By Vicky Vinch -
To those responsible for the 2007 massive pet food recall which killed over 30,000 pets, US Magistrate Judge John Maughmer orders probation for Stephen and Sally Quing Miller, owners of ChemNutra Inc., ordering from China over 900 m. tons of melamine laced with cyanuric acid which was labelled as wallpaper paste and re-sold it to pet food distributors. This blog is dedicated to my cats who died at the hands of ruthlessness and greed - Coho, Rosie and Arizona. RIP humanity.
I have some serious concerns about the Monensin contaminated horse feed we are currently seeing throughout many parts of the USA resulting in numerous equine mortalities.
Since the massive pet food recall years ago, what measures have been put into place to track animal deaths by tainted feed? There were to have been animal death databases and tracking measures put into effect after that recall in 2007 which killed over 30,000 pets. The only organization to track associated pet deaths at the time was Banfield.
Have all feed suppliers been notified of this tainted feed? Who has distributed this feed to date - where is the LIST. Where is your notification system and recall page now? This is all I am seeing: http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/default.htm
Vicky VInch (email sent 23 February 2016 - no response yet. Left VM 24 February 2016 16:00) Contacted via Twitter on Feb. 25th. As of Feb. 26, 2016 - no response.
"Monensin doesn’t just attack a horse’s heart. It affects all skeletal muscle in the body. Muscle cells begin to break down, releasing myoglobin into the blood stream, which, in an unfair irony, is toxic as well, outside the cell. Free myoglobin in the blood causes kidney damage and failure, so those that can make it through the cardiac effects of the toxicity then usually succumb to multiple organ failure as the kidneys and liver try to rid of the body of myoglobin from damaged muscle.
In other words, monensin toxicity in horses stinks. It’s painful, there’s no antidote, and survivors really don’t survive in the best sense of the word. They eventually succumb to the toxicity one way or another." - Dr. Anna O'Brien
And it's fed to the beef, dairy products and poultry for human consumption.
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Ok, I do now see one recall here:
Recall -- Firm Press Release
FDA posts press releases and other notices of recalls and market withdrawals from the firms involved as a service to consumers, the media, and other interested parties. FDA does not endorse either the product or the company.
Western Milling LLC Voluntarily Recalls Western Blend Horse Feed, Lot 5251 Due To Potential Monensin Contamination
Contact: Consumer: 1-559-302-1062
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — September 25, 2015 — GOSHEN, CA — Western Milling announced today that it has voluntarily recalled 50 lb bags of Western Blend horse feed, LOT 5251, manufactured on September 8, 2015. This voluntary recall was initiated by Western Milling after it learned that an ingredient in the feed in question may contain monensin, an ionophore. According to the FDA, clinical signs of ionophore poisoning in horses vary depending on the dosage ingested, but can include poor appetite and feed refusal of the grain product, diarrhea, weakness, rapid heart rate, labored breathing, decreased exercise tolerance, depression, wobbly gait, colic, sweating, recumbency, and sudden death. The first clinical signs are often noted from 12 to 72 hours after ingesting a toxic dose and the clinical signs may linger up to about 8 days. Permanent cardiac damage is possible in horses which showed adverse effects, but then recovered.
The feed subject to this recall was distributed in September, 2015 to stores in California and Arizona. All stores where the bags were sold have been notified. Of the 1,100 bags being recalled, all but 67 bags have already been reclaimed by the company.
Consumers are urged to examine any bags of Western Blend horse feed purchased in September, 2015 to check and see if they have Lot 5251. Any bags with this lot number may be returned to the stores where they were purchased for a full refund.
The voluntary recall comes after notification that several horses who were reported to have consumed the feed being recalled while at the same equine facility have died.
For more information, please call the company at 1-559-302-1062.
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I did receive this response via email from: AskOSCAskOSC@fda.hhs.gov Fri, Mar 11, 2016 1:39 pm
Dear Sir/Madam:
Thank you for contacting FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM). You left a message for us on or around 2/24…we’re not clear on what it was you were inquiring about and we apologize for the delay in responding.
