Sunday, December 23, 2007

The dilema facing eco-green company POMEGA5 -- what will it be, a box or no box for its premium Omega 5 oil skin care?


Cosmetics companies are confused about the use of eco-green packaging
the real question is what is the use for a box
once you can include all data a customer needs on a label?
'Paper or plastic?' The eco-friendly answer is 'Neither - reusable'
Friday, December 21, 2007

Paper or plastic grocery bags - which are better for the environment?
You probably think you know the answer. And you're probably wrong.
Paper bags are not necessarily better for the environment than plastic - despite many consumers' long-standing assumption that paper beats out plastic hands down when it comes to eco-friendliness.
"There definitely was a period of time when the message was, 'Choose paper over plastic,' " said Jenny Powers, a spokeswoman for the Natural Resources Defense Council. "That's not the way to view it."
Powers and other environmental experts now say the best choice is neither paper nor plastic - it's reusable shopping bags made of substances like cotton, hemp, nylon or durable mesh-like plastic.
"The ideal option is bring your own bag," Powers said. "Second choice is to ask for the type of bag that you know will be reused - plastic if you'll use it for holding trash, or paper if you will recycle it."
The question of the relative merits of various kinds of grocery bags sounds simple.
But in fact, scientists spend large amounts of time trying to nail down the environmental impacts of creating, transporting and disposing of products such as grocery bags - a process known as life cycle analysis.
The final answer depends on numerous details, including:
-- Whether the bags are made from recycled or virgin materials.
-- How far the raw ingredients and finished bags must travel before reaching consumers.
-- How much energy and water are used in the manufacturing process.
-- Whether bags that are labeled "recyclable" or "compostable" actually end up being recycled and composted, or just get dumped in the trash.
The stakes are high. Ninety percent of today's grocery bags are plastic. Californians alone use 19 billion plastic bags each year - 600 bags every second - according to the California Integrated Waste Management Board.
And fewer than 5 percent of plastic bags historically have been recycled, compared with 21 percent of paper bags.
Plastic bags are a particular problem in coastal regions like the Bay Area, where they often end up in rivers and oceans - poisoning or strangling marine life. Sixty to 80 percent of ocean debris is plastic, according to the Algalita Marine Research Foundation. And while plastic may gradually shred into smaller pieces, those fragments will persist and threaten sea life for up to 1,000 years.
But paper bags have other negative effects on the environment.
"If you're comparing a paper bag made from virgin timber with a plastic bag made with natural gas, the paper bag causes more global warming pollution, more biodiversity impacts and more water impacts," said Allen Hershkowitz, a senior scientist with NRDC who has worked on life cycle analyses for two decades. "If the paper bag is not recycled, it will generate greater carbon emissions during incineration than plastic would, or greater methane emissions if it is landfilled."
One thing is clear in every study that has been done: Reusable bags beat both paper and plastic on virtually all environmental criteria.
For instance, a 2002 Australian study concluded that someone using plastic grocery bags for a year would go through 520 bags and generate 6.08 kilograms of greenhouse gases, which contribute to global warming. Someone using paper bags would also go through 520 bags to generate 11.8 kilograms of greenhouse gases.
But a year's worth of reusable polypropylene bags - estimated at four bags, used twice a week - would generate less than 2 kilograms of greenhouse gases.
"The best thing is for people to be encouraged to take reusable bags," said Hershkowitz. "That's a truism everyone can agree upon."

I vote for no boxes for the POMEGA5 Omega 5 oil line -
why pay for something that is disposed immediately after the purchase?
Allan Krantz of Omaha

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Are you monitoring the parabens used in your skin care? POMEGA, the leading Omega 5 oil skin care line, does!


High growth in the UK natural personal care products market is primarily driven by consumers’ concerns about synthetic chemicals in cosmetics & toiletries. A new study by Organic Monitor (http://www.organicmonitor.com/) finds that 89% of buyers of natural personal care products stated avoiding synthetic chemicals was important or very important to them. Just 4% stated it was not important.

The first-ever UK study into consumer behaviour towards natural personal care products finds that health factors and ethical considerations are the primary motives for 71% of buyers. The presence of natural & organic ingredients is the main reason for a further 17% of purchases.

