Raw data, History of inflammatory diseases

I've been collecting data on inflammatory diseases going back to the 1980s. The rise in many inflammatory disease is highly correlated with the usage of glyphosate. If you want the raw numbers here is a Google spreadsheet you can view.

If you want to copy it you have my permission. If you have any problems getting access or copying it to your Google Drive, leave a comment here. You should not have to have, or log in to, a Google account to view this.

Different measures cover different years but here is what I have historical rates for.

Tab "Master Percent": asthma, allergies,  ADHD, learning disabilities, behavioral problems, autism, serious psych difficulties, depression, any mental illness. The sources for this tab are on the "Sources" tab.

Tab "Chronic Conditions": percent with high blood pressure, depression, percent with 2 or 3 chronic conditions, pct with 4-5 chronic conditions.

NOTES:

1. In the case a single number spans multiple years, the beginning year and each succeeding years in that group will have the same value. Ex: Years 1988-1990 have a value of 1%. Years 1991-1993 have a value of 2%. Year 1988-1990 will each contain 1%, years 1991-1993 will have a value of 2%.

Link to spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DmZD-QyQrOclQ0W4KOCua-GT_hjq-XQy6cm_lgPYaTA/edit?usp=sharing

Print free ledger accounting paper

This blog isn't just about being healthy it's also a bit about being frugal, budgeting, and sustainability.

Along that line here are some sites where you can print your own accounting paper for keeping track of your income, expenses, and budget. For example we have a food budget and add $100 per week (as income assigned to food). Then as we spend money on food we enter the amount of what we spent on food in the "expense" column, and calculate the balance to put in the "balance" column. So if we start out with $100 we have an entry for adding $100 and the balance is $100. If we spend $25 on food, we have an entry for $25 in the expense column the balance would be $75 in the balance column. And it looks like this.

	Income	Expense	Balance
Weekly add $100	100		100
Groceries 5/25/16		25	75

1. Printable Paper Ledger paper. Many types of ledger and graph paper. Available as PDFs. Graph paper here.  Many categories of paper like penmanship (for grade school), hex paper, log paper, for quilting, calligraphy, cross stitch, etc.
2. **Incompetech. Lots of ledger paper in many sizes and many columns from 2 to 6 columns. These are provided as PDFs which you can save to your C: drive. 
3. Printfree. Some of these printable grids are in html.
4. Print-Graph-Paper. Several types of graph paper including isometric, squares, log. 
5. Print Free Graph Paper. Choose several basic types of graph paper and customize it from there. Uses dropdown boxes to be very flexible. This creates a custom PDF but I wasn't able to download it. 
6. Google image search for graph paper. 

FBI hacked into Mozilla browser

The FBI hacked the Mozilla browser, and the Mozilla Foundation entered a brief in court (PDF here) asking them to disclose how they did it so the vulnerability could be plugged.

The FBI had taken over a child porn website on the dark web/deep web which could then track visitors. The FBI actually found the backdoor in Tor, an anonymous browsing service, which shares code with Mozilla. (I'm assuming the FBI could then get the user's real IP address, which TOR obfuscates.)

Source
Cyberwar News. May 17, 2016.
Archive.is backup of Mozilla PDF brief.

Make your own yarrow mosquito repellent

A US Army study found a yarrow tincture repelled mosquitoes better than DEET. There is some question about how toxic DEET is as the skin absorbs it.

Yarrow, Achillea millefolium, grows in sunny areas and it likes sandy soil. I have lots in my backyard and it spreads somewhat fast and is very hardy. I get flowers around the end of June with more consistent hot weather. It seems to survive drought quite well as we get almost no rain for 8 weeks in July and August. It also has very wispy, ferny leaves and even the leaves look nice.

Another commenter mentions:

I drop a few drops of eucalyptus oil in coconut oil and rub it on exposed skin. It works really well.

Sources
Natural News.
The study about how DEET is toxic.
Making the tincture.

Toxins in cosmetics

The 12 most common toxins in cosmetics, soaps, creams, shampoos, etc.

EDC = endocrine disrupting chemical
MSDS = a sheet summarizing any hazards with a specific chemical, which also includes problems associated with long-term or repeated exposure. May include cancinogenicity info, synonyms. 

1. BHA and BHT are suspected endocrine disruptors. Harmful to fish and wildlife. MSDS for BHA as PDF.
2. Coal tar dyes: p-phenylenediamine and colours listed as "CI" followed by a five digit number. Colors listed in the 75000 and 77000 series, and "FD&C Blue 1" or "Blue No 1" also. MSDS from Proctor and Gamble as PDF.
3. DEA, TEA and MEA ingredients. Can form nitrosamines which cause cancer. 
4. Dibutyl phthalate, or any phthalate. 
5. Parabens. Suspected EDCs.
6. Formaldehyde-releasing preservatives like DMDM hydantoin, diazolidinyl urea, imidazolidinyl urea, methenamine and quarternium-15. May cause cancer. 
7. "Parfum" aka "fragrance". Some linked to cancer and neurotoxicity.
8. PEG compounds. 
9. Petrolatum, petroleum compounds. A product made from oil that can be contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which could cause cancer.
10. Siloxanes. Look for ingredients ending in "-siloxane" or "-methicone." Suspected endocrine disrupter and reproductive toxicant (cyclotetrasiloxane). 
11. Sodium laureth sulfate. Used as foaming agent in shampoos, detergents, soaps, etc. Can cause cancer. MSDS sheet as PDF.
12. Triclosan contributes to making antibiotic-resistant bacteria like MRSA. See article "50% of antibiotics ineffective on children."