If you’ve found what you needed, already, please disregard our email. If not, please let us know how we might assist you.
Sincerely,
CVM Compliance
This communication does not constitute a written advisory opinion under Title 21 CFR 10.85, but rather is an informal communication under Title 21 CFR 10.85(k) which represents the best judgment of the employee providing it. This information does not necessarily represent the formal position of FDA, and does not bind or otherwise obligate or commit the agency to the views expressed.
I resent the above info. Probably too much information. Today if communication exceeds the limit of a Twitter line it may not compute.
As our Government, healthcare and telecommunications companies continue to publicly deny adverse effect of RF emissions on children, parents, families and humans in general as well as our flora, marine life and fauna and continue to refuse to protect our health and well being, we are now seeing the FCC has been made well aware of these lethal effects with total disregard to the pleas of experts including medical professionals, attorneys, geophysicists, bioenvironmentalists and scholars worldwide, many of whom reside or did reside in the USA, many of whom with Government and Military positions. Those of us with metal medical implants & devices or heavy metals in their bodies are being slowly cooked alive and no one will listen. "Proposed Changes in the Commission’s Rules ) ET Docket No. 03-137 Regarding Human Exposure to Radiofrequency ) Electromagnetic Fields " - From: Whitney North Seymour, Jr. 455 Lexington Avenue, Room 1721 New York, New York 10017 email: wseymour@stblaw.com Telephone: (212) 455-7640 Gabriel North Seymour Gabriel North Seymour, P.C. 200 Route 126 Falls Village, CT 06031 Tel: 860-824-1412 Email: certioari@earthlink.net
Janet Newton, President
P.O. Box 117
Marshfield VT 05658
E-mail: info@emrpolicy.org
Telephone: (802) 426-3035
*** Who is Whitney North Seymour? Whitney North Seymour, Jr., Esq. Retired Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP; Former New York State Senator & United States Attorney, Southern District of NY Co-Founder, Natural Resources Defense Council He graduated Princeton University and Yale University Law School. Seymour was independent counsel or special prosecutor in the case of Michael Deaver, a senior aide to President Ronald Reagan, who was convicted of perjury in 1987. This document was dated November 13, 2013 and there were many, many other submissions to the FCC advising them of this same information, all of which they have chosen to disregard - some of the text below. Please read the entire document here. There are a number of audio presentations from experts worldwide imploring action to this public health crisis worldwide here. Regarding those with implanted medical devices (such as the VP shunt implanted in my brain), he advised: III. HARMFUL INTERFERENCE 13. EMRPI reiterates that the FCC’s definition of “Harmful Interference” must be expanded if it is to be relevant to the ubiquitous environmental RF radiation exposure now present in Americans’ daily lives. 14. FCC’s “Harmful Interference” definition must be expanded to include acute, chronic, or prolonged exposure to RF signals and emissions that endangers, degrades, obstructs or repeatedly interrupts biological functioning of a person, plant, animal or ecosystem, or results in adverse health effects, or malfunctioning of medical devices or equipment. EMRPI Comment page 13 Paragraph 55. 15. “Harmful Interference that results in biological harm” is defined as “any negative change in a measurable biological, physiological or ecological parameter. “ 16. The “Harmful Interference” definition must take into account the fact that RF radiation penetrates children and adults differently.
17. “Harmful Interference” affects the 25 million Americans who now depend on implanted medical devices and medical equipment. “Harmful Interference” with a medical device should be defined as: a. Exposure to electronics, metal detectors or wireless services that causes an FDA approved medical device such as a cardiac pacemaker, an insulin pump, a deep brain stimulator, a cochlear implant to malfunction and results in pain, bodily harm or death; b. Exposure to metal detectors and/or RF signals while a person is in a metal or electronic wheelchair and results in pain, bodily harm, negative health effects or death; c. Exposure to metal detectors and/or RF signals to a person with implanted metallic bone replacement devices that results in pain, bodily harm, negative health effects or death. 18. Smart meters are some of the many devices that can cause such “Harmful Interference” that are described in Comments and affidavits filed in this proceeding. Various individuals filed Comments about RF interference with implants that should be heeded. Laddie W. Lawings, retired Naval Nuclear Inspector; Judi Hangarther, RN; Kate Reese Hurd; and Gary Olhoeft, PhD in Geophysics (in the EMRPI Comment).
