The world’s most used herbicide, glyphosate, has been found in corn, soybeans and pet food by two different testing studies released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Cornell University this week. The FDA report released Monday on their 2016 testing program, showed that 2,670 domestic…
By Marco Torres Using artificial sweeteners causes biochemical changes in the body and actually throw off the body’s ability to monitor how many calories we consume. FDA-approved artificial sweeteners and sport supplements have now been found to be toxic to digestive gut microbes, according to…
By Matt Agorist Earlier this year, the US Food and Drug Administration set its sights on e-cigs and launched a massive campaign to discourage teens from using e-cigarettes. The FDA also announced an investigation into several vaping products—namely the most popular brand, JUUL, which makes…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze As the rest of the country moves forward without it, some residents of South Carolina are starting to believe that marijuana may be legalized in the state by 2019. Medical marijuana that is. For many who live in South Carolina, the idea that…
By Edge Canopy The charges against Tammie Hedges, the woman charged with practicing veterinary medicine without a license while helping animals in North Carolina during Hurricane Florence, have been dropped, as reported on the Facebook page “Crazys Claws N Paws,” owned by Tammie. There initially seemed to…
By Jack Burns Chesapeake, VA — Sid Tatem was trying to enjoy a picnic at Chesapeake’s Northwest River Park last week, but an overzealous park ranger quickly ruined the family outing. The ranger approached Tatem and sons inquiring about what they were drinking. Turns out the…
By Emma Fiala (TMU) — A West Virginia father is furious after hundreds of hard pellets fell from the sky, raining down on his children and his organic farm. Neal Laferriere, owner of Blackberry Botanicals, was harvesting ginseng with his two children when a helicopter…
By Nicholas West High-tech drug delivery systems continue to be researched. I’ve extensively covered the move toward nanorobotics that can do everything from deliver drugs to laying down labels for genetic marking that could one day connect the human brain to computers or rewire it…
By B.N. Frank Just announced! ANOTHER Fitness Tracker recall! This time it’s due to burn risk. Portland-based Provata Health has recalled around 30,000 fitness trackers following reports of burns due to overheating issues. […] The Chinese manufactured devices come with a digital display, accelerometer, optical…
A decade has passed since the collapse of the Lehmann Brothers investment bank, triggering the worst recession since the stock market collapse of 1929. But between the 1930s and 2008, the world experienced several economic downturns, some of which had a long-lasting impact on the affected countries….
By Susan Boskey Is hemp cannabidiol (CBD) oil the new snake oil? Definitely not! Yet by the way some websites are marketing it I’m left to wonder. The cannabis industry and others call the unrestrained and exuberant marketing of legal marijuana the “Green Rush” as…
By Kerry McDonald A worrying trend is emerging in schools across the country. With increasing regularity, school districts are tracking students’ mental health and raising flags if a screening shows something amiss. Student mental health tracking is often framed in terms of safety or prevention, arguing…
By Daisy Luther A woman from Wayne County, North Carolina did the right thing during the chaos of Hurricane Florence and she got arrested for it because she didn’t ask the government’s permission. When Tammy Hedges saw that her neighbors had left behind 27 cats and…
FDA Death Data On Kratom Linked To Adulterated Products, Not The Kratom Plant Itself American Kratom Association Demands a Recall on Scheduling Recommendation and Complete FDA Re-evaluation of Kratom Science. WASHINGTON, DC – September 24, 2018 – The American Kratom Association (AKA) today called upon the U.S….
By Aaron Kesel The FDA has announced that some flea and tick medications can cause adverse reactions in dogs and cats, issuing warnings to pet owners and vets. Meanwhile, the CDC has announced that people are getting sick from pets and the antibiotics are failing…
By Matt Agorist An incredibly profound observation of the effects of methylendioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) on octopuses was just published this week in Current Biology. The findings of the study titled, “A Conserved Role for Serotonergic Neurotransmission in Mediating Social Behavior in Octopus,” suggest incredible implications for how…
By Matt Bertone, North Carolina State University I know it may be hard to convince you, but let me try: Don’t kill the next spider you see in your home. Why? Because spiders are an important part of nature and our indoor ecosystem – as…
By Seokheun Choi, Binghamton University, State University of New York It seems like every few months there’s a new cellphone, laptop or tablet that is so exciting people line up around the block to get their hands on it. While the perpetual introduction of new,…
By Nicholas West One of America’s oldest insurance companies, John Hancock, has its eyes set firmly on the future. With the arrival of Big Data and the now never-ending stream of information that is available to data brokers on individuals in nearly real time, the…
By Richard Gale and Gary Null, Natural Blaze It is time to take a serious, critical look at Wikipedia and its mission. Is it everything it purports to be as an objective encyclopedic source of knowledge or just another anti-democratic social media dynasty resorting to the…