Sources

1. "Dirty Dozen Cosmetic Chemicals." David Suzuki. Last accessed May 6, 2016. Link here. 
2. EWG cosmetics database. 97,000 products here listing which toxic chemicals they have, if any. Link here. 

More streams contaminated with lead and poisons

Summary

1. North Dakota: fracking spills poison local streams with heavy metals, radioactive materials and toxic, corrosive salts.
2. There are thousands of fracking spills per year. 
3. 21,000 spills took place between 2009 and 2014.
4. ND state law requires special permits to transport or dump radioactive waste of 185bq/kg. Radium was found at levels as high as 4,600 Bequerels per kilogram (bq/kg). 
5. The fracking chemical cocktail is resistant to breaking down in the wild.
6. Radium can last for thousands of years at a site.
7. Find where the fracking is: Fractracker.org. World Fracking Map from Harvard.
8. Find fracking accidents all over the US: Earthjustice.

SourceNatural News. May 17, 2016.

Supplements at Walgreen's, Walmart do not contain what they say they do

And they may contain fatal allergens. Some pills, capsules might not contain the dose they claim, or any of the active ingredient, and they often contain cheap fillers. Read more below.

A store brand of ginseng pills at Walgreens, said to enhance “physical endurance and vitality” was only found to contain powdered garlic and rice. On the other hand, Walmart’s ginkgo biloba, a Chinese plant that enhances memory, contained just radish, houseplants and wheat, even though the product was marketed as wheat and gluten-free.

Source
Newstarget. May 11, 2016.
Talknetwork. May 12, 2016.

FDA poisoning women with Essure

Quote:

Women across America are furious with the FDA [and Bayer], and nowhere is this sentiment louder than on Twitter, where patients are posting daily about the devastating effects on their lives of a permanent, non-hormonal contraceptive called Essure.

Approved by the FDA in 2002, Essure is a non-hormonal birth control device consisting of two metal coils that are implanted in the fallopian tubes to prevent sperm from reaching the eggs. It’s supposed to be a less invasive alternative to tubal ligation (“getting your tubes tied”). The procedure is performed in a doctor’s office and, assuming everything goes as planned, does not require any recovery time.

Despite being advertised as relatively painless, for thousands of women Essure has been anything but. Over the last decade and change, the FDA has received nearly 10,000 reports of adverse events related to Essure. According to the FDA’s website, the most commonly reported side effects are pain (mostly abdominal), heavy and/or irregular periods, headaches, and fatigue. There have also been more than 600 reports of pregnancies. Of these pregnancies, nearly half resulted in miscarriages.

Read more here at Treato. 

Sources
Scoop It article.

Tyson employees prevented from using bathrooms.

Employees at Tyson plants have unpleasant working conditions to begin with, now add abuse to the list of problems, abuse which violates workplace safety laws.

Bullet points:

1. Supervisors tell workers they can get a bathroom break: "Go to the bathroom then go to Human Resources". Implying the employee will be fired. 
2. Some employees wear diapers to work to minimize the mess, but that can lead to more urinary track infections, especially for women. 
3. Some people just don't eat or drink before work to avoid having to use the restroom. Not drinking when a person is sweating in a hot environment can lead to heat stroke or fainting.

Source
Natural News.

Research on Parabens

1. A survey of 215 cosmetic products in 1995 found parabens in 99% of the leave-on cosmetic products and 77% of the rinse-off products (Rastogi et al., 1995). 
2. Parabens are absorbed into the human body (Darbre et al., 2004; Ye et al., 2006). 
3. Intact parabens that escaped from metabolism by esterases from the intestine and skin were detected in human urine samples, with methylparaben and propylparaben being the most abundant followed by butylparaben.
4. Parabens do show some estrogenic/antiandrogenic activity. They are likely Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals.
5. Medications that contain parabens resulted in higher paraben concentrations in urine. 
6. Parabens rapidly get into the bloodstream once they are applied to skin.  (Wang, 2015)
7. If you have parabens in your urine, you've been exposed to the toxic chemials. (Braun, 2013) 
8. Some parabens are linked to reproductive toxicity. (Meeker, 2011)

If you want to reduce your exposure to toxins, don't use products with parabens. This includes cosmetics, shampoo, lotion, and anything you might put on or in your body.

Sources
Hu, 2012.
Dodge, 2015.
Wang, 2015. 
Braun, 2013.
Meeker, 2011.