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STOP GE Crop Field Trials
Posted June 13, 2013
As we’ve warned for over a decade, GE crops simply can’t be controlled once they’re released into the environment. The fact is that environmental contamination is inevitable when companies like Monsanto are allowed to experiment with nature and our food supply. Read more and Take Action!
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You have busy schedules, so we scan major advocacy news sites to keep you informed about important legislation that could impact your health choices.
Posted June 18th, 2013.
The recent media hype around vitamins is a classic case of drawing the wrong conclusions from good science. Read more.
Posted June 18th, 2013.
Two popular birth control pills will not be recalled, and a national gynecologists’ group says the contraceptives, Yaz and Yasmin, are safe, despite being linked in media reports to the deaths of 23 Canadian women. Read more.
Posted June 18th, 2013.
Following on the heels of Angelina Jolie’s widely celebrated decision to remove her breasts ‘preventively, few folks truly understand how important preventing environmental chemical exposures and incorporating cancer-preventing foods into their diet really is in reducing the risk of gene-mediated breast cancer. Read more.
Posted June 18th, 2013.
Marijuana, one of the most condemned plants on Earth, has been found to suppress cancer, reduce blood pressure, treat glaucoma, alleviate pain and even inhibit HIV. It is an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective. Can you understand more now why it’s illegal? Read more.
Posted June 18th, 2013.
New research has found that the pharmaceuticals can alter genes responsible for building fish brains and controlling their behavior. Antidepressants are the most commonly prescribed medications in the United States; and are also the highest-documented drugs contaminating waterways, which has experts worried about fish. Read more.
Posted June 18th, 2013.
Interested in foraging but don’t know where to start? Here are a few common North American goodies that are safe to eat if you find yourself stuck in the wild. Read more.
Posted June 17th, 2013.
The criminal misdemeanor trial of Wisconsin raw milk farmer Vernon Hershberger that drew national media attention ended more than two weeks ago, but Michele Bollfrass-Hopp, one of the jurors in the case, has been unable to get it out of her mind. Read more.
Posted June 17th, 2013.
Plant-based diets appear to offer relief from a variety of menstrual symptoms, including cramping, bloating, and breast pain. Read more.
Posted June 17th, 2013.
Confused about what to put on your skin to protect it from the sun? How much sun is good for us? How much sun is bad? Is it better to get natural sunlight or controlled exposure through a tanning bed? Read more.