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Health & Fitness (06 May, 2007)
New Saliva Test to Save 1,000 Unborn Babies Each Year

Scientists from UK are currently working on a simple saliva test that could easily and more effectively spot a deadly pregnancy complication, that kills hundreds of unborn babies each year. ...
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Offbeat (18 Sep, 2008)
Swiss Cook to Serve Human Breast Milk Specialties

A gastronomist owning a restaurant in Switzerland raised concerns and controversy around the peaceful Alpine country by stating that he is going to serve meals cooked with human breast milk. ...
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//3 Sep 19, 2008 01:18 PM | posted by: summer_rain [InfoSLAVE]

Hmmm...i think that's ridiculous....why not use human meat in nutrition soon too????
There just are some things people should not interfere with...it has to do with nature- human breast milk is made only for babies. Now selling it for the purpose of cooking food from it is kind of against the ethics...i associate it with cloning, organ transplants and so on...It's as if human beings are finally becoming a source of prime material, aren't they???

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//2 Sep 18, 2008 08:06 AM | posted by: JaiGuru [InfoTOT]

(Edit: I should say I don't have a problem with the practice of using breast milk in the preparation of food but the notion doe snot sit well with me.)

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//1 Sep 18, 2008 08:00 AM | posted by: Matt

Alright...um, here's the thing: I don't claim to have any idea how the Swiss version of America's FDA works, admittedly not even being fully aware of how my country's system works, but wouldn't the statute covering primates include us? Human beings, being primates after all, are often not viewed as 'animals' by various groups in the world. BUt, at the end of the day, we are terrestrial fauna. Personally, I have no problem with the notion of using human breast milk in the preparation of food provided it has been properly sanitized to prevent infection as would be done with any other kind of milk in the developed world. (Though I wills ay the notion does not sit well with me psychologically...too close to the idea of consuming a human being itself, I suppose)

I just thought I would posit the question to see if anyone had more insight on how the legal tenet that should/does not apply to case works.

Health & Fitness (08 Dec, 2008)
Oxytocin Lowers Stress In Couple Conflicts

The intake of the hormone oxytocin has shown to decrease the level of the stress hormone cortisol in couples during conflicts, and also to stimulate positive behaviour. ...
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Offbeat (17 Jan, 2009)
Body Odor Ban for Zurich Municipal Employees

Officials of the city of Zurich, located in Switzerland, introduced a ban on overbearing body odor for municipal employees. ...
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Current Events (06 May, 2009)
Survey Shows the Most Boring, Dirty and Expensive Cities in Europe

The website TripAdvisor recently carried out a survey of 2,400 travelers who were asked to tell what they think of some of the European cites. ...
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