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To: longnshort who wrote (2654)	6/9/2011 2:37:20 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 4326

The lefties are so concerned about our health: Pfizer suspends animal-fattening drug after arsenic found in chickens By Rita Mu on 9 June 2011 foodmag.com.au Pharmaceutical company Pfizer has announced it will suspend the sale of an animal drug used by poultry producers in the US after traces of arsenic were found in treated chickens. The drug, which goes under the commercial name of Roxarsone, is used by producers to fatten broiler chickens and improve pigmentation and feed efficiency. It is also used in combination with other drugs to control a parasitic disease that affects the intestinal tracts of animals. Roxarsone was first approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1944. The voluntary move by Pfizer to halt sales of the drug in the US follows a recent FDA study involving 100 broiler chickens. The study found higher levels or arsenic, a known carcinogen, in the livers of chickens treated with Roxarsone than untreated chickens. However, the FDA has said the levels of arsenic are “very low.” “FDA detected increased levels of inorganic arsenic in the livers of chickens treated with 3-Nitro, raising concerns of a very low but completely avoidable exposure to a carcinogen,” Michael Taylor, FDA deputy commissioner for foods said in a statement. “We are pleased to announce that [Pfizer] is cooperating with us to protect the public health.” Alpharma, the subsidiary of Pfizer, behind the Roxarsone label, will discontinue the sale of the drug 29 days from today, allowing time for poultry producers to make the transition to other treatment strategies.

To: longnshort who wrote (2654)	6/18/2011 9:17:08 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 4326

Dutch Point Out New Mistakes in U.N. Climate Report .......................................................... February 05, 2010 foxnews.com The IPCC's beleaguered climate report faces the prospect of still more errors, as Dutch authorities point out factual inaccuracies about the Netherlands. Dutch environment ministry spokesman Trimo Vallaart has asked the U.N.'s climate change panel to rethink its assertion that more than half of the Netherlands is below seal level. Dutch authorities explain that, in fact, only 26 percent of the country is below sea level. According to an AFP story, IPCC experts calculated that 55 percent of the Netherlands was below sea level by adding the area below sea level -- 26 percent -- to the area threatened by river flooding -- 29 percent -- Vallaart said. "They should have been clearer," Vallaart pointed out, adding that the Dutch office for environmental planning, an IPCC partner, had the exact figures. He noted that correcting the error had been "on the agenda several times" but had never actually happened. Vallaart told the AFP that he regretted the fact that proper procedure was not followed, adding that it should not be left to politicians to check the IPCC's numbers. The Dutch environment ministry will order a review of the report to see if it contains any more errors, Vallaart said. The U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been mired in scandal since the theft and subsequent publishing on the Internet of e-mails from a key climate research group. The e-mails revealed internal debate about the veracity of certain studies, and led to revelations about mistakes in the IPCC's main report. The IPCC report inaccurately warned that Himalayan glaciers could be gone by 2035, and included apparently unsubstantiated fears about threats to the Amazon rainforests. Read more: foxnews.com