RACHEL LOUISE CARSON: Google lets fly a Doodle true to ‘Silent Spring’ writer’s nature - May 27, 2014

My Comment on Today's 
Washington Post Article on Rachel Carson's Google Doodle: 

We have many scourges we have unleashed upon ourselves. We need to pick up the mantle and continue fighting not just the silent spring from pesticides, but the rising tide of chronic cognitive, immune, neurological and psychiatric diseases caused by the hidden river of toxins within us. 

The greatest scourges of our time, stealthily ravaging our bodies and minds, are mercury, mold and Lyme. They are not significantly recognized, they are not sufficiently considered and screened and tested for, and when found, they are not properly treated by the vast majority of physicians. 

Please read and share the Issue Paper: For Good Health, Integrated Care, and Making Chronic Diseases History, posted on www.hiddenriverhealthchallenge.blogspot.com. It addresses the first scourge.  

Rachel Carson was, and is my inspiration, and my muse. I organized a 1970 Earth Day cleanup in my high school, founded a local environmental organization, set up a school-based recycling center, and collected pictures for the first Dirty Dozen Campaign while a college intern at Environmental Action. 

Now we need to organize a People Day. Hidden River Health Challenge is gearing up to launch a Fishing Expedition to land the worst offenders, and celebrate the champions, of ending the scourge of dental mercury installed without our knowledge or informed written consent. Think about that. No labels No informed written consent. For a medical device. Containing a known neurotoxin. That off-gases mercury vapor with heat and abrasion, in teeth made to chew. Genetically susceptible children and adults experience great harm. It is not on our radar screen. 

The media is silent. The FDA was sued March 5th by the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology and others, and no mainstream media covered the release. Congress is silent. The Obama Administration is silent. Apparently the media and politicians are even more sensitive to toxins - the ones called money, lobbying, and spin.

From Silent Spring to Hidden River: Guest Post on Independent Minds Blog - May 21, 2012

2012 MAY 21

by Rick Holmes
A guest post by Laura Henze Russell:

Fifty years ago, Rachel Carson ignited the environmental movement by

publishing, Silent Spring. Highlighting the impact of pesticides in

damaging birds’ reproductive cycles, Silent Spring sounded a trumpeter

swan’s call to remove species-killing substances from the environment.

Earth Day was organized in communities across the nation, the EPA

created, and the Clean Air, Clean Water and Toxic Substance Control Act

passed.

Fast forward fifty years. Countless new chemicals and  bioengineered

substances have been developed. Laws have not kept pace with rapidly

advancing technology that has gone beyond our wildest imaginations. New

processes like fracking for natural gas are harming the air, water

supply and food chain in new ways. Old poisons like mercury persist in

being put permanently into people’s mouths, and get a free pass by being

labelled a ‘medical device’ in silver-colored amalgam fillings. Flame

retardants are showing up in alarming levels in young children’s blood

samples.

Our immune systems and neurological systems are under constant assault.

When they give way, we become increasingly sensitive, and increasingly

sick. Babies, children, adults, boomers and older adults are all at risk

across the age spectrum, these are equal opportunity toxins.

It is time to shine a bright, penetrating light on the Hidden River of

chemicals, biologicals, bioengineered nanosubstances and toxic metals

and elements running through us. Pass the Safe Chemicals Act, ban dental

mercury amalgam use, and get up to speed on bioengineering risks before

we bet and buy the farm. Not only will we bankrupt the health care

system, we will have a very silent planet.

Laura Henze Russell is part of the MA delegation, Alliance for a Healthy

Tomorrow, attending the Safer Chemicals Healthy Families Rally in

Washington DC on May 22nd.