Indymedia-Quebec (CMAQ) - Sante / Health / Salud

UK Supermarket Chain Bans Aspartame From Own-Label Products; Japanese Manufacturer Ajinomoto Sues!

Tue, 13 May 2008 20:53:16 -0400

First paragraph (Teaser):

Can this company really be so monstrously stupid? World's largest manufactuer of two neurotoxic carcinogens, Aspartame & MSG, should accept responsibility for causing spike in Neurodegenerative Illnesses: Tumors, MS, ALS, Migraines, Seizures, all recognized by USA FDA on their list of 92 symptoms attributed to Aspartame/Methanol/Formaldehyde!

“Committed To Healing: Involuntary Commitment Procedures”: A Fraud

Tue, 06 May 2008 12:52:46 -0400

First paragraph (Teaser):

The law invites the ruling class, the government, the intelligence services, etc., to silence their adversaries while pretending to 'heal' them.

In a context of grave financial crisis, the rise of the imperialist tensions

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:43:41 -0400

First paragraph (Teaser):

It allows to notice once again that, whatever are the "opinions", "the feelings" and "the points of view" that can express a high-level representative of a national bourgeoisie at given moment, the decisions which it is brought to take are at first and above all determined by the global interests of this national bourgeoisie.

Suggested link:
bcommuniste.ifastnet.com/

Death at Work: Capitalism is Bad for Your Health

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:49:00 -0400

First paragraph (Teaser):

Most of us will be spared the horrors of being trapped in a mine, or crashing through a scaffold on a building site, but the death toll directly attributable to the work place, and the environment that capitalism produces, an alien junkyard unfit for human consumption, threatens everyone.

Mrs. Rosenberg is still dead - Legalize Advanced Care Paramedics in Quebec - Now

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:31:48 -0400

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First paragraph (Teaser):

Mrs. Rosenberg is still dead.

I was there when Mrs. Rosenberg died. I knew her from the five previous times I had responded to her apartment. She had a bad heart. She didn't like to call for help -- she'd wait until the pain was unbearable before she dialed 911. Even after all the polite lectures I had given her about calling right away when the pain started. Mrs. Rosenberg always said she didn't want to disturb anyone. She was sweet but stoic.

Suggested link:
http://www.bigmedicine.ca/aspecialreport.htm

For a fair blood donation (petition before 31 May08)

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:57:14 -0500

First paragraph (Teaser):

In Quebec, as well as in Canada at large, every man who had a sexual relationship with another man since 1977 is automatically excluded from donating blood, regardless of whether or not they were monogamous and/or used protection. We consider this regulation discriminatory.

This is why we made a petition to ask Hema-Quebec, the Canadian Blood Services, and Health Canada to change their blood donor policy.

Suggested link:
pages.usherbrooke.ca/aglebus/donsang.php

Hawaii Lawmakers' Plan to Ban Aspartame: Update

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:57:21 -0500

First paragraph (Teaser):

Why are aspartame manufacturers like Ajinomoto and Coca Cola so ecstatic right now about Rep. Josh Green, M.D., Chairman of the Hawaii House Health Committee?

Online declaration against mining exploration in the region of Piura, Peru

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:20:45 -0500

First paragraph (Teaser):

Citizens called upon to declare their support of the local citizen’s opposition to mining exploration in the region of Piura, Peru. The region’s inhabitants oppose the planned contamination and destruction of this agricultural zone of ecological importance and fragility. Piura is one of the last virgin areas in a Peru targeted for exploitation by the world's largest mining transnationals.

Suggested link:
www.petitiononline.com/ccdhal2/petition.html

War is Coming Home!

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:02:15 -0500

First paragraph (Teaser):

War is the disease of which PTSD and other mental illnesses that plague our soldiers and veterans are merely symptoms.

Hawaiian Legislative Efforts to Ban Aspartame, Artificial Sweetener

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:46:38 -0500

Online declaration against mining exploitation in Cerro de San Pedro, Mexico

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:31:27 -0500

First paragraph (Teaser):

Citizens called upon to declare their support of the citizen's group Frente Amplio Opositor a la Minera San Xavier (FAO) and the people of the historic village of Cerro de San Pedro, Mexico. This 400-year-old heritage site is facing destruction and disappearance at the hands of Canadian transnational Metallica Resources Inc.

Suggested link:
www.petitiononline.com/ccdhal/petition.html

Iraq: Looking Back: 'Internationally Sponsored Genocide'

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:55:56 -0500

First paragraph (Teaser):

by Felicity Arbuthnot
Global Research, November 28, 2007

As you know, when I was here in April/May 1992, I thought things could get no worse. Yet in July this year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations note in a Report: ...with deep regret, all the: pre-famine indicators being in place.

Further that an appreciable proportion of the population now had less calorific intake than the most famine stricken parts of Africa.

Humanitarian Appeal - Canada

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:13:19 -0500

First paragraph (Teaser):

Hello. We are Canadian health professionals responding to an appeal from Dr. Eyad El-Sarraj, Director of the Gaza Community Mental Health Centre to end the siege in Gaza. We plan to meet with Members of Parliament to discuss this humanitarian appeal and use the letter that follows to aid the campaign. If you are interested in co-signing this statement, please send your name to: hpasig@gmail.com

Suggested link:
www.end-gaza-siege.ps/IndexEn.htm

Radioactive Ammunition Fired in Middle East May Claim More Lives Than Hiroshima and Nagaski

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:36:40 -0500

First paragraph (Teaser):

by Sherwood Ross
Global Research, November 22, 2007
opednews.com

By firing radioactive ammunition, the U.S., U.K., and Israel may have triggered a nuclear holocaust in the Middle East that, over time, will prove deadlier than the U.S. atomic bombing of Japan.

Town's residents test positive for uranium contamination

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:24:56 -0500

First paragraph (Teaser):

The result of testing conducted on a small group of residents of Port Hope has found contamination by uranium of military or industrial origin.