December 2011 - Posts
In the modern era, so-called “medicine” no longer bears any resemblance to the art and science of healing. Instead of being a practice whereby your body’s innate self-healing capabilities are aided, it has become a business enterprise focused solely on money. If the truth about your body’s self-regenerative...
Following the death of Specialist Kevin Shumaker, the U.S. Army is now requiring preventive rabies vaccination for all deployable soldiers in the Middle East, Central America, and South America. The cost of this will come to more than $600 per soldier. Shumaker likely contracted the rabies virus after...
A study analyzing the effects of genetically modified (GM) foods on health found that varieties of corn created by Monsanto can be linked to organ damage in rats. Monsanto’s own safety data on the corn is based solely on a 90-day study, even though chronic problems most often appear long after 90 days...
Dow AgroSciences has announced the development of genetically engineered corn, soybean, and cotton plants that are resistant to an herbicide containing 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D). 2,4-D is a major ingredient of Agent Orange, a chemical that has been linked to over 400,000 birth defects in...
More and more doctors are being sued for creating prescription drug addicts as a result of the long-term prescribing of addictive tranquillizers such as Valium and other benzodiazepines. The lawsuits claim that many doctors are failing to follow safety guidelines established more than 20 years ago. Patients...
A proposed Michigan state bill would crush community challenges against the expansion of genetically modified (GM) organisms. The bill would remove “any authority local governments may have to adopt and enforce ordinances that prohibit or regulate the labeling, sale, storage, transportation, distribution...
With almost no notice, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reneging on its long-stated intention to compel big agriculture to reduce overuse of antibiotics. The FDA announced it would not withdraw approval for putting penicillin and tetracyclines in animal feed -- a step which has been planned since...
Dow AgroSciences has announced the development of genetically engineered corn, soybean, and cotton plants that are resistant to an herbicide containing 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D). 2,4-D is a major ingredient of Agent Orange, a chemical that has been linked to over 400,000 birth defects in...
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy Carbon monoxide fumes at ice skating rinks are a danger few people know about. Exhaust fumes from the resurfacing machines used to clean the ice release toxins into the unventilated rinks. Over time, such pollutants can cause...
The Swedish government recently analyzed clothing impregnated with the antibacterial agents silver, triclosan, and trichlorocarban. They found that the germ- and odor-killing compounds often wash away very quickly, meaning that they pose a potential health threat, due both to possible skin absorption...
A variety of genetically engineered “drought resistant” corn made by Monsanto has been deregulated and cleared for sale in the U.S. Monsanto plans farm trials in the western U.S. Plains in 2012. The drought-tolerant trait was created through joint experimentation with the German chemical company BASF...
The biotech company Monsanto has once again been declared the worst company of 2011 by Natural Society. The company won the dubious award for threatening both human health and the environment. Monsanto is the company responsible for 90 percent of the genetically engineered seed on the U.S. market. It...
Pediatricians are being encouraged to offer vaccines to close family members of babies who are too young to get shots themselves. The strategy is known as “cocooning”. Researchers have estimated that in order to prevent just one infant death from whooping cough, at least one million parents would have...
Thousands of all-metal artificial hips need to be replaced, in what has become the most widespread medical implant failure in decades. The hip failures could cost taxpayers, insurers, employers and others billions of dollars. “Metal-on-metal” artificial hips, in which both the ball and joint are made...
Genetically modified mosquitoes could be released into the U.S. environment as early as January of 2012. Private firm are planning to initiate the release of the GM mosquitoes in the Florida Keys. The first GM mosquito release took place in the Cayman Islands in 2009, and the second in Malaysia in 2010...
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