• EU CONSTITUTION STUNS BUREACRATS: France and Holland's 'NO' in the recent EU constitutional referenda has sent Brussels into a tailspin. Furthermore, 96.9% of Germans voted nein to the EU Constitution in a phone-in poll conducted by mass circulation German newspaper Bild. Nearly 400,000 Germans paid to cast their votes after 95% of the Bundestag voted to ratify the Constitution without consulting the German people.
• ECJ JUDGMENT DAY ANNOUNCED: The European Court of Justice judgment on the Alliance for Natural Health (and joined) case against the EU Food Supplements Directive will be handed down on 12 July.
  

... AND THE ROUND-UP OF HEALTH NEWS FOR THIS MONTH

• HOW RED MEAT RAISES CANCER RISK: Eating a burger and two sausages a day can raise the risk of bowel cancer by a third, scientists have warned. They say having the equivalent of an 8oz sirloin steak each day doubles the risk of developing the disease, which affects 35,000 Brits a year.
• US MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING SIGNALS END OF PARENTAL RIGHTS: George W Bush has mandated that every American child, age 3 through 18, is evaluated for mental health issues and to receive "enforced" treatment if necessary. Welcome to President Bush's New Freedom Initiative and New Freedom Commission on Mental Health.

• WHITE BREAD: You may want to think twice before eating your next sandwich on white bread. Studies show that alloxan, the chemical that makes white flour look "clean" and "beautiful," destroys the beta cells of the pancreas.
• HEALTHY BREAD: Selenium "superbread" that could help beat cancer and protect the heart. If you are going to eat bread, it might as well be this.
• JOINT PROBLEMS IN DOGS: Dogs who have joint problems are often eating dry food. Dry food has more grain than any other ingredient. Dogs are physiologically designed to thrive on a meat-based diet.
  
• LEUKAEMIA RISK 70% HIGHER FOR CHILDREN CLOSE TO POWER LINES: Children born close to high-voltage overhead power lines are more likely to be diagnosed with leukaemia, according to the results of a major government-funded study published today.
• CODEX IN NZ? The latest on the dangerous Joint Australian Therapeutic Goods Agency (TGA) proposal for New Zealand and what you can do about it.
  
• SHODDY SCIENCE: Up to a third of scientists have engaged in ethically questionable practices over the last three years, according to a survey published in the British science journal, Nature.
• STORE WARS: Further to the popular film of the similar title, Store Wars is the tale of a dark universe and systematic vegetable annihilation. Not for the faint-hearted or for those nervous about violently spilled juices.
• US VACCINATION NOW HIGHEST IN HISTORY: On 7 Feb 05, with no media coverage whatsoever, the Centers for Disease Control suddenly increased the vaccine-load for an American child up to age 18 to a whopping 58! This makes US children not only the most vaccinated kids in the world, but the most vaccinated kids in the history of the world.
  
• MAILBAG: This month's collection of letters from our new subscribers about these and other subjects.
  

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