19. Medtronics, manufacturer of medical implants, warns of harmful interference to implanted medical devices in uncontrolled or controlled environments at current levels.
20. “Cardiac pacemakers, defibrillators, and drug delivery systems…may exhibit improper operation when subjected to strong RF fields. …It is critical…that any new RF rules…ensure that RF exposure limits below 300 kHz do not cause harmful interference to implanted medical devices….” pg 7 Laddie W Lawings, retired Naval Nuclear Inspector.
21. The Mayo Clinic advises that cardiac pacemaker patients take precautions to prevent electromagnetic interference with the proper functioning their device:
22. The FCC appears to be assuming that there will be a large cost to lowering its current RF safety limits. If setting RF safety limits much more restrictive than the current FCC RF safety limits has a substantial cost, the countries such as Switzerland, Russia, China, and others who use a 0.1 µW/cm2 RF safety limit would have experienced these costs. No such adverse cost to countries that allow 100 times lower RF safety limits has been substantiated.
23. As for the dollar cost of the health damage caused to millions of Americans from using RF safety limits that allow this radiation to interfere with the health and well-being of citizens, the responsibility and resources for compiling and comparing the dollar cost from lax vs. protective RF safety limits rest on the FCC and relevant Federal Agencies.
24. The EPA should be provided with the extensive Comments on health in this record that indicate damage at the present FCC-allowed levels of RF exposure and asked to provide the dollar value of this damage, insisted upon by the FCC. The FCC can then subtract the documented cost of requiring RF safety limits that are 100 times more protective based on what has happened in the countries using those RF limits and arrive at the cost of not acting to protect human health.
25. Federal Agencies put the economic value of a human life at $ 6-7.9 million.
26. Substantial damage occurs when people are disabled from an environmental illness. The Annual Cost to the U.S. of Environmental Illness is between $57 billion and $397 billion.
Muir & Zegarac-Charyl Zehfus Sept 16, 2013 filing of PMID 11744507 [PubMed-indexed for
MEDLINE] PMCID: PMC1240624
27. Costs of some diseases associated in the peer-reviewed research record with EMR exposure that are found in academic journals and government and foundation resources are:
• Autism - $137 Billion USD - Xuejun Kong, MD - Christopher McDougle, MD. N. Am J.
Med. Sci. 6(3) 2013
• Cancer - $125 billion USD - (2010) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21228314
• Diabetes – Statistics from the new report of The International Diabetes Foundation:
1. An estimated 5.1 million people died of diabetes-related complications in 2013.
2. 17% of babies in 2013 were born to women with high blood sugar levels, a sign of gestational diabetes that will contribute to the global diabetes burden in years to come.
3. More than 79,000 children developed Type 1 diabetes in 2013; that's up from 77,800 in 2011.
4. The equivalent of $548 billion were spent on health care for diabetes patients around the world in 2013.
5. China, India and the United States top the list for the most cases of diabetes per
country; around 24.4 million Americans had the disease in 2013.
28. In addition to the host of diseases linked to EMR at current levels, electrohypersensitivity (EHS), which afflicts 3% of the population, often substantially disables these people.
(Grassroots Environmental Education, Inc. View 97 filed 9/24/13).
