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Genetic Engineering - Dream or Nightmare
The Brave New World of Bad Science and Big Business
Review and commentary on issues addressed by this brave new book
by Dr. Mae-Wan Ho
"An extremely important book - even a heroic one - and a worthy successor to
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring." -- Prof. Charles Jencks of Harvard University
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BRITS UPROOT GENETICALLY MANIPULATED PLANTS
Widespread opposition to mixing genes culminates in organized crop destruction in the UK. Over 90% of New Zealanders want GM foods so labeled.
EGGS NON GRATIS problems with this "perfect" food full text
"MAD COW" DISEASE IN BRITISH SHEEP? full text
BSE CONTINUES TO SPREAD full text
ON THE DRUG SCENE
VIAGRA REPERCUSSIONS in Britain and Germany
NEJM EDITORS CALL FOR STANDARD TESTING OF HERBAL
REMEDIES on a par with allopathic medicines
REPORT INDICTS CERTAIN CHOLESTEROL PILLS that "do more harm than good".
TWO DRUGS WITHDRAWN Duract and Posicor
RESEARCH WITHOUT ANIMALS
ZINC, VITAMIN A, BED NETS INHIBIT MALARIA
MEAT AND EGGS LINKED TO ORAL CANCERS
BACTERIUM LINK TO HEART DISEASE STRENGTHENED
NEW TECHNIQUE ASSESSES DRUG AFFECTS ON BRAIN
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS DEADLIER THAN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
over 2 million adverse drug reactions in US in 1994
DEATH FROM DRUGS the fourth biggest cause of US deaths
NEW ENGLAND PRIMATE CENTER REFUSES DEBATE CHALLENGE Dr. Ronald DesRosiers refuses to debate Dr. Ray Greek by David Cutler.
ANTIDAIRY COALITION CHALLENGES MONSANTO on its "bioengineered frankinfood" bovine growth hormone by Robert Cohen
MAILBAG letters from Ruth Gehlert, US MD; Swami Sahajanada, RSA;
Solveig Wagner, DA; Marte Lee, US Fl; Haco & Coby Siegenthaler, US, Ca; Maria Sommer, US NC; Rhona Zaid, pH, US, Ca.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN OCCASIONAL VEGETARIAN in the words of Ben himself by Curtis-Martin.
DLRM's OPEN LETTER IN THE GUARDIAN from its president Andre Menache, DVM, to UK Health Minister Frank Dobson.
ORGANIC BRITISH FARMER INVESTIGATES ORIGINS OF SCRAPIE, a letter from Mark Purdey who is investigating the role soils may play in the disease.
COMING SOON TO A HOSPITAL NEAR YOU? Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital are looking for ways to reprogram humans with failing organs so that their bodies will accept organs transplanted from another species. full text
DOCTORS AVOID AUTOPSIES ON ALZHEIMER PATIENTS for fear of contracting nvCJD, the human form of "mad cow" disease.
LETHAL MEDICINE the Nature of Wellness/SUPRESS video can play on your local public access TV station if you request it. This professional video explains why animal experimentation is invalid for humans.
To purchase, send $25 to Civitas, PO Box 26, Swain NY 14884.
BOOK REVIEWS
Joachim Schafer: The Trial of the Medical Mafia available from Here's the Key, PO Box 309, Waterloo, Quebec JOE 2N0 Canada. $12 US, $15 Canadian. The Medical Mafia, by Dr Guylaine Lanctot, MD, reviewed by TCA in Summer 1996 issue, is available from the same address, $17 US, $23 Canadian. This highly original and outspoken book, which challenges may of the basic tenets, e.g. vaccinations, of the medical establishment could not be ignored. The Trial of the Medical Mafia is a day by day account of the hearing conducted by the Quebec College of Physicians. There is often humor in Dr Lanctot's comments but the issue is a serious one, namely the freedom to practice medicine for the benefit of individual patients unencumbered by impediments imposed by the medical establishment for the sake of "power, money, prestige".
Ingrid Newkirk: 250 Things You Can Do to Make Your Cat Adore You.
Available from PETA 501 Front St Norfolk VA 23501 $11 US $15 CAN
This is a real fun book, full of humor and outrageous hyperbole. Followed to the letter, it could make having a cat in the family a full-time occupation, but it is packed with practical advice: recipes for feeding, how to interpret body language, trim claws and protect possessions from same, and how to see to your cat's medical and emotional needs. A perfect gift for cat adopters.
SAMPLE COPY? Send name and address to Civitas, PO Box 26
Swain NY 14884 (.55 stamp appreciated) Or request via email from <civitas@linkny.cpm>)
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