Popular Mechanics crunched the numbers and the dangers of the mercury in a CFL bulb. While they recommend disposing the bulbs properly , they state: “Each bulb contains an average of 5 milligrams of mercury, “which is just enough to cover a ballpoint pen tip,” says Leslie, associate director of the Lighting Research Center at […]
Gardasil Concerns
Gardasil has been promoted as the anti cancer wonder vaccine by Merck, the chemical company that lied to us about Vioxx. It seems that large side effects are coming out for Gardasil. They are including, fainting, malaise, paralysis, and even death. Fortunately for Merck, this time they are protected by the federal vaccine protection […]
Woman in wheelchair saves lives
A great interview with Louella Harris: By James Panter For the past seven years, upper cervical chiropractic practitioners have had a determined, dynamic lady waging an education campaign on their behalf. Louella Harris, a patient turned spokesperson, is on a mission. In 1958, she became a victim of polio at age 3, eight months […]
Feeding the world
Jordan and I recently put in a garden and I wanted to share some great information that not only helped us get started, but is challenging me on new possibilities with our relationship to food and the environment. The first is a book called Lasagna Gardening which allowed us to start beds without […]
Sweet Misery update
Sweet Misery, a documentary on the history and dangers of aspartame, commonly known as Nutrasweet, can be found on Google. I wrote about it earlier at this post. They are putting this drug in almost all mainstream gums, including bubble gum for kids. While we should avoid all chemicals in our diet, this is one […]
Scientific American has “Second Thoughts On Fluoride”
A new article in Scientific American discusses harmful effects of fluoride. It is called “Second Thoughts on Fluoride.” New research indicates that fluoride adversely affects the thyroid, bones, teeth and even the brain. It documents calls to rescind mass fluoridation. ‘Fagin, award-wining environmental reporter and Director of New York University’s Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program, […]
Plastic in a can update
I finally received an email back from a couple of organic food producers. They both state that they use plastic to line their cans and that the plastic does contain bisphenol-A. They both state that the use of this plastic is fully compliant with the FDA. I am now recommending that people limit their canned […]
Legal drugs more likely to kill than illegal drugs.
An article by Christopher Kent states that legal drugs/medication are a much bigger threat than illegal drugs. He states that while recreational drugs kill between 10-20,000 Americans each year medications kill over 100,000 of just hospital patients a year. One study cites that almost of 200,000 total people per year are killed from medication side […]
Voting fraud in New Hampshire likely
New Hampshire uses Diebold machines that have been hacked and covered in the movie Hacking Democracy. Black Box Voting recently posted an article stating concerns that New Hampshire is vulnerably to vote fraud. Now, according to this forum thread, it seems likely that there was vote fraud in both the Republican and Democratic primary there. Blackbox Voting […]
Upper Cervical Care featured on the Montel show.
Today (12/18/07), an upper cervical doctor was featured on the Montel Williams show. Montel states in the promo that it changed his life. One of my patients said it was just like what I did but with a table instrument. The procedure that was featured is Atlas Orthogonal. Orthospinology, NUCCA, and Atlas Orthogonal all come […]
Will Work For Food!
Holiday Food Drive December 10th to 15th Help us help others! Monday December 10 – 14, new patients get a consultation, exam, and x-rays for a bag of groceries. That’s $215 worth of services! Established Patients: Saturday December 15th. Get an visit that day only for one bag of groceries. RSVP (440) 943-6411 Appointments necessary! […]
Sweet Misery. Documentary on Aspartame and Nutrasweet.
In the mid 1960’s, a scientist working for the GD Searle company on an ulcer medication, tasted the powder that he was working on. He found it sweet, and this is the story of it becoming the major artificial sweetener sold today. Nutrasweet is the trade name for the chemical aspartame. Here it is: Part 2 […]
Sex Hormone In A Can: Plastic Part 3
Evidently there is a plastic liner in metal cans that contains large amounts of Bisphenol A. Bisphenol A, which comes from plastic, is a chemical that mimics sex hormones. One big culprit is tomatoes, which are acidic and leaches the chemical out more. They also single out plastic containers and plastic wrap and it is important […]