >>nonfermented soy protein in one serving. >>"There is important information on the cancer-protective values of soy," >>says clinical nutritionist Ed Bauman, head of Bauman Clinic in >>Sebastopol, California, and director of Bauman College. Bauman cautions >>against painting the bean with a broad brush. "As with any food, it can >>have benefits in one system and detriments in another. [An individual >>who is sensitive to it] may have an adverse response to soy. And not all >>soy is alike," he adds, referring to processing methods and quality. >>"Soy is not a food that is native to North America or Europe, and you >>have issues when you move food from one part of the world to another," >>Bauman says. "We fare better when we eat according to our ethnicity. Soy >>is a viable food, but we need to look at how it's used." >>Once considered a small-scale poverty food, soy exploded onto the >>American market. Studies--some funded by the industry--promoted soy's >>ability to lower disease risk while absolving guilt associated with >>eating meat. "The soy industry has come a long way from when hippies >>were boiling u
Re: [Biofuel] The Dark Side of Soy
See: http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg44820.html RE: [Biofuel] Cleaning Up Factory Farms ... and vegetarians Best Keith >The Dark Side of Soy >Is America's favorite health food making us sick? >By Mary Vance, Terrain >Utne Reader July / August 2007 Issue >http://www.utne.com/issues/2007_142/features/12607-1.html >As someone who is conscious of her health, I spent 13 years cultivating >a vegetarian diet. I took time to plan and balance meals that included >products such as soy milk, soy yogurt, tofu, and Chick'n patties. I >pored over labels looking for words I couldn't pronounce--occasionally >one or two would pop up. Soy protein isolate? Great! They've isolated >the protein from the soybean to make it more concentrated. Hydrolyzed >soy protein? I never successfully rationalized that one, but I wasn't >too worried. After all, in 1999 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) >approved labeling I found on nearly every soy product I purchased: >"Diets low in saturated fat and cholesterol that include 25 grams of soy >protein a day may reduce the risk of heart disease." Soy ingredients >weren't only safe--they were beneficial. >After years of consuming various forms of soy nearly every day, I felt >reasonably fit, but somewhere along the line I'd stopped menstruating. I >couldn't figure out why my stomach became so upset after I ate edamame >or why I was often moody and bloated. It didn't occur to me at the time >to question soy, heart protector and miracle food. >When I began studying holistic health and nutrition, I kept running >across risks associated with eating soy. Endocrine disruption? Check. >Digestive problems? Check. I researched soy's deleterious effects on >thyroid, fertility, hormones, sex drive, digestion, and even its >potential to contribute to certain cancers. For every study that proved >a connection between soy and reduced disease risk another cropped up to >challenge the claims. What was going on? >"Studies showing the dark side of soy date back 100 years," says >clinical nutritionist Kaayla Daniel, author of The Whole Soy Story (New >Trends, 2005). "The 1999 FDA-approved health claim pleased big business, >despite massive evidence showing risks associated with soy, and against >the protest of the FDA's own top scientists. Soy is a $4 billion [U.S.] >industry that's taken these health claims to the bank." Besides >promoting heart health, the industry says, soy can alleviate symptoms >associated with menopause, reduce the risk of certain cancers, and lower >levels of LDL, the "bad" cholesterol. >Epidemiological studies have shown that Asians, particularly in Japan >and China, have a lower incidence of breast and prostate cancer than >people in the United States, and many of these studies credit a >traditional diet that includes soy. But Asian diets include small >amounts--about nine grams a day--of primarily fermented soy products, >such as miso, natto, and tempeh, and some tofu. Fermenting soy creates >health-promoting probiotics, the good bacteria our bodies need to >maintain digestive and overall wellness. By contrast, in the United >States, processed soy food snacks or shakes can contain over 20 grams of >nonfermented soy protein in one serving. >"There is important information on the cancer-protective values of soy," >says clinical nutritionist Ed Bauman, head of Bauman Clinic in >Sebastopol, California, and director of Bauman College. Bauman cautions >against painting the bean with a broad brush. "As with any food, it can >have benefits in one system and detriments in another. [An individual >who is sensitive to it] may have an adverse response to soy. And not all >soy is alike," he adds, referring to processing methods and quality. >"Soy is not a food that is native to North America or Europe, and you >have issues when you move food from one part of the world to another," >Bauman says. "We fare better when we eat according to our ethnicity. Soy >is a viable food, but we need to look at how it's used." >Once considered a small-scale poverty food, soy exploded onto the >American market. Studies--some funded by the industry--promoted soy's >ability to lower disease risk while absolving guilt associated with >eating meat. "The soy industry has come a long way from when hippies >were boiling up the beans," says Daniel. >These days the industry has discovered ways to use every part of the >bean for profit. Soy oil has become the base for most vegetable oils; >soy lecithin, the waste product left over after the soybean is >processed, is used as an emulsifier; soy flour appears in baked and >packaged goods; different forms of processed soy protein are added to >everything from animal feed to muscle-building protein powders. "Soy >protein isolate was invented for use in cardboard," Daniel says. "It >hasn't actually been approved as a food ingredient." >Soy is everywhere in our food supply, as the star in cereals and >health-promoting foods and hidden in processe
[Biofuel] home made ice cream
By Joanne Hay November 16th, 2005 http://editor.nourishedmagazine.com.au/articles/home-made-ice-cream Some families have the rule, eat everything on your plate or you dont get dessert. In our family, if anyone doesnt like the dinner (as long as they actually taste it) theres no problem because dessert is just as nourishing as the meal. With whole raw eggs, raw cream and natural sweetening, our ice cream is a delicious, nutritionally dense wholefood. Since most ice cream is poisonous, I ask the kids to say no to all other forms of ice cream, and promise to feed them this recipe til the cows come home. We use raw cream which is very expensive, but worth it. Using real cream, you wont need to eat much at once. A couple of tablespoons is enough to satisfy most adults. 3 egg yolks maple syrup or rapadura to taste. 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 3 cups heavy cream (raw is best) optional: a splash of raw milk to make a soft serve version using an ice cream maker. Beat egg yolks and blend in remaining ingredients. Pour into an Ice Cream Maker and process according to instructions. If you dont have an ice cream maker: blend and freeze, take it out after 1 hour and beat by hand vigorously, repeat every hour until complete (usually 5-6 hours). Of course there are variations like, chocolate (using organic fair trade cocoa), chocolate chip (rapadura chocolate), and adding berries or coconut. - Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] photos of Russian electrical Weather Control Equipment?
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/07/creepy-high-voltage-installations.html - Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] CIDRAP/Dallas MornNews: BioWarfare workers infected w/ Brucella & Q Fever..............
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/bt/bioprep/news/jul0307bioweapons.html CDC suspends work at Texas A&M biodefense lab - Lisa Schnirring * Staff Writer Jul 3, 2007 (CIDRAP News) The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Jun 30 ordered a biodefense research laboratory at Texas A&M University to stop all work on select agents and toxins while the CDC investigates reports of lab workers infected with the category B bioterror agents Brucella and Coxiella burnetti. The alleged lab accidents, along with related alleged violations of federal law, were recently reported by the Sunshine Project, an Austin, Texas, nonprofit group that monitors biodefense research safety. The group used Texas freedom-of-information requests to obtain documents about the lab incidents. In April, the Sunshine Project reported that a Texas A&M researcher had been infected with Brucella after a February 2006 aerosol chamber mishap and that the school did not immediately notify the CDC as required by federal law. Five days ago, the watchdog group reported that the exposure of three other Texas A&M workers to C burnetti, which causes Q fever, was confirmed in April 2006 but also was not reported to the CDC. The Sunshine Project said its investigation of Texas A&M came about through its review of select-agent labs that are vying to host the federal government's planned new national biodefense facility, according to a Jun 27 report in the Dallas Morning News. The laboratory is affiliated with the Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense Center, a US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) center of excellence that focuses on the study of foot-and-mouth disease, avian influenza, and Rift Valley fever, according to the center's Web site. The center is funded by an $18 million DHS grant, according to an Associated Press report yesterday. According to the Sunshine Project, Texas A&M notified the CDC about the Brucella infection in April 2007, a year after the worker's illness was confirmed. Shortly after Texas A&M reported the Brucella infection, representatives from the CDC's Select Agents and Toxins Division inspected the laboratory and, in a Jun 30 memo, obtained and released by the Sunshine Project, ordered the lab to stop its