Voices, The Peoples News
November 3, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Chemicals
Dry shampoo added to list of products contaminated with benzene: Findings represent the highest levels found in a consumer product to date, according to Valisure
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/101550
# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Student Infected With Debilitating Virus in Undisclosed Biolab Accident: By the time a researcher who pricked her finger in Missouri reported the accident, she was already sick.
https://theintercept.com/2022/11/01/biosafety-lab-accident-chikungunya-virus/
Lab That Created Risky Avian Flu Had “Unacceptable” Biosafety Protocols: Documents obtained by The Intercept reveal disturbing biosafety lapses and troubling gaps in oversight by government agencies.
https://theintercept.com/2022/11/01/biosafety-avian-flu/
The cost of vaccine hoarding: More than one million lives might have been saved if COVID-19 vaccines had been shared more equitably with lower-income countries in 2021, according to mathematical models incorporating data from 152 countries.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03529-3
Groundbreaking: Study Details How Media, Big Tech Censored Doctors and Scientists Who Challenged COVID Narrative: A groundbreaking new scientific paper published Tuesday exposes the suppression and censorship of doctors and medical experts who opposed and challenged the official COVID-19 narrative.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/covid-narrative-big-tech-media-censorship-doctors/?utm_source=salsa&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=61483b7f-b9d9-4322-bad6-4e9175d7eef2
The Pediatric Perils of PEG: From MiraLAX to COVID Shots, FDA and CDC Ignore Safety Signals: Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned that some ultrasound contrast agents contain polyethylene glycol (PEG) and therefore shouldn’t be administered to patients with known or suspected allergies to PEG — but there are no similar warnings for adults or children who get PEG-containing COVID-19 shots or MiraLAX, an over-the-counter laxative.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/covid-vaccine-miralax-polyethylene-glycol/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Fed hikes interest rate despite recession warnings from experts: Economists warned that increasing interest rates too quickly was “a very dangerous approach,” could make inflation worse and cause “great pain” without addressing real economic issues.
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2022/11/02/fed-hikes-interest-rates-despite-expert-warnings-more-economic-pain-working
# Education / Schools
The Racism of the Supreme Court’s Supermajority Was on Full Display This Week: The six right-wingers appear poised to gut affirmative action in higher education.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-racism-of-the-supreme-courts-supermajority-was-on-full-display-this-week/
# Employment / Labor
Demand for US workers rebounds despite Fed’s efforts to cool economy: ‘Jolts’ report points to tight labour market amid string of interest rate rises. “The huge increase in job openings was expected to slow, but the numbers show a job market that is speeding up, not slowing down,” said Layla O’Kane, an economist for analytics company Lightcast.
https://www.ft.com/content/c2cc606c-3aef-4c1d-912d-d78da291d69f
Job openings unexpectedly surge in September despite Fed efforts to cool labor market: U.S. job openings unexpectedly surged higher in September, even as the Federal Reserve tries to bring down near-record high inflation and cool the labor market with the most aggressive interest rate hikes in decades.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/job-openings-unexpectedly-surge-september-140922555.html
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Where Are the Methane ‘Super-Emitters’? NASA Identifies More Than 50 Major Methane Leaks From Space
There is 262 percent more methane in the atmosphere now than there was before the start of the industrial revolution, but where is all that methane coming from?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nasa-finds-more-than-50-super-emitters-of-methane-180981045/
# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Starbucks is suspected in NC action of pumping too much potassium without disclosure: The High Point, NC-based Puroast Coffee Company has filed a complaint with Stein, alleging that Starbucks coffee is adulterated with chemicals deceiving consumers by artificially changing the flavor of its coffee. Spiked potassium levels do not present a traditional food safety issue. However, those with kidney disease could be harmed by elevated potassium levels in the bloodstream. The condition known as hyperkalemia can result.
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2022/11/starbucks-is-suspected-in-nc-action-of-pumping-too-much-potassium-without-disclosure/#:~:text=The%20High%20Point%2C%20NC%2Dbased,a%20traditional%20food%20safety%20issue
Iowa Orders 1.1 Million Chickens Be Killed After A Case Of Avian Flu Was Found: In Wright County, Iowa, a commercial egg-laying facility will be forced to kill 1.1 million chickens in an effort to contain the “highly contagious and deadly” avian flu virus.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2022/10/31/bird-flu-iowa-avian-influenza-hens-destroyed-egg-facility-wright-county/69607869007/
# Food Recalls / Alerts
Domino sugar recalled over metal wire in product: Domino Foods Inc is recalling certain Domino and C&H Sugar Tubs because of the potential of metal wire in the product. The product was distributed in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin.
