.Dangers of Dietary Isoflavones, Soy and Others

at levels above those found in traditional diets

The Risks Of Abandoning “The Precautionary Principle”

by Soy Online Service … http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/

http://www.mayanmajix.com/soy.html - Dangers of Soy

“Soy - Abundance Of Health Hazards”

http://www.mayanmajix.com/soy01.html

May 2003 – November 2004

April 2006

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                Cargill has received “self-determined” GRAS status, not approved U.S.A. FDA GRAS status, for its AdvantaSoyTMClearTM isoflavone supplement to be used as an additive for beverages, nutrition bars, yoghurt, meal replacements and confections.  The summaries of abstract studies, the evidence, attached here give ample demonstration of the real dangers to the general public of adding phytoestrogens (isoflavones) to common foods, as well as, exposing the very real dangers imposed onto the general public by the soy and the food industries Self Regulation”, “Economic Self Interest”, and the risks of abandoning “The Precautionary Principle.”

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This collection of scientific research abstracts, ( the evidence ), out of a continually growing list of hundreds available, represents a fast growing body of scientifically creditable medical and dietary research on the many serious health hazards, (including cancer), of putting soy & soy ingredients in our food supply.  Almost all of the abstracts presented here are also published in the NIH Medline PubMed data base and are representative of current and past research from around the world, in 2004 and going back to 1916, 1911, even as far back as 1907.  Full research is also available via these abstracts.  Notice some of the research studies include those from the US Department of Energy and NCTR which are Federally operated and funded, and other very reputable research institutions from around the world. 

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              This collection of scientific research abstracts is from well-designed studies, from around the world, conducted in a manner which is consistent with generally recognized scientific procedures & principles which show that there does exist significant scientific agreement among experts from around the world, [qualified by scientific training, experience and expertise], a very strong statistically significant association of harm to human and to animal health from the consumption of soy, soy protein, and soy estrogen ingredients in our food supply and an INCREASED RISK of a variety of cancers and other major and life threatening health problems, referred to in this body of evidence as Hidden Harm,” which includes but not limited to this list of known, ignored and still denied Side-Effects of ... endocrine disruption ... thyroid suppression ... immune system suppression ... heart disease ... liver disease ... leukemia, (IAL) ... Cancer(s) - breast, bone, uterine, liver, colon, pancreas, thyroid etc ... Arthritis ... infertility / lower sex drive ... growth problems ... subtle changes in sexually dimorphic behaviors ... Osteoporosis ... learning disabilities & Alzheimer’s / Parkinson’s Disease from Brain / Nervous System damage ... chromosome fragmentation & errors in chromosome orientation ... DNA damage ... “DEATH”.  Note: Genistein in soy is also a Topoisomerase II-poison pages, 32, 44. Read testimonials on pages 15 to 20, 100, 116, 117, and 122 – 126.

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                See page 121 for a more detailed list of ignoredhealth hazards associated with eating soy, which are also being called “adverse medical and developmental conditions.”  For taking “legal action” against the manufactures and sellers of soy products regarding developing these medical problems while eating soy, see pages 120, 4-7, 10, 18 and 97-119.  For some of the history on how and why soy got into our food supply, and why soy is still in our food supply, see pages 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 105.  Now, see the evidence,” the proof of harm, which includes but is not limited to the over 205 scientific research abstracts from around the world between 1907 into 2004 on pages 29 - 84 and also read what everyone can do about it on pages 118 and 142. This research paper will reveal and easily prove why the addition of isoflavones to common foods have always posed a clear & extreme danger to the public and should not be allowed.

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                It has been argued that high levels of soy isoflavones such as genistein, daidzein and genistin in Asian diets protect the inhabitants of Japan and China from certain degenerative diseases, especially breast and prostate cancer.  Actually, consumption of soy in traditional Asian diets is low.  A 1975 report lists soyfoods as minor sources of protein in Japan and China.(1.)  Major sources of protein listed were meat including organ meats, poultry, fish and eggs.  Average isoflavone consumption in Asian diets ranges from 10-28 mg/day, as shown in the table below.  Studies indicate that isoflavone consumption at levels slightly exceeding those found in tradition diets results in thyroid suppression and endocrine disruption.  The AdvantaSoyTMClearTM supplement would add 30-50 mg of isoflavones to a 100-gram serving of various common foods, levels that exceed the amounts found in traditional diets and that are in the range of levels shown to cause problems, especially for sensitive individuals.  It is not only possible but likely that many individuals will consume two or more servings of foods to which the Cargill isoflavones have been added, especially as these foods will be promoted with much advertising touting their health benefits.  Two or more servings of such foods would provide 60-100 mg isoflavones per day, an amount that clearly poses dangers after only a brief period of daily intake.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Isoflavones

      China (1990, 1999 survey), (5.)                                                                                                                                                3  mg/day

      Japan (1996 survey), (2.)                                                                                                                                                        10  mg/day

      Japan (1998 survey), (3.)                                                                                                                                                        25  mg/day

      Japan (2000 survey), (4.)                                                                                                                                                        28  mg/day

      In Japanese subjects receiving adequate iodine, Soy still causes thyroid suppression after 3 months use,(6.)     38  mg/day

      In American women, causing hormonal changes, after 1 month, (7.)                                                                            45  mg/day

      AdvantaSoyTMClearTM.                                                                                                                             30-50 mg / 100 g serving      … / 2

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Dangers of Dietary Isoflavones

at levels above those found in traditional diets

The Risks Of Abandoning “The Precautionary Principle”

by Soy Online Service … http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/

“Soy - Abundance Of Health Hazards” http://www.mayanmajix.com/soy01.html

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As evidence on toxicity of soy isoflavones accumulates, warnings have begun to appear in the popular press. An article appearing in the Washington Post Health Section was titled: “You have to be soy careful: tofu and similar foods may be beneficial, but some experts fear that too much could be unsafe.”(8.)  Writing for the New York Times, health columnist Marian Burros published the following: “Against the backdrop of widespread praise ... there is growing suspicion that soy-despite its undisputed benefits-may pose some health hazards ... Not one of the 18 scientists interviewed for this column was willing to say taking isoflavones was risk free”(9.) .  

