Mr. Potato Head Goes Organic

Bicycle riders dressed as giant potatoes participated in a cycling tour to raise awareness of organic farming.  It is a lighthearted approach to a very serious topic. "The PieperPad (Dutch for "Potato Trail") is a 1000 kilometer long cycling tour designed to raise...

Bayer's pesticide blamed for killing German, and other, honeybees

" Tests on dead bees showed that 99% of those examined had a build-up of [the chemical] clothianidin ... Clothianidin, like the other neonicotinoid pesticides that have been temporarily suspended in Germany, is a systemic chemical that works its way through a plant and...

Trasylol Side Effects - 22,000 died amid delayed Bayer drug recall Researcher...

"The lives of 22,000 patients could have been saved if U.S. regulators had been quicker to remove a Bayer AG drug used to stem bleeding during open heart surgery, according to a medical researcher interviewed by CBS Television's 60 Minutesprogram. The drug...

Euro RSCG Worldwide named largest global advertising agency 2nd yr

"Of the Top 100 Global Marketers listed in the report, Euro RSCG Worldwide handles advertising for 32 of these brands including Ford Motor Co., Reckitt Benckiser, Danone Group, PSA Peugeot Citroen, Citigroup, Bayer, Schering-Plough Corp., Carrefour, ExxonMobil, Kraft, IBM,...

Bayer Trasylol Heart Surgery Clotting Drugs Sales Suspended Worldwide

"MONDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Bayer AG suspended worldwide sales of Trasylol, a clotting drug using during heart surgery to prevent bleeding, on Monday following a request from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to remove the drug from the American market for safety...

Gadolinium NFS Side Effects - AP -San Rafael man sues over dyes used in healt...

"Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO - A 72-year-old San Rafael man has sued several major health companies, claiming the dyes used to scan his failing kidneys caused a rare, painful and incurable disease. Peter Gerbe contends that injections of dyes containing the heavy metal...

Mushrooms Become Source for Eco-Building

Eben Bayer grew up on a farm in Vermont learning the intricacies of mushroom harvesting with his father. Now the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduate is using that experience to create an organic insulation...

Is China copying American companies like Bayer Co?

 I have no idea what is behind this, but it reminds me of another case involving Bayer Co. selling HIV contaminated blood to poor countries.  This was discussed on the Scarbourgh Country for MSNBC with...

FDA urges mandatory painkiller warnings

"The Food and Drug Administration yesterday proposed mandatory labeling for over-the-counter painkillers aspirin, acetaminophen and ibuprofen. The new warning labels would apply to drugs such as Johnson &...

The sexual concerns of Korean men

"Korean men are not very considerate of their sexual partners, but they are more interested in sex. They are also more willing than their counterparts elsewhere to treat sex problems like impotence, though it seems they do not back up their words with action by seeing a...

F.D.A. Says Bayer Failed to Reveal Drug Risk Study

"Bayer A.G., the German pharmaceutical giant, failed to reveal to federal drug officials the results of a large study suggesting that a widely used heart-surgery medicine might increase the risks of death and...

Bayer Knowingly Sold Aids Virus In Medicine

"This clip from Scarborough Country highlights how Bayer knowingly dumped medicine that was known to be contaminated with AIDS virus on the European market after it killed people in America. I wonder how much of this got dumped in Africa? This is so illegal and immoral."

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