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10/20/23‘Day of Reckoning Is Coming’: New Films Showcase Benefits of Organic, Regenerative Farming
Two new documentaries, “Organic Rising” and “Common Ground,” highlight the growth of organic and regenerative agriculture, contrasting these approaches to restoring soil health with industrial farming’s damage to soil and human health through chemicals.
10/18/23Testing Reveals High Level of Toxic Pesticides in Foods Sold by Top 20 Fast Food Chains
Moms Across America called on Congress to invest in organic food for school lunches after testing showed high levels of glyphosate and other pesticide chemicals in products sold by the 20 most popular fast food restaurants, some of which supply school lunches.
10/17/23Vandana Shiva: Soil Holds Answer to Healing Environment, Growing Nutrient-Dense Food
Environmental and food sovereignty activist Vandana Shiva, Ph.D., explains how living soil teeming with microbes and fungi can mitigate climate change and increase nutrition, just as Earth’s ecology regulated climate over billions of years. She calls for working with nature to address environmental ills.
10/11/23Chronic Poisoning of Children Is One of ‘Greatest Crimes’ of Our Times
Citing pesticide-laden genetically modified foods in school lunches and the effects of COVID-19 lockdowns, Dr. Michelle Perro, pediatrician and integrative medicine expert, said it’s time for urgent federal action to switch to organic, regenerative food in school meals to stop the chronic poisoning of our children.
10/04/23The Nutritional ‘Dark Matter’ in Your Food — And Why Synthetic Food Is So Dangerous
Remarkable as it may seem, 99% of the proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, vitamins and other biochemical scomponents making up whole food are a complete mystery. So how can scientists replicate those components in lab food? And what are we missing in our diets if those components aren’t all there?
10/03/23The PFAS ‘Dirty Dozen’ — Who Are They?
A nonprofit representing the interests of the chemical industry identified that the vast majority of the world’s production of PFAS is limited to just 12 companies. Alliance for Natural Health International investigated these companies and despite their stated missions to save the planet or people, found them to be unethical and super polluters.
09/22/23Brain Tumors in Children Linked to All Classes of Pesticides: Review
Pesticide exposure, even at home, can cause central nervous system tumors and other cancers in children ages 0-14, according to a review of the scientific literature. Researchers said their findings show the need for policies and education to curb pesticide use and promote organic agriculture.
09/13/23‘Legalized Poisoning of 5,500 People’: Oregon County Fights Plan to Spray 473 Acres With Glyphosate
The aerial spraying of the carcinogenic weedkiller is slated to take place approximately one mile from a water intake that supplies water to 5,500 residents. Beyond the risks to human health, residents are concerned about the impacts on wildlife.
09/07/23‘Pure Garbage’: School Cafeterias Start Serving Up Big Food’s Lunchables
Two Kraft Heinz ready-to-eat prepackaged Lunchables are being added to K-12 school lunch programs across the U.S. this fall. Kraft Heinz — which is primarily owned by institutional shareholders, the top four being Berkshire Hathaway, BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street — is a partner of the School Nutrition Association.
08/30/23Food Isn’t What It Used to Be — and Neither Is Public Health
Industrial agriculture with its genetically engineered crops, pesticides and soil destruction has led to a decline in the nutritional value of food — and nutrient-deficient food is linked to a higher incidence of viral illness, gluten sensitivity, autism, dementia, depression and more.
08/29/23Glyphosate Linked to Severe Depression and Cognitive Decline in U.S. Adults
A peer-reviewed study released by a group of scientists in Taiwan revealed a strong link between severe depression, cognitive decline and exposure to the world’s most used herbicide, glyphosate. The study was published on Aug. 22 in the Elsevier Journal, Environmental Research.
08/16/23Review Adds to Evidence That Glyphosate Weedkillers Cause Cancer
The findings of a new systematic review published in Chemosphere “strengthen the mechanistic evidence that glyphosate is a probable human carcinogen and provide biological plausibility for previously reported cancer associations in humans, such as non-Hodgkin lymphoma,” the authors said.
07/14/23Our ‘Community Microbiome’ Is Under Attack — Should We Worry?
Writing on Substack, Toby Rogers, Ph.D. reflects that throughout history, humans shared a microbiome through intimate contact and community activities. But modern practices have isolated us and disrupted our “community microbiome” — what does that mean for our health?
06/30/23WHO Poised to List Popular Artificial Sweetener as ‘Possibly Carcinogenic to Humans’
Aspartame is a popular artificial sweetener used in products from Diet Coke to Mars Wrigley chewing gum. Around 95% of carbonated drinks and 90% of teas that use artificial sweeteners use aspartame, according to The Washington Post.