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References: ( Parts of page 1 are from an earlier draft version. Up-date at http://www.westonaprice.org/soy/dangersisoflavones.html )

1.   Nutrition during Pregnancy and Lactation. California Department of Health, 1975.

2.   Fukutake M, Takahashi M, Ishida K, Kawamura H, Sugimura T, Wakabayashi K. Quantification of genistein and genistin in soybeans

      and soybean products. Food Chem Toxicol 1996;34:457-461.

3.   Nagata C, Takatsuka N, Kurisu Y, Shimizu H. Decreased serum total cholesterol concentration is associated with high intake of soy

      products in Japanese men and women. J Nutr 1998 Feb;128(2):209-13.

4.   Nakamura Y, Tsuji S, Tonogai Y. Determination of the levels of isoflavonoids in soybeans and soy-derived foods and estimation of

      isoflavonoids in the Japanese daily intake. J AOAC Int 2000;83:635-650.

5.  This exhaustive study of Chinese diets found that legume consumption ranged from 0 to 58 grams per day, with a average of 13 grams

      According to the researchers, about 2/3’s of this was supplied by soy beans, giving average consumption of about 9 grams of soy

      products per day. Chen J, Campbell TC, Li J, Peto R. Diet, Lifestyle and Mortality in China. A study of the characteristics of 65

      counties. Monograph, joint publication of Oxford University Press, Cornell University Press, China People's Medical Publishing

      House, 1990. Isoflavone content is estimated be about 3 mg per day based on an average amount of 30 mg total isoflavones per 100

      grams of tofu. USDA-Iowa State University Database on the Isoflavone Content of Foods 1999.

6.  Y Ishizuki, et al, “The effects on the thyroid gland of soybeans administered experimentally in healthy subjects,” Nippon Naibunpi

      Gakkai Zasshi 1991, 767: 622-629

7.   Cassidy A, Bingham S, Setchell KD. Biological effects of a diet of soy protein rich in isoflavones on the menstrual cycle of

      premenopausal women. Am J Clin Nutr 1994;60(3):333-340.

8.   Washington Post Health Section, January 30, 2001. 

9.   Burros M. Doubts Cloud Rosy News on Soy. New York Times, January 26, 2000.  

 

As you read through this paper you will soon discover,

Soy acts like a fertilizer and fertilizes, feeds, cancer cells causing them to grow.

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                “... Propaganda ... “is the systemic propagation of a given doctrine or of allegations reflecting its views and interests; material disseminated by the advocates of a doctrine."  The promotion of soy as a miracle food has been both systematic and reflective of the doctrine of the food industry — that imitation foods are good for us and traditional foods are unhealthy.  The soy campaign is, in fact, a case study in the use of propaganda to promote commercial interests,” ( Profits from a known & proven poisonous food ingredient above the Health, Safety and the Well-being of everyone, world wide ).  Quote from http://www.mercola.com/2001/apr/7/soy.htm .

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                “Strong and Wrong” - virus - “Weak and Right” ...  The soy industry ... one of the world’s most wealthy, influential and powerful business organization ... funds millions of dollars of soy research and advertising each year in order to increase sales; so, what chance is there for discoverers of soy toxins to get funding to continue their work of exposing the truth about the many serious and deadly health hazards of eating soy ??. Soy Politics, new link at http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/05soypolitics.htm the old link at http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/politics.htm The soy industry's influence over the media, research institutions and government agencies is strong.  The goal of soy research is to boost industry profits and the US economy. 

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“Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world,” by Nelson Mandela. We, the volunteers of Soy Online Service, uncover soy’s many serious & sometimes deadly health hazards, as well as, soy industry’s intense influence and political corruption that allows soy and soy ingredients in our food supply to illegally stay on the market world wide.

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“… All Truth Passes Through 3 phases: first it is ridiculed; next it is violently opposed; and finally it is accepted as self evident …”, by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer.

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 i  i  i , i  i  i , i  i  i , i  i  i , (+) i  i  i - See page 96 for abstract summary.

   - http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/articles/Soyatox.htm .

1994    “Purification and physico-chemical characterization of soyatoxin, a novel toxic protein isolated from soybeans (Glycine max),” – Vasconcelos I.M., Trentim A, and others, Arch Biochem Biophys 1994 Aug 1 312:2 357-66, Department Of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Unversidade Federal do Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil.

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Also see pages 84, 127, “…It may not be coincidental that Pancreatic Cancer recently moved up to 4 th place as cause of cancer deaths in men & women in the USA as consumption of soyfoods in the US has increased.  In the 1970’s and 1980’s, several researchers studying protease-inhibitor damage on the pancreas noted that pancreatic cancer had moved up to 5 th place, wondered if there might be a soybean-protease inhibitor connection…”, taken from page 43 of the Weston A Price Foundation’s 50 page petition of objection to the FDA, June 14, 2004, at ( # 2004Q-0151 ), regarding a request by The Solae Corp. asking FDA to issue a Health Claim saying that soy prevents cancer

 

The Doctor Within

“The Magic Bean? Soy-Taintly Not !.”

. http://thedoctorwithin.com/index_fr.php?page=articles/magic_bean.php .

Old Link www.thedoctorwithin.com/articles/magic_bean.html .

 

Soy protein isolate is big business.  One of the biggest producers of soy protein is Protein Technologies International of St. Louis, a DuPont subsidiary. (Finucan)  We must appreciate the brilliance of taking a waste product from an already extremely processed food source and getting the majority of the population to think of this dead by-product as a food staple.