Parabens were identified as the synthetic chemicals that cause most concern. A third of consumers stated they try to avoid parabens in personal care products. The surfactants Sodium Lauryl Sulphate and Sodium Laureth Sulphate were the second most mentioned. The associated health risk of these chemicals is leading consumers to buy natural & organic personal care products.

A major finding is that certification is not important to most buyers. Just 35% of consumers stated that they look for symbols & logos when buying natural personal care products. About half of those who do, look for the Soil Association symbol. Interestingly, 79% said they would be willing to pay extra for certified products, however less than a quarter would consider paying a price premium of over 30%.

Organic Monitor conducted research by interviewing buyers of natural personal care products in the UK. Personal interviews were undertaken to get an insight into consumer attitudes, preferences and expectations of natural personal care products. The study finds that the typical buyer is female, young to middle-aged, well-educated and in the higher social bands. Although most purchases are by seasoned shoppers who have been buying natural personal care products for over 2 years, most new consumers are from the younger age groups.

This Consumer Insights report gives several marketing recommendations to new entrants and existing producers & retailers. Companies are advised to educate consumers by focusing on educational campaigns and public relations. Emphasis on product packaging and labeling is also encouraged to ensure ‘the product mix’ is in line with consumer expectations of natural and organic products.
Companies such as Pomega will capture a greater market share on account the old cosmetics giants because the former do not use parabens and have products with long shelf lives.

Research Publication: #1231-60 Consumer Insights: Natural & Organic Personal Care Products in the UK Publication Date: November 2007More information is on http://www.organicmonitor.com/123160.htm
I hate parabens


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Friday, December 14, 2007

No irradiation of Omega 5 oil skin care and botanical supplements

AHPA Asks FDA Not to Allow Irradiation of Dietary Supplements

(December 14, 2007) — The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has submitted a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to request that the agency deny a food additive petition that would allow the use of ionizing irradiation on dietary supplements and dietary ingredients. The letter was dated yesterday and was addressed to Dr. Lane Highbarger at FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition as the identified contact person for the petition.

The petition was submitted by Steris Corp. in 2003, and proposed that the food additive regulations “be amended to provide for the safe use of ionizing radiation for the control of microbial contamination on dietary supplements, and ingredients used in the manufacture of dietary supplements, up to a maximum absorbed dose of 30 kGy” (kiloGray). AHPA became aware of the petition when it was referenced in the preamble to FDA’s final rule on current good manufacturing practice for dietary supplement on June 25, 2007.

In requesting that the petition be denied, AHPA identified several concerns, including that because “proper handling of these ingredients under current good manufacturing practice is usually sufficient to ensure that dietary supplements are not subject to microbial contamination that presents any risk to the health of consumers of these products… there is generally no need for ionizing radiation as a treatment for this class of goods.”

AHPA’s letter also expressed concern that should this petition be approved, “the use of ionizing irradiation on herbal dietary ingredients will mask one of the factors that is currently relevant to the determination of ingredient quality,” since information about microbial levels and the presence of pathogens or yeasts and molds at any time during the handling of a treated ingredient would be lost. The letter stated a “particular concern in the case of pathogens, since even if pathogenic organisms are eliminated through irradiation, pathogenic by-products such as endotoxins or exotoxins may remain in the material.” The letter went on to express concern that “the United States will become the dumping ground for poor quality herbal ingredients from around the world,” since “irradiation of herbal ingredients is not permitted in many countries.”

