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		<title>Charlotte water source contaminated with arsenic</title>
		<link>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2010/06/22/charlotte-water-source-contaminated-with-arsenic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Vigil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's a sad day when you find the Charlotte Observer's June 19, 2010 article entitled Arsenic high in water sample near Duke plant. What's Duke? An energy company in North Carolina which is apparently dumping arsenic-contaminated water into NC's Mountain Island Lake, "the major water supply for Charlotte, Gastonia and Mount Holly": 

Water near a [...]


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<li><a href='http://wewantorganicfood.com/2010/01/24/whats-your-beef-butcher-in-charlotte-nc/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: What's Your Beef butcher in Charlotte, NC'>What's Your Beef butcher in Charlotte, NC</a></li>
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		<title>Dr. Mercola on Vaccines</title>
		<link>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2009/11/07/dr-mercola-on-vaccines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Vigil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There seems to be a pandemic lately of recommendations that one get vaccinated. Immediately. 
I'm not a fan. In fact, I'm not a fan of taking medication at all &#8212; unless it's needed for a specific reason at a specific time and there's really no other way to treat whatever it is.
I could cite various [...]


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		<title>The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics</title>
		<link>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2009/10/09/the-campaign-for-safe-cosmetics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Vigil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can't tell you how many times I've started to use an item, such as a shampoo, and found myself staring at the bottle, wondering if it was possibly not good for me. And then trying some mental gymnastics to gauge: if not, how much  not good?
I've on occasion used a particular brand of [...]


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<li><a href='http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/05/16/skin-deep-cosmetic-safety-database/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database'>Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database</a></li>
<li><a href='http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/03/15/organic-personal-care-article-series/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Organic Personal Care Article Series'>Organic Personal Care Article Series</a></li>
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		<title>Whole Foods Market: California by way of China?</title>
		<link>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2009/02/06/whole-foods-market-california-by-way-of-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Vigil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received an email invitation to take a survey from Whole Foods Market. I was happy to do it, and thereby discovered the Whole Foods Market forums. So I happily popped in to see what was happening, and discovered a discussion started in late November 2008, Organic Produce from China?, in which a forum member [...]


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<li><a href='http://wewantorganicfood.com/2007/07/23/valencia-california-farmers-market-update/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Valencia California Farmer's Market update'>Valencia California Farmer's Market update</a></li>
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		<title>Brain cancer and cell phones, wireless phones &amp; Wi-Fi</title>
		<link>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/06/12/brain-cancer-and-cell-phones-wireless-phones-wi-fi/</link>
		<comments>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/06/12/brain-cancer-and-cell-phones-wireless-phones-wi-fi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Vigil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A number of recent articles have warned us about the dangers of getting brain cancer from the use of cell phones, wireless phones and Wi-Fi. One such article, Dr.&#160;Mercola's hard-hitting What's More Important &#8212; Your Cell Phone Or Your Brain?, details the grim story of a gentleman who got a brain tumor, apparently from [...]


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<li><a href='http://wewantorganicfood.com/2010/06/17/216/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: In the News: 2010 June'>In the News: 2010 June</a></li>
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		<title>SoCal Warning: tainted cheese fuels rise in tuberculosis</title>
		<link>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/06/06/socal-warning-tainted-cheese-fuels-rise-in-tuberculosis/</link>
		<comments>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/06/06/socal-warning-tainted-cheese-fuels-rise-in-tuberculosis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Vigil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a head's up regarding the cases in which tainted cheese has fueled a rise in tuberculosis. According to MSNBC:

A rare form of tuberculosis caused by illegal, unpasteurized dairy products, including the popular queso fresco cheese, is rising among Hispanic immigrants in Southern California and raising fears about a resurgence of a strain all but [...]


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		<title>YouTube: CDC Director Admits Vaccines Trigger Autism</title>
		<link>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/04/23/youtube-cdc-director-admits-vaccines-trigger-autism/</link>
		<comments>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/04/23/youtube-cdc-director-admits-vaccines-trigger-autism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Vigil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before we get to the video of Dr. Julie Gerberding of the Centers for Disease Control, watch this YouTube video of an interview of lawyer Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. by another lawyer discussing the data that vaccinations are causing autism in some children. Mr. Kennedy refers to the "proof" that this isn't so as "classic [...]


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		<title>Dear Arnold &#8230; about AB 1735 and the raw milk</title>
		<link>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2007/11/07/dear-arnold-about-ab-1735-and-the-raw-milk/</link>
		<comments>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2007/11/07/dear-arnold-about-ab-1735-and-the-raw-milk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Vigil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Hello Governor Schwarzenegger. You don't know me; I'm just another Californian &#8212; but one of many who drink raw milk. You'd be surprised at how many of us there are. I know I was &#8212;  and that number includes many of my friends who never expressed an interest in organic food or raw [...]


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		<title>Deadline 2008: raw milk under threat in California</title>
		<link>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2007/11/02/deadline-2008-raw-milk-under-threat-in-california/</link>
		<comments>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2007/11/02/deadline-2008-raw-milk-under-threat-in-california/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Vigil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In eight weeks, unless something is done to revoke AB1735, dairies will no longer be able to sell raw milk in California.
On October 8, 2007, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed AB1735, an amendment to the food laws that requires that milk sold in California contain 10 or less coliform bacteria per milliliter &#8212; despite the [...]


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		<title>Healthy raw milk outlawed in California</title>
		<link>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2007/10/31/healthy-raw-milk-outlawed-in-california/</link>
		<comments>http://wewantorganicfood.com/2007/10/31/healthy-raw-milk-outlawed-in-california/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Vigil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The California State government recently passed AB 1735 &#8212; which will go into effect on January 1, 2008 &#8212; an amendment to the food law that could put organic milk dairies in California out of business by way of making an issue of a mostly beneficial family of bacteria found in milk called coliform.
Introduced March [...]


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<li><a href='http://wewantorganicfood.com/2008/01/20/raw-milk-ab-1604-passes-unanimously-in-the-california-agriculture-committee/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Raw Milk: AB 1604 passes unanimously in the California Agriculture Committee'>Raw Milk: AB 1604 passes unanimously in the California Agriculture Committee</a></li>
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