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Hi Again,
Found it--
http://agmarknet.nic.in/adulterants.htm
DW
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen R. Shaw" <srshaw@dal.CA>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: Comment; long: was Re: [NatureNS] Scotts Miracle-Gro pleads
guilty to selling poisoned bird seed
> Hi Dave:
> 'Lead chromate (a common adulterant of curry)'. You've got a wry sense
> of humour, but lead chromate, are you serious? It's highly and broadly
> toxic on account both of lead and of hexavalent chromium, and I think was
> banned from yellow paint ages ago -- I hadn't heard of this one.
> Turmeric? What's the evidence trail on lead chromate in curry?
> Steve (concerned and off his food, in Halifax)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Quoting David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>:
>
>> Hi All, Mar 20, 2012
>> Predictably the concerns of Scotts' technical staff were ignored as
>> in "what do engineers know about cold O-rings anyway ?"
>>
>> And there are hints of fragmented responsibility; a recipe for bad
>> news. Unless the process has changed, our landfills have this flaw. NS
>> Environment defines the design, a contractor builds the landfill and an
>> operator runs it. When things go wrong, as they must, just blame the
>> other two.
>>
>> A year or so ago, some official in the US filed a 'cause of death'
>> report with respect to a cadaver, who was then inconsiderate enough to
>> come back to life. The official then wiggled off of the hook by
>> explaining that his job was to determine why someone had died not
>> whether or not they were dead.
>>
>> Meanwhile the feds here cut CFIA staff by 207 and lay off staff at
>> Environment Canada and DFO as a way of stimulating the economy.
>>
>> About 100 years ago a rash of toxic products for man and beast hit
>> the market and this led to regulation etc. We are entering another like
>> period.
>>
>> In November I bought some curry that I considered suspect [based on
>> flavor per unit volume and strong odor of urine after eating some] so I
>> saved a sample and discarded the remaining food. I contacted the
>> company and talked to 3 (4?) people ending up with the head of Consumer
>> Satisfaction at head office (AKA "Don't Worry; be Happy" Dept.).
>>
>> The objections to my concerns would have made good material for a
>> Goon Show or a variant of Mike from Canmore-- Why and how would we test
>> curry ? Curry is curry.
>> What do you mean it might contain an adulterant ? What is an aldulterant
>> ?
>> The box says 'made in Canada'. It must therefore be OK because we have
>> good regulations.
>> Our curry could not contain Lead Chromate (a common adulterant of
>> curry). If someone added that then they would have to say so on the
>> label.
>>
>> After mentioning the examples of toothpaste containing ethyleneglycol
>> and pet food containing Melamine (?) I was given verbal assurances that
>> they would test my sample. It will be a long wait I expect.
>>
>> The Scotts' story has a good ending; or so it seems. How many other
>> similar abuses meanwhile go undetected ?
>>
>> Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marg Millard" <mmillard@eastlink.ca>
>> To: "naturens" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:28 PM
>> Subject: [NatureNS] Scotts Miracle-Gro pleads guilty to selling poisoned
>> bird seed
>>
>>> What to do?
>>> Marg Millard, White Point, Queens
>>>
>>> http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2012/2012-03-14-091.html
>>>
>
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