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EMERGENCY WARNING!

 

Unsafe Levels of Dioxin have been found in Ben & Jerry's Ice

Cream.

 

Ben & Jerry are environmental activists, and use milk from the

healthiest cows. Imagine what is in the concentrated cheese and

ice cream made from the average dairy cow?

 

Unsafe levels of dioxin were measured in a sample of Ben &

Jerry's brand ice cream, according to a new study published on

Junkscience. com.

 

( http://www.junkscience.com/nov99/benjerry.htm )

 

Ben & Jerry's promotional literature reveals that Dioxin's cause

" cancer, genetic and reproductive defects and learning

disabilities. "

 

Ben and Jerry say:

 

" The only safe level of dioxin exposure is no exposure at all. "

 

STEVE MILLOY, co-author of the study and owner of the JUNK

SCIENCE website wrote:

 

" The level of dioxin tested in Ben & Jerry's was almost 200

times greater than the " virtually safe [daily] dose " determined

by the EPA, said Michael Gough, lead study author. Gough is a

former government scientist who chaired the U. S. Department of

Health and Human Services advisory panel on the effects of

dioxin-contaminated Agent Orange on U. S. Air Force personnel in

Vietnam.

 

" An independent laboratory measured 0.79 ± 0.38 parts per

trillion of dioxin in the sample of ice cream, " said Gough .

" Our result has measurement error associated with it and the

sample may or may not be representative of all Ben & Jerry's ice

cream, but our result is consistent with current scientific

literature. "

 

Gough and Milloy noted they believe existing scientific evidence

does not credibly link low levels of dioxin exposure with human

health effects. " But not everyone agrees, " said co-author Steven

Milloy, editor of Junkscience. com. " Ben & Jerry's and

Greenpeace, the company's source for information on dioxin, have

concluded that dioxin is not safe at any level. "

 

" If dioxin is so dangerous, perhaps Ben & Jerry's should remove

its ice cream from the market until it is 'safe', consistent

with the company's promotional literature, " suggested Milloy.

 

" Many children enjoy Ben & Jerry's ice cream, " said Milloy, " but

by the company's own standards, its ice cream is not safe. Are

they are choosing corporate profits over children's health? " he

asked. " Maybe an appropriate new flavor would be 'Tasty Toxics'

or 'World's Best Hypocrisy'. "

 

A full copy of the report is at Junkscience. com

 

( http://www.junkscience.com/nov99/benjerry.htm ).

 

Steven Milloy may be contacted at 202-467-8586.

 

Robert Cohen

http://www.notmilk.com

http://www.notmilk.com/hs

 

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UPDATE: Comment on 20/20 coverage

 

On 3 November, 2000, 20-20 ran a story on DIOXINS in Ben & Jerry's

ice cream.

 

>>From now on, when I see an attempt by the media to alter truth, I will

refer to it as a " stosselism. " Any reporter who attempts to become a

corporate shill will be referred to as a " stosselist. " A lie will be

called a " stossel. " Conjugate the verb. I stossel, you stossel, she

stossels, they stossel... we all stossel.

 

Here is a partial transcript of last night's show. I begin with the

ending. After the reporter stosseled, Barbara Walters said:

 

" They won't like you. "

 

John Stossel's response:

 

" The ice cream's safe. There are low levels of dioxins in

all kinds of food. I have Ben & Jerry's in my freezer. My

kids eat it. It's high in fat, but it's safe. It's this

feel-good environmentalism that galls me. "

 

Earlier in the four minute segment, Stossel explained:

 

" Dioxin... it's absorbed in animal fat, and that's how most of

it gets to us... EPA considers dioxin a cancer risk... there is dioxin

in the ice cream... there are 13 pats of butter in a cup of

Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Do you think people know that? "

 

Stossel had cited Steve Milloy's junkscience. com website.

 

Milloy tested Ben and Jerry's vanilla ice cream, and found it to contain

200 times the safe level of dioxin.

 

The Department of Environmental Protection repeated the tests, and found

consumers eating ice cream containing 2,200 times the safe level of

dioxin.

 

Stossel intentionally failed to reveal the actual levels of unsafe

dioxins. His report revealed only their presense. His logic? DEP

calls it a " cancer risk, " but he serves it to his kids because

" feel-good environmentalists " gall him.

 

The name of Stossel's editorial segment is:

 

" GIVE ME A BREAK! "

 

I'd like to ask ABC to do the same.

I've been stosseled more than I care to admit,

and this is the last stossel.

 

To paraphrase a famous philosopher: " There are stossels,

damned stossels, and statistics. " Today's wish is

for Mr. Stossel to become a statistic. 20-20's credibility

will forever be questioned when stosselists stossel.

 

Robert Cohen

http://www.notmilk.com

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