 

In general, the vast majority of soy products today are examples of a super-refined artificial food, devitalized, and devoid of nutritional value.  It is a true food of commerce, as Royal Lee would have said.

 

THE GOLDEN BEAN

Why doesn't anyone know about all this ??.  How can we go from a perfect food to a non-food and have 99% of the population know nothing about it ??.  When this familiar scenario appears, it always means one thing: time to follow the money.

 

In that regard, here's some interesting statistics: Today, the soybean is America's 3rd largest crop (harvesting 73.8 million acres in 2002), supplying more than 50 percent of the world's soybean demand. (Soy Stats Reference Guide, 1999, also Bernard)

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US Soybean                            US Soybean                                      US Soybean

Production in millions of bushels      Crop Value                                  Oil Production

                        1940 - - -      78                       1971 - - - $   3.56 billion                     1996 - - - over 6 million tons  

                        1971 - - - 1,176                       2002 - - - $15 billion                                           (1997 Soy Stats)

                        2002 - - - 2,730

                                                                                                            - source: 2002 Soy Stats Reference Guide

 

By 2002, crop value is $15 billion per year.  Keep in mind, this figure does not take into account the retail market of the dozens of finished soy food products sold in supermarkets.  That total probably approaches $100 billion.  It's not just in the soyburgers and margarine and cooking oil and soy milk.  For well over 20 years, in many, many other processed foods, we often get a …

… HIDDEN SURPRISE …

See a list of foods with soy ingredients ... pages 18 and 121

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“The Truth About The Drug Companies” ... $ ... http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17244?email ... 12 page essay

— by Marcia Angell, a former editor of the New England Journal Of Medicine.

— The New York Review of Books, Volume 51, Number 12, July 15, 2004.

— "... The most startling fact about 2002 is that the combined profits for the 10 drug companies in the Fortune 500 ($35.9 billion) were more than the profits for all the other 490 businesses put together ($33.7 billion).(12) ...”.

---  “... When I say this is a profitable industry, I mean really profitable.  It is difficult to conceive of how awash in money big pharma is ...".                                                                                                                                                                                  ... / 4

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The Newest Research On Why You Should Avoid Soy

by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig PhD., 2000 ... http://www.mercola.com/article/soy/avoid_soy.htm

 

 

“... The propaganda that has created the soy sales miracle is all the more remarkable because, only a few decades ago, the soybean was considered unfit to eat - even in Asia.  During the Chou Dynasty ( 1134 - 246 BC ) the soybean was designated one of the five sacred grains, along with barley, wheat, millet and rice.

 

“... However, the pictograph for the soybean, which dates from earlier times than the Chou Dynasty, indicates that it was not first used as a food ; for whereas the pictographs for the other four grains show the seed and stem structure of the plant, the pictograph for the soybean emphasizes the root structure.  Agricultural literature of the period speaks frequently of the soybean and its use in crop rotation.  Apparently the soy plant was initially used as a method of fixing nitrogen”. 13.

 

“... The soybean did not serve as a food until the discovery of fermentation techniques, some time during the Chou Dynasty.  The first soy foods were fermented products like tempeh, natto, miso and soy sauce. At a later date, possibly in the 2nd century BC, Chinese scientists discovered that a purée of cooked soybeans could be precipitated with calcium sulfate or magnesium sulfate (plaster of Paris or Epsom salts) to make a smooth, pale curd - tofu or bean curd.  The use of fermented and precipitated soy products soon spread to other parts of the Orient, notably Japan and Indonesia ...”.

 

“... The Chinese did not eat unfermented soybeans as they did other legumes such as lentils because the soybean contains large quantities of natural toxins or "anti-nutrients".  First among them are potent enzyme inhibitors that block the action of trypsin and other enzymes needed for protein digestion ...”.

 

“... These inhibitors are large, tightly folded proteins that are not completely deactivated during ordinary cooking. They can produce serious gastric distress, reduced protein digestion and chronic deficiencies in amino acid uptake.  In test animals, diets high in trypsin inhibitors cause enlargement and pathological conditions of the pancreas, including cancer ...”. 14.

 

“... Soybeans also contain haemagglutinin, a clot-promoting substance that causes red blood cells to clump together. Trypsin inhibitors and haemagglutinin are growth inhibitors. 

 

“... Soy advertisers selectively claim lower rates of reproductive cancers for Japanese and Asians eating soy, while ignoring the fact that these same people also have much higher rates of cancer of the ... esophagus ... stomach ... liver ... pancreas ... and thyroid ... particularly as soy causes these same types of cancers in laboratory test animals. 37-39

 

“... Japanese and Asians eat soy in very small amounts, as a condiment (a seasoning), not as a protein substitute, not as a replacement for animal foods !.  42.

 

“... Soy protein has not been given USA GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) status or pre-market approval  because of its carcinogenic properties. 72.   It is not even legal to add it to our food.

 

Note: Make sure the label on your vitamins, minerals, and medications says contains no Soy or … contains no Soy ingredients .

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“Soy - Abundance Of Health Hazards” http://www.mayanmajix.com/soy01.html

 

 

 

Soy Warning Labels, For Medical Reasons

Two of The USA F.D.A.’s Expert Scientists Protest Soy Approval.

 

                Researchers and Whistle-blowers Daniel Doerge Ph.D and Daniel Sheehan Ph.D are two of the U.S.A.’s  Food and Drug Administration’s, FDA, expert scientists on soy who signed a Feb. 18, 1999 letter of protest to the FDA when the FDA granted soy a “health claim” in 1999.  This letter expresses serious concerns regarding the perceived safe use of soy, if soy was to be granted a “health claim,” and includes 26 documented scientific referenced studies, (Abstracts), that show a link between eating soy and serious health problems. 

