By Heather Callaghan A non-regulatory division of WHO called International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) just announced that glyphosate – the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide – is a probable human carcinogen. While that may seem like a tepid statement, it comes after a decision based…
Children exposed to pesticides sprayed in a GM soy-producing region of Argentina have genetic damage, a team of researchers from the National University of Río Cuarto, Cordoba (UNRC), found in a new study. Sources: Media article in Spanish: www.lavoz.com.ar ; Study in English: www.scielo.org.ar The…
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) are sponsoring a secret meeting Monday in London to promote a recent report detailing in clear terms how to privatize the seed and agricultural markets of Africa– without African stakeholders having…
by Jefferey Jaxen It continues to be clear that the awakened public has checkmated the GMO industry. However, at South by Southwest (SXSW), it appears that GMO corporation money talks as real debate is controlled and censored. Katherine Paul, Associate Director of the Organic Consumers…
By Heather Callaghan Today marks the unsurprising approval from the FDA regarding new varieties of genetically engineered potatoes and apples. The approval applies to six varieties of potatoes from Idaho’s J. R. Simplot Co. and two types of apples from Canadian company Okanagan Specialty Fruits…
by Carey Wedler Last year, Michelle Obama proposed a requirement that food companies disclose “added sugar” to their products. Ever since, corporations have upped their lobbying efforts. Their arguments against labeling the number of teaspoons of added sugar in their products range from predictable dents…
Abnormal cells are misidentified in one-fourth of cases, research suggests By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter As many as one of every four breast tissue biopsies tested for cancer may have been incorrectly diagnosed by pathologists taking part in a study to test their skills. The…
by SM Gibson Did you realize that last month was American Heart Month? Coca-Cola sure did. The corporate soft drink giant, who has been trying to combat declining sales in the United States, has begun partnering with fitness experts and nutritionists to promote a mini-can of Coke as…
Study in mice suggests changes might raise risk of bowel diseases and metabolic syndrome WEDNESDAY, Feb. 25, 2015 (HealthDay News) — A common ingredient in many processed foods might increase the risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and metabolic syndrome, a new study in mice…
A first study of its kind has found that GM maize transgenes have penetrated the informal seed supplies of smallholder farmers in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The study screened for transgenes in external fields, home gardens and local household seed holdings in a village…
by Catherine J. Frompovich A most important FDA file somehow was emailed to me and, as a consumer health researcher, retired healthcare professional, consumer health author/journalist/blogger, and certified paralegal, after reading it, I feel it is my moral duty to share it with all citizens…
by Catherine J. Frompovich Health and Human Services has extended the comment period for The National Adult Immunization Plan (NAIP) that was published in the Federal Register on February 6, 2015, Volume 80, Number 25, pages 6721-6722, from March 9th to Monday, March 23rd, 2015….
A tooth enamel abnormality in children, molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH), may result from exposure to the industrial chemical bisphenol A (BPA), authors of a new study conclude after finding similar damage to the dental enamel of rats that received BPA. The study results will be…
by Catherine J. Frompovich DEADLINE MARCH 12: Tell BIO’s Dr. Cathleen Enright How You Feel about Being Forced to Eat GMO ‘Food’ The information below is copied and pasted from OCA’s TAKE ACTION Petition When Organic Consumers Association was invited to be on a panel…
300 farmers have taken over the building where Brazil’s GMO regulator CTNBio was meeting Thursday to decide about whether to approve GE eucalyptus trees. The meeting was cancelled. Source: www.mst.org.br Also Thursday, 1,000 women took over operations of FuturaGene across Brazil. The action included the…
by Melissa Melton The petition up on WhiteHouse.gov against mandatory vaccinations — the one the White House tried to bury — has, at the time of writing this, reached well over the 100,000 signatures needed by March 6th in order to supposedly garner a response from our…
by Catherine J. Frompovich Ever since the word got out about Health and Human Services requesting comments about forced vaccinations for adults to bring them up to speed on vaccinations that children routinely get, there’s been an online petition to the President of the USA…
By Catherine J. Frompovich Ms. Rebecca Fish, Senior Policy Advisor / Email: [email protected] U.S. Health & Human Services Ref: Federal Register Doc. 2015-02481 – NAIP Comment due date 3-9-15 Dear Senior Policy Adviser Rebecca Fish: As requested in the Federal Register of 2-5-15, please accept…
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter Former volunteer in fight against West African outbreak felt vilified by media, politicians THURSDAY, Feb. 26, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Many U.S. politicians and media outlets hyped the threat of U.S. cases of Ebola last year, according to a newly…
by Catherine J. Frompovich Ms. Rebecca Fish, Senior Policy Advisor / Email: [email protected] U.S. Health & Human Services Ref: Federal Register Doc. 2015-02481 – NAIP Comment due date 3-9-15 Dear Senior Policy Adviser Rebecca Fish: As requested in the Federal Register of 2-5-15, please accept…