06/29/23New Scientific Review Adds to Evidence of Pesticides’ Harmful Effect on Gut-Brain Axis
Often called the “second brain” because it houses nerve cells and produces neurotransmitters, the gut-brain axis may be the most important locus where microbes and pesticides meet.
06/21/23Uproar Over ‘Apeel’ Food Coating Sheds Light on Big Ag’s Capture of Organic Food Agencies
After controversy surrounding Apeel — a Gates-funded synthetic fungicide and fruit coating — sparked concern over how chemicals are approved in organic products, agribusiness watchdog OrganicEye this week demanded the U.S. Department of Agriculture break Big Food’s stranglehold on the process for approving certified organic foods.
06/16/23Bayer to Pay $6.9 Million for False Safety Claims About Roundup Weedkiller
Agrochemical giants Bayer CropScience and Monsanto violated a 1996 agreement to stop making false and misleading claims about the safety of its popular weedkillers, New York’s attorney general found.
06/15/23Carbon Farming: ‘Great’ for Agrochemical Giants and Investors Like Bill Gates, But ‘Bad for Everyone Else’?
Proponents of carbon farming tout a host of benefits, including meeting climate goals — but critics warn it’s just another greenwashing tactic that benefits Big Business and hurts small farmers.
06/09/23Iowa’s Industrial Hog Farms Are Killing the State’s Fish With Animal Waste and Agrochemicals
Despite millions of dollars lost from fish kills in Iowa over the decades, the amount of fines imposed on industrial hog farmers for polluting the state’s waterways is just one-sixtieth of the monetary value lost from fish kill events.
06/01/23Even at ‘Safe’ Levels, Glyphosate Disrupts Immune Function, New Study Suggests
Investigators at the University of Iowa found that at levels approximating the U.S. Acceptable Daily Intake — 1.75 milligrams per kilogram of body weight per day — glyphosate altered the gut microbiome composition and induced “a pro-inflammatory environment.”
05/31/23Ingredient in Popular Disinfectant Wipes Linked to Reproductive Health Issues
Quaternary ammonium compounds, also referred to as “QACs” or “quats,” contribute to antimicrobial resistance, pollute the environment and are linked to several health issues, including reproductive dysfunction.
04/21/23Where Did Your Steak Come From?
Grazing animals are often blamed for harming the environment — but it’s not the animals that are causing harm, it’s how humans manage livestock and the land they live on, according to the Savory Institute.
04/11/23Syngenta’s Deadly ‘Quat’ Pesticides to Go on Trial for Allegedly Causing Parkinson’s Disease
More than 3,000 farmers are suing Syngenta, the lead manufacturer of paraquat, and Chevron, a key distributor, arguing the chemical caused their Parkinson’s disease. The first federal trial is set for October 2023. More than 100 lawsuits also were filed in California, where trials are set to begin in June 2023.
04/07/23Mexico’s Plan to Slash Glyphosate Imports Triggers ‘Firestorm of Industry Opposition’ in U.S.
Amid a high-stakes standoff with U.S. trade officials over favored American agricultural products, Mexico is slashing the amount of glyphosate allowed to be imported into the country by 50% for 2023.
03/31/23Exposure to Atrazine Encourages Breast Cancer Cells to Spread, Tumors to Grow Larger
A study published this month in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety found the commonly used herbicide, atrazine, promotes breast cancer development by significantly increasing breast cancer cell spread and tumor size.
03/30/23Pesticides Don’t Just Ruin Flavor — They Also Destroy the Nutritional Value of Strawberries and Other Fruits
The flavor and nutritional value of fruit is the result of their unique composition and essential nutrients. Fungicides designed to interrupt cell processes to control fungi can also interfere with the production of the volatile compounds and nutrients that are essential to a strawberry’s flavor.
03/27/23How the Environmental Movement Can Find Its Soul Again — and Transform Civilization
Environmentalism has been hijacked by people and institutions who are not nature lovers — but nature dies in the service of “sustainability.”
03/23/231 in 36 Kids Have Autism, CDC Says — Critics Slam Agency’s Failure to Investigate Causes
One in 36 (2.8%) 8-year-old children — 4% of boys and 1% of girls — have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), based on an analysis of data from 2020, published today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
03/08/23How Warren Buffett and Bill Gates Make a Killing Off the Childhood Obesity Epidemic
Warren Buffett’s vertically integrated investments in the production of high fructose corn syrup — a key ingredient in highly processed foods and contributor to obesity in kids — generates massive profits for himself and Bill Gates.
03/02/23Researchers Link Glyphosate-Based Weedkillers to Liver Disease and Endocrine Disorders in Kids
Children exposed to glyphosate-containing weedkillers, used in farming and on school playgrounds, appear to be at increased risk for liver inflammation and metabolic disorders in young adulthood and more serious diseases later in life, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.