 

          In their letter of protest they said, “… it is inappropriate to allow a health claim for Soy Protein Isolate, SPI, … it could be misinterpreted, … the health labeling of SPI for foods needs to be considered just as would the addition of any Estrogen orGoitrogen to foods, which are bad ideas.  Estrogenic and goitrogenic drugs are regulated by the FDA, and are taken under a physician’s care.  Patients are informed of risks, and are monitored by their physicians for evidence of toxicity.

          No similar safeguards are in place for foods, so the public will be put at potential risk from soy isoflavones in SPI without adequate warning and information...”

See letter ... http://abcnews.go.com/onair/2020/2020_000609_soyfdaletter_feature.html, article withdrawn,

and at ... http://www.mercola.com/2001/jun/30/soy_fda.htm ,  use Google Search for more.

 

 

Toxic Load means that the risk is a function of  dose length, dose strength, and of the physical condition of the consumer. Reference:

“The Dose Makes the Poison: A Plain-Language Guide to Toxicology”, 2nd Edition, ©  1996, by M. Alice Ottoboni,

          “Chemical Carcinogens", © 1976, by The American Chemical Society,

          “Principles of Toxicology”, by Casarett and Doull,

          “The Basic Science of Poisons”, © 2001, Casarett, Amdur, Klaassen, Doull  

 

The Soy industry has “applied twiceand wasturned down twice(1979, 1999) on both of its applications for “GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe)” status for Soy Protein BECAUSE of Soy’s carcinogenic properties; also Soy has not been given “Pre-market Approval” for its use in our food.  It is not even legal to add it to our food.  In addition, Soy is in breach of, in violation of - “WHO/CODEX - Food Safety Standards.”  P.S.  To add insult to injury, Soy fails the 1958 “Delaney Amendment to the USA’s FDA Reg.’s which prohibits the use of any food additive if it is found to cause cancer in any animal species or in man, at any dose level ... http://www.pcdf.org/meadows/delaney.htm .  Add these 6 strikes against the Soy industry to the growing list of ignored side-effects on page 1., and you have millions of crime scenes.  In the US FDA’s Poisonous Plant Database” … http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~djw/pltx.cgi?QUERY=SOY ... Soy, and (Flax and Linseed), and (Canola, and Rapeseed) are all listed as “poisonous plants”, and the FDA recommends that if you are injured by them, to contact your local Poison Control Center in your area, (at ... http://www.aapcc.org/.), or call 911.  Soy acts like a fertilizer and fertilizes, feeds, cancer cells to help them grow.                 ... / 6

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“Soy - Abundance Of Health Hazards” http://www.mayanmajix.com/soy01.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why” Soy Protein - Is In Breach of - WHO/Codex Standards

http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/Refs/Codex.htm old Link

  http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/articles/Codex.htm New Link to new website format

World Health Organization, WHO

 

 

 

WHO/Codex General Standards for Soy Protein Products

 

WHO/Codex Standard 175-1989

6.3 (c)  When tested by appropriate methods of sampling and examination, the product shall not contain other poisonous substances which may represent a hazard to health.

 

 

WHO/Codex General Guidelines for the Utlization of Vegetable Protein Products (VPP) in Foods CAC/GL 4-1989

 

                4.1  VPP intended for human consumption should not represent a hazard to health.

 

                Annex  

                .               The raw materials from which VPP are produced may contain naturally occurring toxic or anti-nutritional factors. Some of these factors may still be present in VPP after processing. In the light of the above observations it becomes important that prior to the use as human food, VPP be subjected to adequate testing to demonstrate safety and appropriate nutritional quality. A distinct VPP needs to be tested pursuant to this guideline only once, that is, to obtain a toxicological and nutritional profile for VPP. Prior history of safe use may be taken into account in the evaluation of a novel VPP proposed for general consumption, but this alone is not necessarily sufficient to preclude adequate pre-clinical testing by currently available, more objective, laboratory animal feeding studies, and, where applicable, studies using human volunteers.

 

                1.4  Toxicological Safety:

The safety of the VPP should be predicted from information concerning methods of production, chemical and physical properties. This should be supported, where necessary, by safety data using laboratory animals.

 

                2.4.1  Subacute Toxicity Studies:

The purpose of these studies is to delineate the toxic potential of VPP and to elucidate such problems as species sensitivity, the nature of gross and micro-pathological changes and the approximate dose level at which these effects occur. They also provide guidelines for the selection of dosage for chronic toxicity tests and any functional or biochemical studies that may be necessary.

 

                2.4.1.3  Length of Study:

                Subacute toxicity feeding trials should be at least three months duration.

 

                2.4.2  Other Studies: 

Following an appraisal of the source and the method of manufacture of the VPP together with the results of nutritional and subacute toxicity studies, the need for further studies including chronic, reproduction, teratogenic and mutagenic studies will be evaluated.

 

SOS comment: There is clear evidence that Soy Protein does not meet WHO/Codex Guidelines.

 

 

 

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The Isoflavones Present In Soy Protein Induce-(cause):

( “Why” Soy Protein - Is In Breach of - WHO/Codex Standards )

Continued

 

Subacute toxicity http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/04thyroid.htm .  Phytoestrogens Anti-thyroid agents

 

Chronic toxicity http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/articles/Brain.htm .  Abstracts (3)

                                -  i  i  i , i  i  i , i  i  i , i  i - Also see ... Frying the Brain With Soy ... page 63

                1996    “Association of mid-life consumption of tofu with late life cognitive impairment and dementia: the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study,” - White L, Petrovich H, and others, Fifth International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease, #487, 27 July 1996, Osaka, Japan.

— There is evidence suggesting that estrogens modulate neural and synaptic plasticity during aging.