AHPA also noted that irradiation is currently allowed in the United States for eleven food categories, and that in proposing that the limitation of ionizing radiation for dietary supplements be established at 30 kGy, the petition “is suggesting that this limit be from 3 to 30 times higher that is currently allowed for all but two food categories.” These two are for use in the sterilization of frozen, packaged meats used solely in the NASA space flight programs, at a minimum dose of 44 kGy, and for microbial disinfection of spices “when used as ingredients in small amounts solely for flavoring or aroma,” at a maximum dose of 30 kGy. AHPA’s letter therefore noted that “Steris Corp. has proposed that only astronauts would be able to obtain foods treated with higher limits of ionizing radiation than dietary supplements, and has apparently ignored the fact that, while spices are used in small amounts, dietary supplements may be consumed in quantities of several grams per day. Thus, dietary supplement consumers will be exposed to much higher levels of any material changes that occur in a supplement’s or ingredient’s characteristics or in its consequences of use, if any, as a result of the irradiation.”
A copy of AHPA’s letter to FDA to oppose this food additive petition is online: http://www.ahpa.org/Portals/0/pdfs/07_1213_AHPA_Comments_Irradiation_Petition_Final.pdf.


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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

It is cold out there for conventional cosmetics companies -- but the sun is shining for greentech companies such as POMEGA

The Wall Street Journal reported today that Perelman is expected to rescue Revlon again by providing a cash contribution
Ronald Perelman is helping out his cosmetics company, Revlon Inc., and he may need to step in again.

Last week, MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc., a company owned by Mr. Perelman, agreed to provide a $170 million loan to the Revlon operating subsidiary, which counts Mr. Perelman its largest shareholder, with 57% of the shares.
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Mr. Perelman is not being magnanimous; Revlon is paying the billionaire investor's company an annual interest rate of 11% on the debt. And try Molin Rouge, Lady Marmelade, and Pink : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29EnyqVPpAc

The deal is a reminder that Mr. Perelman continues to be frustrated by Revlon, one of his highest-profile investments.
Today Green companies such as POMEGA and Tzerah generate higher yields as a result of the craving of aging baby boomers for innovations in nutraceuticls and cosmeceuticals.
Omega 5 oil is one of the new ingredients researched for their medicinal properties in several leading institutions.

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Sunday, December 9, 2007

Giving Omega 5 natural skin care products by POMEGA5 as holiday gifts is in your genes, why now act now?!


Are we genetically programmed to be generous?
Hebrew University scientists say yes

Jerusalem, December 6, 2007 – Are those inclined towards generosity genetically programmed to behave that way? A team of researchers, including Dr. Ariel Knafo of the Psychology Department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, believes that this could very well be the case.

Through an online task involving making a choice whether or not to give away money, the researchers found that those who chose to give away some or all of their money differed genetically from those involved in the exercise who chose not to give their money away.

The scientists conducted the experiment with 203 online "players". Each player could choose to keep the equivalent of $12 he was allocated, or to give all or part of it to an anonymous other player.

Those involved also provided DNA samples which were analyzed and compared to their reactions. It was found that those who had certain variants of a gene called AVPR1a gave on average nearly 50 percent more money than those not displaying that variant. The results of the study were published online recently in the research journal Genes, Brain and Behavior.

"The experiment provided the first evidence, to my knowledge, for a relationship between DNA variability and real human altruism," said Knafo, who conducted the research along with other researchers, including Prof. R. P. Ebstein, Prof. Gary Bornstein, and Salomon Israel of the Psychology Department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

The gene AVPR1a codes for the production of a receptor that enables a hormone, arginine vasopressin, to act on brain cells. Vasopressin, in turn, has been implicated in social bonding. The researchers found greater altruism in players in which a key section of the AVPR1a gene, called its promoter, was longer. The promoter is the region of a gene that allows cellular machinery to bind to it and determine how much gene product is made. In the case of this gene, a longer promoter can result in greater activity.

The findings could help biologists sort out altruism's evolutionary history, according to the scientists. They noted that a version of AVPR1a also exists in rodents called voles, where it also promotes social bonding. This suggests that altruism has a long rooted genetic history, which may have taken on a new role during human evolution.



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Saturday, December 8, 2007

China selects the best VCs and PEs for 2007 -- are they ready to focus on POMEGA5 in 2008?