29. On October 15, 2013, the French federal agency ANSES (National Agency for Food, Environment and Work Health Security) published an update to its 2009 report http://www.anses.fr/sites/default/files/documents/PRES2013CPA18EN_0.pdf on the state of knowledge on risk related to exposure to radiofrequencies “based on a review of the international scientific literature” stating that:
. . . against a background of rapid development of technologies and practices, ANSES recommends limiting the population’s exposure to radiofrequencies – in particular from mobile phones – especially for children and intensive users, and controlling the overall exposure that results from relay antennas. It will also be further developing its work on electro-sensitive individuals, specifically by examining all the available French and international data on this topic that merits attention.
30. Numerous individual Comments on EHS such as Richard Meltzer, Shelley Master, Miriam Weber, M.D. Michele Hertz, Michael Schwaebe, Kevin Mottus, Heather Lane, Scott Spiegal, Kate Reese Hurd, Edna Willadsen, Diane Schou, Deborah Rubin, and many others are of record in this proceeding.
31. Commenter Kit Weaver presents documentation that Utilities, and others in the smart grid, smart meter and smart home industry are violating the ADA by subjecting people with electromagnetic sensitivity to RF radiation in their own homes. “The FCC should stipulate that no utility, government, or other entity can require installation of an RF-emitting device upon one’s property without consent.”
32. EMRPI strongly opposes the Reply of the Utilities Telecom Council (UTC) that calls for categorical exclusion of Smart Meter facilities from routine evaluation. There is no need to return to the dangerous concept of exclusion by category. There has been no FCC evaluation of the complex emissions scenarios that arise from wireless Smart Meter buildout. The FCC does not know what the radiation patterns and emissions levels are when antennas are clustered on apartment buildings or in neighborhoods where buildings are close to each other.
V. INSURANCE COMPANIES RECOGNIZE SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF DAMAGE
CLAIMS
33. Lloyd’s of London is excluding coverage for claims for negative health effects from RF
radiation exposure as stated in the submitted affidavit of Michael Schwaebe, Professional
Engineer, who swears to physiological effects experience by himself and observed in 13 of his
clients:
Two of the world's largest insurance companies, Lloyds and Swiss Re, have
recommended to other insurance companies to write in exclusion clauses against
paying compensation for illnesses caused by continuous long-term non-ionizing
radiation exposure.[1,2] . The recent Austrian insurance company AUVA report
confirms DNA-breaks caused by non-ionising radiation, but the report leaves many
issues open. Remember what Swiss Re wrote in 2005?
For the insurance industry, this standoff gives rise to an extremely
dangerous risk of change composed of two parts: the classical development
risk, that is, the possibility that new research findings will demonstrate
electromagnetic fields to be more dangerous than has hitherto been
assumed; and the sociopolitical risk of change, in other words, the
possibility that changing social values could result in scientific findings
being evaluated differently than they have been thus far.
Update 24th September: This is bad news for those employers who expose their
workers heavily to non-ionising radiation. Precedents: There are already several
cases where the worker got compensation because their tumours etc., were caused
by mobile phone& other occupational EMF exposure [1,2,3,4,5] . And the amount of cases will most likely increase:
VI. CONCLUSIONS 34. EMRPI and the endorsed Commenters lay out evidence of widespread present disease and disability with the resultant medical bills and loss of work from over-radiating the public. The future economic impact on young children now being affected will ripple forward in time and amplify as the negative health effects multiply with their cumulative and ever-increasing exposure. 35. The concept that thermal injury is “the only scientifically established mechanism of harm” for EMR and RF effects is simplistic and outdated. 36. Biological Mechanisms are comprised of complex interrelationships at the microscopic level. The FCC must accommodate changes in scientific knowledge found in studies published since 1986 on mechanisms of non-thermal effects of EMR and RF radiation exposure to humans and the environment. 37. The FCC must assess the research needs and gaps relating to potential biological and adverse health effects of wireless communications devices identified in the 2008 National Academies of Science Report 12036. 38. Recent research findings support continuing precautionary actions by various governments and agencies. Current research findings support the concept of biologically-based EMR and RF exposure safety limits. 39. NEPA mandates that it is time for the FCC to establish biologically-based EMR and RF Radiation Safety regulations. The FCC must comply with NEPA requirements. 40. The evidence of the need to revise FCC RF safety limits and exposure regulations to protect all members of the public are overwhelming. The FCC's duty to protect the public is beyond dispute. The Commission has failed to comply with the House Committee on Commerce's mandate to adopt "uniform, consistentent requirements, with adequate safeguards of
the public health and safety," and that these were to be "established as soon as possible." (H.R.