— “... We found an association of consistently high levels of tofu consumption in mid-life with low cognitive test scores (p=0.02) and (independently) with Alzheimer's disease in late life, controlling for all other relevant variables.  The odds ratio for AD in persons who reported eating tofu at least twice weekly was 2.4 (95% CI 1.14-5.09), compared with persons reporting tofu consumption rarely or never ...”.

 

Reproductive toxicity http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/04infertility.htm .  Phytoestrogens, Nature’s contraceptives.

Reproductive system damage … Phytoestrogens can make animals intertile, what about People ??.

 

Teratogenic effects http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/articles/Bdefects.htm .  The Dominion, Feb 21, 2000,

                Embryo, monster makingDeformities Found in Sons of Vege Mums.

 

Mutagenic effects http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/articles/metzler.htm .  Immune System Effects

                                         http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/04immunefunction.htm .

                ( 9+ ) Abstracts -  i  i  i , i  i  i , i  i  i , i  i  i -

Causes cancer cells to grow ... DNA damage ... chromosome fragmentation and errors in chromosome orientation.

 

The potential oral hazard of phytoestrogens - has long been known - by food regulator such as the FDA.  During his presentation at the 3rd International Phytoestrogen Conference in 1995, FDA regulator Dr Michael Bolger made direct reference to the soy isoflavones causing infertility, uterine hypertrophy and testicular atrophy in rodents, liver disease and reproductive failure in cheetah and menstrual cycle effects on women.  ( Also, see bottom of page 8 … the TRUTH about Fermented Soy ).

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Two Books

That Expose and Unmask The Corrupt Soy Industry

 

http://www.wholesoystory.com/About_the_Whole_Soy_Story.html ...The Whole Soy Story,” by Kaayla T. Daniel, MS, Ph.D, CCN.  With 30 chapters & 7 subsections, new 2004 book tells the whole truth about soy, its many very serious health hazards, & real history of how soy got into our food supply.  It is all about fact and not fiction.  This book presents and interprets the often contradictory evidence on soy and disease to determine what studies are valid, which justify hope, which are mere hype – and why, with a FAQ section.

“It is child abuse to feed a baby soy formula.”

http://www.doctorsaredangerous.com/index.html ... Take Control of Your Health & Escape the Sickness Industry,” by Elaine Hollingsworth reveals in Chapter 9 ... Soy - The Abominable Bean, at ....

http://www.doctorsaredangerous.com/ChapterNine.pdf  … just how we’ve been all conned because of corporate greed, bad science, and regulatory misconduct by most governments around the world.  It explains how eating soy foods produces many very serious health hazards like cancer, it destroys your thyroid and leaches calcium from your bones (osteoporosis), and also why “It is child abuse to feed a baby soy formula.”  All this and a whole lot more.                                                                                                                                   ... / 8

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Want to Reduce Breast Cancer ?.  Fish Oil is a Must

... http://www.mercola.com/2002/jun/5/fish_oil.htm ...

June 5, 2002

 

“... Differences in the actions of Omega-3 fats and Omega-6 fats have been observed on these genes.

                      ** Omega-3 fats ... have been described to "reduce" cancer cell growth, ( includes Fish Oils ) ...

                        * Omega-6 fats ... have been found to "cause" cancer growth ...”.

 

*Omega-6 oils, “... I strongly recommend avoiding ... sunflower ... corn ... Soy ... safflower ... Canola ... or products that contain these oils.  In other words, no hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated fats including ... margarine ... vegetable oil ... (vegetable)-shortening ... etc.  These oils are full of Omega-6 fats and will only worsen your Omega-6 / 3 ratios ...”.  Soy – (Flax, Linseed) – (Canola, Rapeseed) – are all listed in the FDA’s Poisonous Plant database ... http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~djw/plantox.html .  Over 685 scientific research abstracts listed, out of over 1,000 known, going way back to 1850, proving serious harm to human - animal health. (over 400 such abstract do exist for soy alone since 1907) Soy industry, food, health food industries and governments have all been lying to us, pages 5, 6. 7, 113, 119, 121 ... abstracts pages 29 – 96

 

**Omega-3 oils, (EPA, DHA),“... Acceptable oils are high quality ... extra virgin “olive oil” ... “Coconut oil” ... “avocados” ... “organic butter” ... better yet ... “Grass-fed organic butter ...”.  (ALA) in Flax causes prostate cancer cells to grow http://www.mercola.com/2004/jul/21/flax_seed_oil.htm … and … http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/80/1/204 .

 

“... Generally our diet contains far too many omega-6 fats.  Experts looking at the dietary ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids suggest that in early human history the ratio was about 1:1 ... ... Currently most Americans eat a dietary ratio that falls between 20:1 and 50:1.  The optimal ratio is most likely closer to the original ratio of 1:1 …”. 

 

“... For most of us, this means greatly reducing the omega-6 fatty acids, & increasing the amount of omega-3 fatty acids we eat ...”.

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Fermented Soy ... Cancer Chemo-preventative ??

( Also see pages 5 - 7, 10, 21, 29, 31, 32, 36, 42, 48, 52, 65, 72, 74, 75, 81, 101, 104, 109, 113, 118, 121, 142 )

. http://www.mercola.com/2004/aug/4/fermented_soy.htm .

