By Gary Ruskin How accurate were conflict of interest disclosures in at least 40 childhood obesity studies funded by The Coca-Cola Company? Not so accurate, according to a paper published in the Journal of Public Health Policy that analyzed studies from the International Study of Childhood Obesity,…
By Katherine Paul Consumers can take satisfaction in the fact that they’ve played a role in what some say is the diminishing power of the GMA over Washington policy. At the height of the GMO labeling battle, we not-so-fondly referred to the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)…
World Mercury Project Targeted by the AAP and IAC By the World Mercury Project Team In Part One of this analysis, we described how two highly biased non-profits—the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Immunization Action Coalition (IAC)—have been attacking World Mercury Project and its Chairman,…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Trapped in a food desert, deep in the South, there’s a depressing burger joint pretending to be a a retro “Drive-In” blast from the past. It is in fact a bleak vision into a corporate Idiocracy. A corporatocracy for the masses. In this…
Pennsylvania dairy farmer Brenda Cochran says, “The underlying crisis afflicting rural America–rural poverty–is a result of federal agriculture, dairy, food and trade policies that do not provide farmers a fair price–one that covers our costs of production. Farmers do not need NAFTA–we need a fair price–and…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor You may have heard of the sugar industry’s attempt to get dietary fat blamed for heart disease when it manipulated results to cover up sugar’s role in cardiovascular illness. There is more to the story… Last year, three researchers turned heads everywhere when…
By Tony Cartalucci – NEO In 1928 when the US-based United Fruit Company – now known as Chiquita Brands International – faced labor issues in Columbia, it had at its disposal Colombian troops which gunned down hundreds of strikers to maintain production and profits. Ensuring that…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Tyson Foods – the largest U.S. chicken producer – has pleaded guilty in a chemical incident that led to the deaths of over 100,000 fish. The Arkansas-based poultry giant has claimed “full responsibility” for accidentally releasing an acidic chemical used in chicken feed…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze In a typical obvious example of industry supported “science,” the journal Future Medicine has published a report in which it focuses not on science itself but on the notion of Fake News and how it applies to the perception and reception of…
By Jessica Corbett “The fight for market share is achieved at the expense of the weakest links in the chain: farmers, and workers.” As the European Commission considers a proposed mega-merger between Bayer and Monsanto, new research published Tuesday illustrates how corporations are monopolizing the global food system—jeopardizing…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor There’s too much crazy news in the world – but if you’re not crying, why not laugh? And by that I don’t mean laugh at ourselves, but laugh at the ridiculous antics of old timey ad execs. They were Mad Men indeed. We are…
By Jay Syrmopoulos Only 10 companies control almost every large food and beverage brand in the world. In 2013, Oxfam International created a “Behind the Brands” report, which focused on 10 of the world’s biggest and most influential food and beverage companies. These mega-corporations are so powerful…
By Catherine J. Frompovich Why are U.S. citizens being subjected to inhuman violations of their fundamental and Constitutional rights by vested corporate interests, and no one in Congress, or in the practice of law or the judicial system, is doing anything to correct and to…
By Brandon Turbeville Over the past few decades, Americans may well have become the most heavily propagandized people on the face of the earth. This propaganda push reached a fever pitch after 9/11 and has intensified with each passing year, with Americans becoming more and more…
By Gary G. Kohls, MD Polluting Foreign Copper Mining Corporations like Canada’s PolyMet [controlled by Switzerland’s Glencore] and Canada’s Twin Metals [controlled by Chile’s Antofagasta] Meet the Definition of Sociopathic Entities A photo of a massive Antofagasta open pit copper mine in Chile. The…
By Paul Buchheit Last year it was 8 men, then down to 6, and now almost 5. While Americans fixate on Trump, the super-rich are absconding with our wealth, and the plague of inequality continues to grow. An analysis of 2016 data found that the poorest five deciles of the world population…
By Gary G. Kohls, MD, guest to Natural Blaze Although I have just been doing my scholarly, unbiased, science-based duty to warn (that is in direct opposition to the highly biased, indeed perverted, corporate “science” of Big Pharma that we all know is really in…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor The FDA and USDA are attempting to counter “misinformation” about GMO foods and you’re going to help them. U.S. taxpayers are to fund a government propaganda drive to persuade them to like GM foods. [1] This is enough to spurn an already cash-strapped…
By truTV Meet the Walmart of eye glasses. Did you know that a single company controls 80% of all glasses and sunglasses brands? In Adam Ruins Everything, host Adam Conover employs a combination of comedy, history and science to dispel widespread misconceptions about everything we take for…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor You may have seen passing headlines that a caterpillar was recently discovered to “eat plastic.” But take a look – there is more than meets the eye about the eco-fuzzy hooklines. The worldwide use of one trillion plastic bags each year is…