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2022/11/domino-sugar-recalled-over-metal-wire-in-product/
Rolls recalled over possible microbial contamination: Piantedosi Baking Co., Inc. is recalling bread rolls because products may be contaminated with Cronobacter sakazakii or Clostridium botulinum. The products were distributed in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, Mississippi and Colorado. The recall was initiated on Aug. 17, 2022
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2022/08/dinner-rolls-sandwich-rolls-buns-recalled-because-of-potential-microbial-contamination/
# Gov / Politics / Global
Kim Jong Un Inches Closer to All-Out War Than Ever Before: An unprecedented barrage of missiles from North Korea has some experts fearing the worst is yet to come.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-inches-closer-to-all-out-war-than-ever-before
# Gov / Politics / US
These Texans were trying to help run elections. Then Ken Paxton’s office launched criminal investigations. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hasn’t just been pursuing supposed voter fraud. His office has also criminally investigated at least 10 election workers, in a harbinger of potential post-midterm turmoil.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/03/texas-election-workers-voter-fraud-paxton-midterms/
We Really Need to Fix Presidential Succession, Like Now: The Presidential Succession Act of 1947 is a constitutional crisis waiting to happen.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/we-really-need-to-fix-presidential-successionlike-now
See also: Under the 1947 Act, any person serving as Acting President can be supplanted or bumped from the acting presidency by an officer higher in the order of succession. Finally, the Act requires that any Cabinet officer, by serving as Acting President, automatically vacates his Cabinet position.
https://www.senate.gov/about/officers-staff/president-pro-tempore/presidential-succession-act.htm
We’re Watching White Anxiety Turn Into Violent Rage: Many white Americans believe in the myth of their own greatness. And it’s become a threat to us all.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/were-watching-white-anxiety-turn-into-violent-rage
The GOP Has a New Way to Take Power From Cities: ‘Rogue city leaders’: How Republicans are taking power away from mayors. State lawmakers are preempting the ability of city leaders to enforce their own regulations. The moves represent a sharp ideological shift for a party that has long championed local control.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/23/republicans-are-taking-power-away-from-mayors-495564
Pelosi Attack Could Portend Right-Wing Violence on Election Day, Experts Warn: Experts call on officials to speak out against militia activity at the polls as the right prepares to contest the vote.
https://truthout.org/articles/pelosi-attack-could-portend-right-wing-violence-on-election-day-experts-warn/
# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Lawmakers seeking to change law allowing cops to charge patients with marijuana DUIs even if they are not impaired: A Pennsylvania law allows medical marijuana patients to be charged with driving under the influence even if they are not impaired. Patients and even prosecutors are trying to change the law.
https://www.wtae.com/article/medical-marijuana-dui-charge/41835001#
# Medical / Health
Taxpayers foot the bill for medical research, but companies profit. We’re paying for drugs twice and this needs to change now
https://www.zmescience.com/science/taxpayers-foot-the-bill-for-medical-research-but-companies-profit-were-paying-for-drugs-twice-and-this-needs-to-change-now/
# Pharmas / Drugs
Taxpayers foot the bill for medical research, but companies profit. We’re paying for drugs twice and this needs to change now. Part of the problem is an outdated licensing system that allows private companies to buy exclusive rights to use publicly funded research, with few strings attached.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/taxpayers-foot-the-bill-for-medical-research-but-companies-profit-were-paying-for-drugs-twice-and-this-needs-to-change-now/
# Security
Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinformation: Under the guise of counterterrorism, the government is accelerating pressure on social media companies to crack down on speech the feds deem disinformation.
https://theintercept.com/2022/10/31/social-media-disinformation-dhs/
Probe launched into Homeland Security’s ‘taxpayer-funded censorship campaign’: House Oversight Committee Republicans are kicking off an investigation into a “taxpayer-funded censorship campaign” at the Department of Homeland Security.
https://tylerpaper.com/news/national/probe-launched-into-homeland-security-s-taxpayer-funded-censorship-campaign/article_446139ab-8058-5a9a-8ead-2978dbfd090b.html
# Technology
Elon Musk plans to profit from Twitter, not create a town square for global democracy: His acquisition of Twitter, a powerful opinion platform, as a private company also further cements his power.
https://countercurrents.org/2022/11/elon-musk-plans-to-profit-from-twitter-not-create-a-town-square-for-global-democracy/
L’Oréal Becomes Latest Brand to Suspend Twitter Advertising: The announcement comes as a number of other brands are expected to remove themselves from the social media platform.
https://www.ft.com/content/17281b81-b801-4a8f-8065-76d3ffb400fa
# Military / DOD
‘Someone has to do it’: American vets in Ukraine train front-line medics as war rages with Russia: Founded by four U.S. veterans in the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Task Force Yankee Ukraine has crisscrossed the country to prepare more than 12,000 Ukrainians to treat the unique injuries of war.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2022-11-02/american-veterans-ukraine-training-medics-7884246.html
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