 

The soy industry’s claim that "... fermented soy products like, Natto, Tempeh, Soy Sauces, Fermented tofu and soymilk, and Miso are particularly rich in the isoflavone aglycones, genistein and daidzein, which they say are believed to be cancer chemo-preventatives ...". The implication by the soy industry is that these natural occurring chemical compounds are good, for instance in cancer prevention, if they are consumed in natto or miso (not exactly staples of Western diets), when in fact it is exactly these same chemicals that are the endocrine disrupters which have so alarmed many independent scientists around the world. Genistein in particular is fingered, was proven, by FDA scientists, S.S. Kuan, O.J. Francis, et al, at the FDA's NCTR and the New Orleans Poisonous Plants laboratories, way back in 1991, as carcinogenic, estrogenic, cytotoxic, anti-thyroid, on research lasting over 3 months, Page 126…(see 10 th World Congress Report, pg. 527)

 

But, what soy industry also KNOWS but still NEVER tells people when claiming fermented soy is chemo-preventative is ... it all depends on the dose levels of these chemicals, [even though this principle has been a basic teaching since 1500's in the science of Toxicology-(see research by the famous Swiss physician “Paracelsus ... http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/Paracelsus-Dose-ToxicologyOct01.htm .).]. At high chemotherapy dose levels genistein & daidzein kills cells, and cancer cells. But the dose levels needed for this chemotherapy type responses, (the soy industry claims to happen from eating fermented soy), are also at dose levels far beyond those achievable at dietary consumption levels. So, their claim of chemo-preventative has no relevance at all when it comes to consuming these chemicals at dietary levels in soy or vitamin supplements. As the scientific research clearly demonstrates, at dietary levels genistein and daidzein disrupts and damages the immune and hormone system, and also causes a variety of health problems including a variety of cancers, and DNA damage.

 

This claim by the soy industry clearly shows the fallacy of seeking and promoting short-term results and ignoring long-term consequences, administering drugs to people who don't need them, a case of hidden mass medication upon the unsuspecting and unknowing public.

 

Fermentation only lowers the toxin levels, it doesn’t eliminate them. To get the lowest toxin level, fermentation needs to be at least 2 years, as Asians do, not like in North America, where it can be shorter than 3 months, & using chemicalized fermentation methods.    ... / 9

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Dangers of Dietary Isoflavones

at levels above those found in traditional diets

The Risks Of Abandoning “The Precautionary Principle”

by Soy Online Service … http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/

“Soy - Abundance Of Health Hazards” http://www.mayanmajix.com/soy01.html

 

 

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Sunlight Actually Prevents Skin Cancer

http://www.mercola.com/2002/apr/3/sun_prevents_cancer.htm

 

 

“... Skin cancers are more likely related to the large distortion most people have in their Omega-6 and Omega-3 fat ratios ... The likeliest mechanism for a protective effect of sunlight is vitamin D, which is synthesized by the body in the presence of Ultraviolet B, UV-B ...".

 

"... Most people believe that sun exposure causes cancer.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  As this study published in the prestigious Cancer journal, March 2002, indicates, exposure to sun actually decreases cancer rates ...”.

 

“... So the solution is not to splatter sun block on. Sun block can be quite “toxic", and should be avoided by most people ...”

 

“... The sensible approach would be to limit sun exposure so you never get sunburned.  It is sunburn in conjunction with — excess  omega-6 fats — that increases your risk of skin cancer.  But even with the potential increase in skin cancer, most skin cancers are relatively benign when compared with breast, colon, and prostate cancers that lack of sun exposure is associated with ...”.

 

“... So you can't have it both ways.  Avoid the sun and don't change your diet and you will lower your risk of skin cancer, but increase your risk of far more common and deadlier cancers ... So why not change the fat content of your diet and use sensible sun exposure guidelines and reap the benefits of sunlight ?.

 

 

 

Diet and Sunlight Linked to Breast Cancer Risk

http://www.mercola.com/2002/jan/26/diet_sunlight.htm

 

"... As for the role of sunlight, researchers found an association between latitude and breast cancer, suggesting that higher UV-B exposure was protective.  UV-B rays spur the production of vitamin D in the body, it is likely the vitamin is behind the association he found in this study.  Other research suggests vitamin D may help ward off cancer ...".

 

“... Women who limit their exposure to sunshine will have lower vitamin D levels and an increased risk of breast cancer, in addition to an increased risk of osteoporosis ...".  

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References ...

 

Want to Reduce Breast Cancer ?  Fish Oil is a Must ... http://www.mercola.com/2002/jun/5/fish_oil.htm

British Journal of Nutrition, April 2002, vol.  87, no.  4, pp.  281-289(9), Abstract.

http://www.ingenta.com/isis/searching/ExpandTOC/ingenta?issue=infobike://cabi/bjn/2002/00000087/00000004&index=1&WebLogicSession=O87ckEa0teymWCWQdwK7|-1345150823091522580/-1052814329/6/7051/7051/7052/7052/7051/-1

British Journal of Nutrition, March 2002, vol.  87, no.  3, pp 193-198(6), Abstract

http://www.ingenta.com/isis/searching/ExpandTOC/ingenta?issue=infobike://cabi/bjn/2002/00000087/00000003&index=1&WebLogicSession=O87ckEa0teymWCWQdwK7|-1345150823091522580/-1052814329/6/7051/7051/7052/7052/7051/-1

 

 

Sunlight Actually Prevents Skin Cancer ... http://www.mercola.com/2002/apr/3/sun_prevents_cancer.htm

                Cancer, March 2002; 94:1867-75

 

   

Diet and Sunlight Linked to Breast Cancer Risk ... http://www.mercola.com/2002/jan/26/diet_sunlight.htm

                Cancer, January 1, 2002; 94:72-281

 

Note: Make sure the label on your vitamins, minerals, and medications says contains no Soy or … contains no Soy ingredients .

                                                                                Pet Food, farm animal foods                                                                                       ... / 10

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Dangers of Dietary Isoflavones

at levels above those found in traditional diets

The Risks Of Abandoning “The Precautionary Principle”

by Soy Online Service … http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/

“Soy - Abundance Of Health Hazards” http://www.mayanmajix.com/soy01.html

 

 

 

Soy - “Weakens” - Your Immune System

http://www.mercola.com/2002/jun/8/soy.htm

Known still Ignored

This 2002 study funded by

“United Soy Bean Board” and the

“Illinois Council on Food & Agricultural Research”

 

 

Hormone-like compound found in Soy products, including Soy-based infant formula & menopause remedies, may impair immune function

 

When mice were injected with the plant estrogen" genistein, which is found in Soy products, levels of several immune cells dropped and the thymus, a gland where immune cells mature, shrank.

