Investigators believe that these exchanges indicated damage to chromosomes. Over one million pounds of dry milk were seized by the Department of Agriculture in August, 1980. The USDA stated that contamination with rat feces and sawdust made the milk unfit for consumption, even by animals. However, over 60,000 pounds of the contaminated milk was sold to bakers in Iowa City, Iowa, where it may have been used in products consumed by humans. One doctor reports that a child was cured of his bedwetting by removing orange juice from his diet.
Proper chewing mixes salivary gland urogastrone with food.
In experimental animals urogastrone protects the intestinal mucosa from erosion. The manufacturer of the Dalkon shield contraceptive device which has not been marketed since 1974, is suggesting to physicians who have patients with this device in place that it be removed even if the patient is currently having no problem with it. Studies have demonstrated a relationship between the length of time the inert IUD is in place, and increased risk of pelvic infection, particularly Actinomyces israelii. An outbreak of beriberi has recently been reported among Japanese teenagers using polished rice and junk foods. Over 200 women who smoked during one of their pregnancies but not during another were studied.