{"id":218519,"date":"2022-08-29T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=218519"},"modified":"2022-09-03T06:38:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T05:38:30","slug":"for-those-who-still-trust-the-u-s-food-and-drug-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/08\/for-those-who-still-trust-the-u-s-food-and-drug-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"For Those Who Still Trust the U.S. Food and Drug Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Radioactive Cesium \u2013 137 Limits in Food by Country <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

21 Aug 2022 – <\/em>I learned something very interesting at the UN 10th Review Conference of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference.<\/p>\n

On August 15, the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) held a side event on \u201cthe Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Marshall Islands Nuclear Testing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ivana Nikoli\u0107 Hughes, the new president of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, and the Director of Frontiers of Science at Columbia University did a presentation on the Environmental Effects of Nuclear Testing in the Marshall Islands.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBaker Shot\u201d, part of Operation Crossroads, a U.S. nuclear test at Bikini Atoll in 1946.
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FYI, 67 nuclear tests, conducted over 12 years<\/a> on these native peoples, impacting 29 coral atolls were the equivalent of 7000 Hiroshima bombs, averaging 1 bomb a day for 12 years. You may or may not be aware that the bikini bathing suit is named after the Bikini Islands atoll, which had the middle blown out, leaving two pieces. It is still not habitable.<\/p>\n

Pacific Islanders were used as human guinea pigs during\u00a0nuclear <\/strong>bomb testing. \u201cIt was a Pacific Island paradise…until the United States tested\u00a0nuclear <\/strong>weapons and conducted secret human experiments.\u201d<\/p>\n

See the powerful documentary, Nuclear Savage.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking of human guinea pigs, yesterday, August 20, was the 75th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Code<\/a> for informed consent of subjects in medical experiments.<\/p>\n

What Does This Have to Do with the FDA?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ivana presented a slide that I found shocking, but not surprising. It showed different levels for the limits radioactive Cesium 137 in food by country.<\/p>\n

According to International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, IPPNW, the limit for Cesium 137 is 19 Bq\/kg.<\/strong> For Belarus and Russia, it is under 40<\/strong>. For Japan under 100<\/strong>. For the European Union under 600<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Ivana\u2019s Slide:<\/p>\n

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The FDA limit is 1200 Bq\/kg !!!!! WHY?<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you have any ideas, hypotheses or information about this, please post in the comments.<\/p>\n

Here is a more detailed chart from Ivana.<\/p>\n

Standards for Cesium-137 in food (Bq\/kg)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Carlisle E. W. Topping et al. PNAS 2019;116:31:15414-15419<\/strong><\/p>\n

The IAEA, at 1000 Bq\/kg, is the International Atomic Energy Association, which \u201cregulates\u201d and promotes nuclear energy, which the NPT refers to as \u201cPeaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.\u201d That\u2019s another story I will publish later.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t know what the 1994 Codex was \u2013 so I just \u201cDuck Duck Goed\u201d it because I don\u2019t Google anymore. The purpose of Codex.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n