 

Of course, people eat rather than inject Soy products, but the thymus also became smaller in mice that consumed genistein in their diet. This is particularly concerning, researchers say, since the resulting blood levels of genistein in the mice were lower than those reported in human babies fed soy formula.

 

A few reports from the late 1970's and early 1980's suggested that a soy-based diet impaired infants' immune functions. About 15% of infants in the US, or roughly 750,000 children, consume soy-based formula each year.

 

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , (May 21, 2002;99:7616-7621) ... see PubMed at ...

 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12032332&dopt=Abstract .

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Dr. Mercola’s Comment:

It is quite amazing that this study was actually published, as the findings were quite (-)negative for soy and yet it was funded by the United Soybean Board and the Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research.

 

Amazing, it seems that eventually the truth on soy does reach the service, despite the massive funding by the edible oil industry to convince the public that soy is the greatest thing that ever hit the planet to improve your health. See the abstract of the 1997 Lancet study at ...

                   - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9217716&dopt=Abstract . 

1997    “Exposure of infants to phyto-oestrogens from soy-based infant formula,” – Setchell K.D., Zimmer-Nechemias L., Cai J., Heubi J.E., Lancet. 1997 Jul 5;350(9070):23-7., Clinical Mass Spectrometry Center, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, USA.

                                                                                                                                                                                          ... ( See bottom of page 36 )

The abstract above shows that Soy has glycosides of genistein and daidzein or plant based chemicals that mimic estrogen. They possess a wide range of hormonal and non-hormonal activities. The daily exposure of infants who consume soy formulas was 6-11 times higher than adults consuming soy foods.

 

The blood concentration of these hormones was 13,000 to 22,000 times higher than estrogen in the blood. The authors of this article speculate that this concentration may be sufficient to exert biological effects, whereas the contribution from breast-milk or cow-milk is negligible.

 

Soy formula is one of the worst foods that you could feed your child. Not only does it have profoundly adverse hormonal effects as discussed above, but it also has over 1000 % more aluminum than conventional milk based formulas

 

I don't recommend either, but if one, for whatever reason, cannot breast feed, then non-soy Carnation Good Start until six months and Carnation Follow-Up after that seem to be the best commercial formula currently available. The milk protein is hydrolyzed 80% that tends to significantly decrease its allergenicity.

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Dangers of Dietary Isoflavones

at levels above those found in traditional diets

The Risks Of Abandoning “The Precautionary Principle”

by Soy Online Service … http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/

“Soy - Abundance Of Health Hazards” http://www.mayanmajix.com/soy01.html

 

 

 

 

Soy “Weakens” Your Immune System

http://www.mercola.com/2002/jun/8/soy.htm

... Continued ...

 

 

It is also important to note that when breast-feeding it is wise to avoid drinking milk as it has been shown for several decades that the milk will pass directly into the breast milk which can cause potential problems in the infant.

 

Related Articles:

Pregnant Women Should Not Eat Soy , at ... http://www.mercola.com/1999/archive/pregnant_should_not_eat_soy.htm .

Soy Formulas and the Effects of Isoflavones on the Thyroid , at ... http://www.mercola.com/2000/feb/13/soy_thyroid_disease.htm .

How Safe is Soy Infant Formula? , at ... http://www.mercola.com/2001/jun/13/soy_formula.htm .

Experts Dispute JAMA Soy Infant Formula Study , at ... http://www.mercola.com/2001/sep/15/soy_formula.htm .

Soy Milk Is Safe! That Is What the Formula Industry Says , at ... http://www.mercola.com/2001/aug/25/soy_milk.htm .

Australian Pediatric Soy Protein Formula Policy , at ... http://www.mercola.com/2001/sep/22/soy_protein_formula_policy.htm ,

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... More On Soy’s Fraudulent History ...

Also see pages 4, 5, 6, 7, 18, and 105, as well as ( 12, 100, 107, 121 )

Concerns about the potential carcinogenesis of modern soy is not new.

 

1.)  The Committee for Food Safety was worried about it in 1966, the definitive textbook “Chemical Carcinogens” published by the American Chemical Society in 1976 had a chapter titled “Plant Carcinogens” that identified soy isoflavones as known carcinogens.

2.)  The Life Sciences Committee of FASEB in its 1978-9 “Evaluation of Soy Products for Human Consumption” for the Food and Drug Administration (SCOGS-101 under contract to the FDA # 223-75-2004) declined GRAS determination because of the risks of carcinogenic ... nitrosamines ... lysinoalanines ... and nitrite occurring during the modern processing. (Not to mention the other scientifically documented natural occurring carcinogenic chemicals is soy called genistein and daidzein ).

3.)  Moreover in 1999, an application by Archer Daniels Midland Corp for GRAS determination  of GRAS (GRN 00001) for isoflavones was declined due to the failure of the applicant to reveal health risks.

4.)  Soy protein does not have GRAS determination.  Soy protein was slipped into the food chain about 1959 even though the developmental research (funded by ADM and Mead Johnson) demonstrated that it caused serious infertility problems in laboratory rats and their offspring.  This is recorded in a series of papers in the Journal of Nutrition” by Schultze, Liener et al in the 1950's  The only evaluation was in 1979 by the Life Sciences” section of FASEB, and soy protein failed because of the risk of nitrosamines forming in the heat treatment. FASEB assumed the heat treatment was removing the natural poisons and did not evaluate their safety at all.  You will find a fuller discussion of GRAS in the Home Page of www.soyonlineservice.co.nz "Trouble for Soy Protein", including Dr Fitzpatrick's opposition to the grant of health claim labelling by the FDA.  The material in http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/06doses.htm "Doses Simplified" gives an idea of how toxic the levels of isoflavones are in the products.