work on all select agents and toxins until further notice. Von Roebuck, a CDC spokesman, told CIDRAP News that the agency has never issued such a broad suspension order to a lab before. He said the Jun 30 order applies to every agent the lab works with. The list of affected agents is not public information because of security concerns, Roebuck said. In the Jun 30 letter, the CDC outlined the concerns it has about the lab, which include the adequacy of biosafety plans, security of the facility from unauthorized visitors, occupational safety protocols, authorization from the CDC to work with certain agents, and compliance with federal select agent regulations. Roebuck said CDC officials will visit the Texas laboratory again in the next few weeks to gather more information about its procedures and protocols. "Then the agency will move forward with any recommendations to get them under compliance," he said. In a statement sent to Texas A&M faculty and staff yesterday, the school's interim president, Eddie J. Davis, said the laboratory incidents did not pose a threat to anyone on or off campus, but conceded that the university should have reported the worker's Brucella exposure in a more timely manner. (The university provided CIDRAP News with a copy of the statement.) Davis said none of the workers who were exposed to the Q fever agent got sick and that Texas A&M was going beyond health monitoring standards at other select-agent labs by monitoring workers' blood for the organism. He said the university believed that the threshold for reporting worker exposure was a confirmed illness. "We are unequivocally committed to taking all appropriate steps to ensure we are in full compliance with all CDC and any other relevant policies and regulations," he said. The university has asked an independent expert and an environmental health and safety group from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston to advise Texas A&M on how it can "expeditiously redeploy a fully compliant select agent research program," Davis said. The Sunshine Project, in a statement e-mailed to journalists today, said the problems it found at Texas A&M show that the US government needs to reduce the number of people and facilities that handle bioweapons agents and bring a hodgepodge of federal lab rules into a unified, mandatory, and enforceable system to ensure lab safety and accountability. In its statement, the group released details about nine other accidents at Biosafety Level 3 labs throughout the United States, four of which involved worker ex
[Biofuel] The Dark Side of Soy
The Dark Side of Soy Is America's favorite health food making us sick? By Mary Vance, Terrain Utne Reader July / August 2007 Issue http://www.utne.com/issues/2007_142/features/12607-1.html As someone who is conscious of her health, I spent 13 years cultivating a vegetarian diet. I took time to plan and balance meals that included products such as soy milk, soy yogurt, tofu, and Chick'n patties. I pored over labels looking for words I couldn't pronounce--occasionally one or two would pop up. Soy protein isolate? Great! They've isolated the protein from the soybean to make it more concentrated. Hydrolyzed soy protein? I never successfully rationalized that one, but I wasn't too worried. After all, in 1999 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved labeling I found on nearly every soy product I purchased: "Diets low in saturated fat and cholesterol that include 25 grams of soy protein a day may reduce the risk of heart disease." Soy ingredients weren't only safe--they were beneficial. After years of consuming various forms of soy nearly every day, I felt reasonably fit, but somewhere along the line I'd stopped menstruating. I couldn't figure out why my stomach became so upset after I ate edamame or why I was often moody and bloated. It didn't occur to me at the time to question soy, heart protector and miracle food. When I began studying holistic health and nutrition, I kept running across risks associated with eating soy. Endocrine disruption? Check. Digestive problems? Check. I researched soy's deleterious effects on thyroid, fertility, hormones, sex drive, digestion, and even its potential to contribute to certain cancers. For every study that proved a connection between soy and reduced disease risk another cropped up to challenge the claims. What was going on? "Studies showing the dark side of soy date back 100 years," says clinical nutritionist Kaayla Daniel, author of The Whole Soy Story (New Trends, 2005). "The 1999 FDA-approved health claim pleased big business, despite massive evidence showing risks associated with soy, and against the protest of the FDA's own top scientists. Soy is a $4 billion [U.S.] industry that's taken these health claims to the bank." Besides promoting heart health, the industry says, soy can alleviate symptoms associated with menopause, reduce the risk of certain cancers, and lower levels of LDL, the "bad" cholesterol. Epidemiological studies have shown that Asians, particularly in Japan and China, have a lower incidence of breast and prostate cancer