SAIF Partners is VC Fund of the Year and CDH Investments Wins PE Fund of the Year in the 2007 China VC&PE Annual Ranking
SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 7 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The "Zero2IPO -- 2007 ChinaVC&PE Annual Ranking & Awards Ceremony" was splendidly held at Hyatt on the Bund in Shanghai on the evening of December 7. Annual awards winners in the spotlight include venture capitalists, PE investors, entrepreneurs, agencies and service providers. They are awarded with annual rewards due to their great efforts during 2007. Winners are selected from a great number of candidates in the survey conducted by Zero2IPOResearch Center. The survey lasts a couple of months and the final list forwards winners is the result of two-round votes on a large scale.
SAIF Partners won the highest proportion of votes and became "Venture Capital Fund of the Year 2007," ranking first on the list of "Top 50 Venture Capital Funds of the Year 2007."
One of the new features of this annual rewards ceremony is the rankings of private equity firms. After multiple-round votes on PE funds and investors focusing on investing in Mainland China, CDH Investments with absolute advantage wins three awards -- "Private Equity Fund of the Year 2007," "PE Fundraising Winner of the Year 2007" and "PE Exit Winner of the Year 2007".
After seven years of practice and exploration, Zero2IPO China Venture Capital Annual Ranking has gained strong support and recognition from both domestic and foreign venture capital firms in China with its independence, justice and objectiveness.

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Thursday, December 6, 2007

National Trial to Test Omega 3 will Pave the Way for Omega 5 Oil Trials


A consortium of researchers, supported by the National Institutes of Health's National Institutes on Aging and coordinated by the University of California-San Diego, will be conducting a nationwide clinical trial to study the effects of an omega-3 fatty acid on the progression of Alzheimer's disease.Researchers will study 400 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease at 51 sites across the United States. All participants will be above the age of 49. Approximately 60 percent of the participants will receive a daily supplement of 2 grams of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), a type of omega-3; the other 40 percent will receive a placebo instead. The study will be conducted with a double-blind procedure, meaning that neither patients nor researchers will know which patients are receiving the placebo until after the study is completed.The DHA will be donated by Martek Biosciences Company, a major manufacturer of DHA and a promoter of the fatty acid as a food additive.The researchers will monitor the participants for 18 months, measuring the progress of Alzheimer's with a variety of cognitive tests. In addition, researchers will monitor the physical and biological markers of the disease, including brain atrophy and protein concentration in blood and spinal fluid.Studies on mice have suggested that DHA may be effective in slowing the progression of Alzheimer's, but the upcoming study will be the first human trial.DHA occurs naturally in microalgae and accumulates in aquatic animals higher up the food chain. For this reason, the most common, non-synthesized dietary source of DHA is fish oil. The body can synthesize small quantities of DHA upon the consumption of another omega-3 called a-linolenic acid, which is found in a variety of seeds and nuts.There are an estimated 5 million Alzheimer's patients in the United States, It was the country's seventh leading cause of death in 2004.



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Tuesday, December 4, 2007

One wonders what would have happened if all those couples had been using Omega 5 Oil...


A message from Chicago
Planet feels heat of divorce by Rwaite

UNHAPPY couples used to stick together for the sake of the kids. Now they can make the best of a bad marriage in the name of being environmentally friendly.

Scientists have quantified for the first time the extent to which divorce damages the environment. The researchers found that the combined use of electricity across the two new households created rose 53% while water use was up by 42%.

Across America – one of 12 countries studied – divorced households used 73 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2005 that could have been saved if the families had not split up. That is equivalent to about a fifth of Britain’s consumption.

Broken couples also increase demand for housebuilding and infrastructure such as new roads. “The global trend of soaring divorce rates has created more households with fewer people, has taken up more space and has gobbled up more energy and water,” said Jianguo Liu of Michigan University, who carried out the latest research.

The study, to be published tomorrow in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that the average number of rooms per household was between 33% and 95% higher for divorced couples than for married ones.