5.)  http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/04cancer.htm . (Phytoestrogensn – Cancer) ... Why does the Soy Online Service Webmaster, Dr. Mike Fitzpatrick PhD, an environmental toxicologist and a scientist of recognized international expertise, expresses the opinion that the lowest form of life on the planet” is anyone who claims soy and isoflavones are protective against cancer ... without also revealing ... that there are numerous world wide creditable scientific research studies, (including those by US Federal Government research institutions), which show that Soy   ... 1.) damages DNA, chromosomes and the immune system,  ... 2.) cause cancer,  ... 3.) cause existing cancer cells to multiply,  ... 4.) cause non-cancerous tumors to turn cancerous ??.  Because, those that make this claim are guilty of giving false hope to millions of people, with or without cancer, by withholding and suppressing this valuable life-saving scientific information.  But even far worse than all this, those that make this claim are placing innocent consumers at a far greater risk of contracting this same horrendous disease that all consumers are afraid of and are desperately trying to avoid. I agree.

 

                Also see pages 12, and 98 – 105 – 119 – 127

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Dangers of Dietary Isoflavones

at levels above those found in traditional diets

The Risks Of Abandoning “The Precautionary Principle”

by Soy Online Service … http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/

“Soy - Abundance Of Health Hazards” http://www.mayanmajix.com/soy01.html

 

 

 

Soy Online Service Answers 5 Questions

An Introduction: The History Of How Soy Got Into Our Food Supply

 

... This 2nd Reply is 1st ...

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Valerie & Richard James , Soy Online Service

To: Gerald Hernesmaa

Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 11:29 PM

Subject: Re: Re: Urgent ... Can you help please ?? ... Need answers to these 5 questions !!

 

OK Gerald.  In brief.  ( An Introduction ... A plausible conspiracy theory consistent with known facts and the USA National Security Agency minutes.)

 

In the early 1950's the British Government was hoping to rebuild the empire that it had largely lost as a result of WW-2.  The principle used was the one that had worked in the past.   That is, to have colonies producing  raw materials for shipment to Britain for processing and re-export.  That is how Canada, NZ, Australia, Argentina and numerous others including the USA got started.

 

For West Africa, it became known as the British Groundnut.  Scheme ... grow peanuts and ship them  to the UK  for protein extraction.  The extraction plants were built in the English Midlands .

 

The CIA did not want a strong Britain again (remember the Suez canal debacle a couple years later in 1956?).  The US Dept. of Agriculture was besotted with using the toxic waste from soymeal extraction as an export and its brief was solely to promote US agriculture.  Even the laboratory was named the Northern Resource Utilisation Center at Peoria, Ill..  Agricultural exports were to be pushed...nothing less, nothing more.

 

So a connivance was fabricated.  Undercut the British peanut protein with cheap US soy meal.  LIBERTY ships were pulled out of mothballs, export subsidies were arranged, and shipments of all-American soy hit the West African beaches in 1954. The British groundnut scheme became totally uneconomic, the British government lost millions of pounds and ultimately its West African Colonies... Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone.  Liberty ships were useful again at last.

 

What a coup for the US spooks!

 

There was an added bonus.  The US government, esp Dept of Agriculture scientists, knew soymeal caused infertility.  It was no secret...it was published by Chang et al for a start in 1953.  (They probably would have thought, at the time, What a win - win - win !!.  Use the US ships to promote US agriculture, reduce the blacks, protect the Georgia peanut growers and damage the British Empire all in one ploy.  How nice to send all those infertility foods to the black populace.  That all holds up.).  What they probably did not know  was that  the infertility chemical in soybeans (genistein) was also a powerful disrupter of immune systems.  It may have opened up the West Africans' immune systems to an invasion by a little known type of monkey herpes virus that we now call HIV, and its result as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

 

It may not be all correct, but it hangs together and is historically correct per time line.  And it was postulated by a very competent biochemist in 1993.

Cheers Dick

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Remember ... To protect your health and your families health, be sure to read the ingredient labels on all of the foods you buy.

Also ... be very, very careful about eating in “Restaurants” and in “Hospitals”, as they do not list the ingredients in their foods.

Vegetable oil ... has not been real vegetable oil, made from a varitey of vegetables, not including soy, since the early 1970’s.  Since then it is ... either Soy” or “Canola” or both, and it rarely includes cottonseed, peanut, palm oil.  Genistein in soy is proven to be and is classified as a Topoisomerase II-poison.  

Note: Make sure the label on your vitamins, minerals, medications says ... contains no Soy ... or ... contains no Soy ingredients  ... / 13

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Dangers of Dietary Isoflavones

at levels above those found in traditional diets

The Risks Of Abandoning “The Precautionary Principle”

by Soy Online Service … http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/

“Soy - Abundance Of Health Hazards” http://www.mayanmajix.com/soy01.html

 

 

 

 

(Also see ... http://www.proparanoid.com/truth.htm ... “25 Ways To Suppress Truth, The Rules of Disinformation”)

 

 

                                     5 Questions                                                         The “Answers” with this 1st reply

 

----- Original Message -----                                                                                 ----- Original Message -----

From: "H. Michael Sweeney", hms@proparanoid.com                                From: Valerie & Richard James , Soy Online Service

To: "Gerald Hernesmaa" healthwise933@shaw.ca                                         To: Gerald Hernesmaa

Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 7:38 PM                                    Cc: Irvin E. Liener

Subject: Re: Urgent ... Did you receive my package containing the           Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 11:34 PM

                       Soy Research Paper ... and the $10.00 USA money order   Subject: Re: Urgent...Can you help please ??...Need answers

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