Report No. 104-204, p. 94) This is a core duty imposed on this Commission. The
Congressional Committee reiterated this expectation for emphasis on page 95 of House Report
104-204:
The Committee believes the Commission rulemaking on this issue (ET Docket 93-62) should contain adequate, appropriate and necessary levels of protection of the public, and needs to be completed expeditiously.
41. This Congressional statement requires on-going conscientious Commission compliance -- sufficient to protect the public in light of all of the research, health studies and experience now available to the agency.
Respectfully submitted,
The EMRadiation Policy Institute
by Janet Newton, President
P.O. Box 117
Marshfield VT 05658
E-mail: info@emrpolicy.org
Telephone: (802) 426-3035
Whitney North Seymour, Jr.
425 Lexington Avenue, Room 1721
New York, NY 10017
Tel: 212-455-7640
Fax: 212-455-2502
Email: wseymour@stblaw.com
Gabriel North Seymour
Gabriel North Seymour P.C.
200 Route 126
Falls Village, CT 06031
Tel: 860-824-1412
Email: certiorari@earthlink.net
November 18, 2013 Attorneys for The EMRadiation Policy Institute
My question is if the US Government is denying there is an RF emissions danger yet protecting themselves from it, why aren't "the people" being protected as well?
RF Protective Clothing My MD Recommended for my VP Shunt - It is Available Online
So yesterday while Sammy and I were driving around taking pics of primereal estate in my neighborhood, we came across a guy named Kevin who says he worked for a telecommunicationssubcontractor putting up towers. I asked him if he could check the wattage on the massive cell tower across the street from me and he said, "Sure". The problem is all of his four RF checkers were dead. Batteries - all dead. But he said he was certain they all met FCC spec. He said it was the Government's jurisdiction to ensure their safety between the FCCand the EPA. We have at least 5 easily identifiable ones within a square mile of my home that I can see.
The areas between these five towers are nearly barren - tire blowouts everywhere, retreads blowing off tractor trailers. Tree lines barren on top between these towers with only dead branches. Dead disoriented birds everywhere many of which can barely fly and can no longer migrate. Few insects and those that are left struggle with odd behavior or are incapacitated. Ground surface dry, cracked and settling even with adequate rainfall. Asphalt cracked, uneven and settled. Concrete flaking, cracking and disintegrating. Astronomical traffic accidents and fatalities. Many residents feel like zombies walking glassy eyed. Very little movement, no one outside on a beautiful sunny day. Liquor and drug sales soaring. Electronics failing, fuses blowing continually. Complacency, illness and inefficiency abounds simply because we can no longer think and function. Any stagnant water left is teeming with bacteria. Residents and animals with any type of metal or silicone in them (piercings, implants, joint replacements, bands) suffer with autoimmune disorders becoming more and more debilitated and are degenerating rapidly. Animals, domestic and feral alike developing leukemia, brain tumors & digestive disorders. That is life here now.
Kevin said just because this and other towers were heating up the area and human bodies (VP shunt, remember) it didn't mean it was amped up. The way I took that to mean was that the specifications themselves were corrupted and not in line or taking into account the health, safety and well being of living beings and the environment around them. Apparently all those contributions, donations and lobbying I'd seen on Opensecrets.org by the telecommunications, electronics and IT companies were paying off big time now, and America is now in the process of cannibalizing itself. He says the specifications were drawn up by theIEEE.
Kevin, being only 21, accepts this as the way of life today and understands this is the life he has been born into - that "it has always been done this way". He feels powerless over a few telecommunications companies run by a handful of psychopaths, not really understanding that all he has to do is shut that thang down. It really is that simple, Kevin. Unplug.