Liu also calculated that America now has an extra 38.5m rooms in houses and apartments built to meet the demand for more accommodation generated by divorce over the past three decades.
The growth of single-person households is also damaging the environment. Research published in the journal Environment, Development and Sustainability found that:

- One-person households are the biggest consumers of energy, land and household goods, such as washing machines, refrigerators, TVs and stereos, per capita

- They consume 38% more products, 42% more packaging, 55% more electricity and 61% more gas per capita than four-person households

- People living alone create 1½ tons of waste annually compared with a ton by those in households of four or more

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Sunday, December 2, 2007

Omega 5 oil products by Pomega5 are rated X - traordinary

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Pomegranates Seen As Alternative To Viagra
December 2, 2007

Joseph Dela Cruz - AHN News Writer

Los Angeles, CA (AHN) - A recent study conducted by scientists in Los Angeles revealed that pomegranate juice can be an effective alternative to Viagra, a known medication to erectile dysfunction.
According to scientists, drinking a glass of pomegranate juice a day can act just like Viagra.
The study showed that early half of the fifty-three volunteers aged 21 to 70 with mild to moderate problems experienced easier to get erections after drinking 8fl oz of pomegranate juice for a month.

The juice is said to be rich in antioxidants thereby increasing blood supply to the penis.

As in any medication for erectile dysfunction, antioxidants raise levels of nitric oxide, which in turn relaxes blood-vessel walls.

"Pomegranate juice has great potential in the management of erectile dysfunction," said Christopher Forest, a researcher at the University of California in Los Angeles


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Saturday, December 1, 2007

Omega 5 oil botanical skin care prices are still unaffected by OPEC

POMEGA officials are happy to report that Omega 5 oil
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will remain stable through the holiday season
very much like vintage cars
Oil Prices Fall Ahead of OPEC Meeting
By JOHN WILEN – 23 hours ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Crude oil prices dipped to their lowest level in a month Friday, falling below $90 a barrel as investors sold amid signs of weakening demand and expectations OPEC will boost production next week.

The slide in oil may mean that consumers see relief at the pump soon, analysts said. Gasoline and heating oil futures also moved lower.

It was quite a turnaround for crude oil prices, which began the week pushing $100 a barrel but appeared set to end it by falling to their lowest levels since October.

Light, sweet crude for January delivery fell $2.08 to $88.93 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Crude prices are more than $10 below Monday's high of $99.11 a barrel and the all-time high of $99.29 a barrel set last week.

Oil's downturn is good news for consumers, who will likely see lower gas prices in coming days, said Tom Kloza, publisher and chief oil analyst at the Oil Price Information Service.
"We're looking at (gas prices) backing off quite a bit," he said.

Overnight, gas prices slid 0.8 cent to a national average of $3.088 a gallon, according to AAA and the Oil Price Information Service. Prices have been flat for the past two weeks after rising steadily for a month as oil prices approached $100 a barrel.

Gas prices could fall back to mid-October levels, when they averaged about $2.76 a gallon, Kloza said. Despite the downturn, many observers predict gas prices will rise steeply in the spring, and could threaten the record price of $3.227 a gallon set in May. That's because analysts expect next year's prices to be driven by rising demand and tight supplies; last year's records came as a string of unexpected refinery outages cut gasoline output.

Oil prices have been pressured in recent days by evidence of rising Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries output, expectations that OPEC will agree at a meeting next week to increase production further and tepid domestic demand.

U.S. demand for oil fell 0.8 percent in September compared to a year ago and is at its lowest level since April 2006, said Addison Armstrong, an analyst at TFS Energy Futures LLC in Stamford, Conn., in a research note.

Meanwhile, recent data from English tanker-tracking firm Oil Movements shows OPEC output is already on the rise, even as analysts expect further production hikes.

"Slowing demand and possible oil production increases by OPEC have combined to ease the upward pressure on oil prices," Armstrong said.

Oil investors quickly looked past Thursday's fire at an Enbridge Energy Partners LP pipeline in northern Minnesota. Three of the pipeline's four conduits were returned to service Thursday, and the fire-damaged line, which was already closed for maintenance at the time of the accident, was expected to be back up within days. The four pipelines together normally carry about 16 percent of U.S. crude imports.

Other petroleum futures were also down Friday. December gasoline futures fell 3.48 cents to $2.23 a gallon on the Nymex, while December heating oil futures fell 6.04 cents to $2.5167 a gallon. Both contracts expire at the close of trading Friday.

January natural gas futures fell 3.4 to $7.418 per 1,000 cubic feet on the Nymex.
In London, January Brent crude dropped $1.78 to $88.44 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.

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