than people in the United States, and many of these studies credit a traditional diet that includes soy. But Asian diets include small amounts--about nine grams a day--of primarily fermented soy products, such as miso, natto, and tempeh, and some tofu. Fermenting soy creates health-promoting probiotics, the good bacteria our bodies need to maintain digestive and overall wellness. By contrast, in the United States, processed soy food snacks or shakes can contain over 20 grams of nonfermented soy protein in one serving. "There is important information on the cancer-protective values of soy," says clinical nutritionist Ed Bauman, head of Bauman Clinic in Sebastopol, California, and director of Bauman College. Bauman cautions against painting the bean with a broad brush. "As with any food, it can have benefits in one system and detriments in another. [An individual who is sensitive to it] may have an adverse response to soy. And not all soy is alike," he adds, referring to processing methods and quality. "Soy is not a food that is native to North America or Europe, and you have issues when you move food from one part of the world to another," Bauman says. "We fare better when we eat according to our ethnicity. Soy is a viable food, but we need to look at how it's used." Once considered a small-scale poverty food, soy exploded onto the American market. Studies--some funded by the industry--promoted soy's ability to lower disease risk while absolving guilt associated with eating meat. "The soy industry has come a long way from when hippies were boiling up the beans," says Daniel. These days the industry has discovered ways to use every part of the bean for profit. Soy oil has become the base for most vegetable oils; soy lecithin, the waste product left over after the soybean is processed, is used as an emulsifier; soy flour appears in baked and packaged goods; different forms of processed soy protein are added to everything from animal feed to muscle-building protein powders. "Soy protein isolate was invented for use in cardboard," Daniel says. "It hasn't actually been approved as a food ingredient." Soy is everywhere in our food supply, as the star in cereals and health-promoting foods and hidden in processed foods. Even if you read every label and avoid cardboard boxes, you are likely to find soy in your supplements and vitamins (look out for vitamin E derived fro
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Bob, sorry but I have to ask, would you still think it's just a break from the gloom and doom if it said this? >New Zealand still closed off; physicists estimate it will take at >least 10 more years before radioactivity decreases to safe levels. Or the UK, Ireland, the Cape of Good Hope, or wherever it is that you call home? That's not humour, IMHO, not even black humour, it's sheer mindless callousness on quite a breathtaking scale. Anyway, what doom and gloom are you referring to, particularly? Best wishes Keith >Just a break from the gloom and doom; a few newsy items from the future. >Regards, >Bob. > >NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FROM THE YEAR 2029 > > >Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions in Mexifornia, >the seventh largest country in the world, formerly known as >California. > >White minorities still trying to have English recognized as >Mexifornia's third language. > >Spotted Owl plague threatens north-western United States crops and livestock. > >Baby conceived naturally. Scientists stumped. > >Couple petitions court to reinstate heterosexual marriage. > >Last remaining Fundamentalist Muslim dies in the American Territory >of the Middle East (formerly known as Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and >Lebanon). > >Iran still closed off; physicists estimate it will take at least 10 >more years before radioactivity decreases to safe levels. > >France pleads for global help after being taken over by Jamaica. > >Castro finally dies at age 112; Cuban cigars can now be imported legally. > >President Chelsea Clinton bans all smoking. > >George Z. Bush says he will run for President in 2036. > >Postal Service raises price of first-class stamp to $17.89 and >reduces mail delivery to Wednesdays only. > >85-year $75.8 billion study: Diet and exercise are the key to weight loss. > >Average weight of Americans drops to 250 lbs. > >Japanese scientists have created a camera with such a fast shutter >speed, they now can photograph a woman with her mouth shut. > >Massachusetts executes last remaining conservative. > >Supreme Court rules punishment of criminals violates their civil rights. > >Average height of NBA players is now nine feet, seven inches. Basket >height raised yet again! > >New federal law requires that all nail clippers, screwdrivers, fly >swatters and rolled-up newspapers must be registered by January 2036. > >Congress authorizes direct deposit of formerly illegal political >contributions to campaign accounts. > >IRS sets lowest tax rate at 75 percent. > >Florida voters still having trouble with voting machines. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