Kevin has yet to understand he does not *have to* use his cell phone. He does not *have to* watch TV. He does not *have to* do a lot of things. He does not *have to* kill the people around him, his children, his parents, his environment, his family, his friends or his neighbors. Neither does ATT or Verizon. But this is what the general public demands, so this is what they are pressuring Washington to do, and Washington has buckled under their demands. All of the below massive towers are within one square mile of each other and our homes.
In front of the KFC off LaGrange Road, Louisville 40245
Another failed retail building off LaGrange Road, Factory Lane, 40245 - this was a Blockbuster, owned by Thieneman Realty - they cannot even complete a sidewalk leading to the shopping center to encourage pedestrian traffic yet have permitted four stores to sell liquor - this corner is a death trap. Directly in front of Lake Forest subdevelopment / Forest Springs.
Thorntons at the corner of Factory Lane and LaGrange Road - another death trap, gas gouging establishment - sells tons of liquor though. Not a safe place for kids or families but ok if you're a risk-taker.
Kids gymnastics facility. I would steer clear - many traffic accidents/fatalities in this area although I do not see they are being reported.
Lake Forest subdevelopment - surrounded by barren, failed subdevelopments, retail buildings - mostly vacant. Roadways in front are being undermined, cracked with potholes galore. Behind the Rogers Sandstone Quarry - poor air quality (particulate), expect to develop cancer in 5-10 years, or leukemia, autoimmune illnesses. Across the street and scattered around here debris, tree stumps & garbage buried everywhere. Not a good place for proposed development. Off Old Henry Road, Louisville, 40245.
Another poorly planned failed subdevelopment with inadequate drainage. Pretty, though. Lots of debris, trash, tree stumps buried here as well. Surrounded by 4G LTE cell towers - tree tops burned off too.
More failed development off Old Henry Road.
Clairborne Crossing Apartments - they appear to be more of a prison than apartments, dug into a hole in the ground. Lots of debris, garbage, tree stumps buried in this area - not a good place for kids, families, surrounded by 5 4G LTE cell towers. Unsafe water, too close to the Rogers Sandstone Quarry - poor air quality, especially particulate - you will have difficulty breathing here. Not recommended if you've got allergies or autoimmune issues. Off Old Henry Road, Louisville, KY 40245, Exit 30 of the Gene Snyder (I-265).
This is where most of the tree stumps, trash and debris are being buried behind Jewish Hospital Northeast off Old Henry Road off Exit 30 of the Gene Snyder (I-2650 in Louisville, KY. I would not invest in property here unless you're into Superfund or Brownfields cleanup gigs. Update as of March 2016 - land being cleared and construction underway for a Thornton's Contact Center. What a waste of what could have been a magnificent piece of property - I hope Thornton's cleans it up, digs up all the trash that's buried and landscapes it to it's fullest potential - the view from the top there is astounding. I wish them luck with it.
Ground undermining behind Jewish Hospital Northeast off Old Henry Road, off Exit 30 of the Gene Snyder (I-265) Louisville, KY, between cell towers (5 4G LTE towers within one square mile area). Infrastructures which are nearly new are crumbling.
Behind the Abandoned Jewish Hospital Northeast between Cell Towers - Treetops Burned, ground undermining, debris, trash, concrete and tree stumps buried everywhere. You can see the burned treetops. Off Old Henry Road, Louisville near Exit 30 of the Gene Snyder (I-265).
The Abandoned Jewish Hospital Northeast (now KentuckyOne) - only a few years old - nearly abandoned
They removed hundreds of trees for this construction - it lays barren and abandoned - again, between cell towers - cracked, barren & broken, buried concrete and debris everywhere. Off Old Henry Road, Louisville
Vacant, for sale, abandoned properties off Old Henry Road, Louisville, between cell towers - buried concrete, debris, tree stumps everywhere - they're hoping to make subdevelopments or industrial there. Barren area.
