Category: health

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Why my husband and I should not be allowed to rear hamsters, let alone children

Friday, August 22, 2008

Today started out much the same as any other day except that my husband stayed home from work. Why?Because the two of us have turned procrastination into an art form.
In a roundabout way, my husand took a day off work due to our failure to file our ‘07 taxes.  You may remember that we, or more correctly, I, birthed our second [...]

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Posted in babies, family life, health, husbands on Aug 22nd, 2008, 12:28 am by houndrat  1 comment   

more on the FDA, aspartame and bovine growth hormone

Friday, February 15, 2008

So, why don’t I trust the FDA?  I’ve got two words for you—aspartame and bovine growth hormone.  Okay, so maybe my counting skills are lacking, but my research skills aren’t.  And it doesn’t take much searching to figure out that the FDA blew it big time when it approved the alternative sweetener half the country is addicted to [...]

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Posted in health on Feb 15th, 2008, 12:49 am by houndrat  1 comment   

bovine growth hormone, FDA, and Fox News

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Anyone who hasn’t watched the video on the Fox News whistle blowers in Miami, regarding bovine growth hormone, needs to.
 As if I needed another compelling reason not to trust the FDA.  Or the news.
And then there’s Monsanto, a lovely company that brought us the safe, healthy treats (read sarcasm here) of aspartame, hormone-laden milk, and genetically-modified [...]

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Posted in health on Feb 12th, 2008, 11:55 pm by houndrat