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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!

Action Alert: Tell Big Banks and Major Investors to Stop Financing Forest Destruction

Posted June 12th, 2013.
In the United States, palm oil is in about half of our packaged foods and cosmetics. Why? Because it’s cheap. What makes it cheap? Global companies are taking over huge swaths of land,  wreaking havoc on the environment, and ignoring human rights, all in the name of keeping costs down. Read more and take action.

ACTION ALERT — A New Bill Would Include Nutritional Supplements in Health Savings Accounts

Posted June 5, 2013
Health Savings Accounts are especially important for natural health consumers—and now they may become even more useful.  Read more and TAKE ATION to write to your senators and representative and ask them to support the Hatch bill (in the Senate) and the Paulsen bill (in the House). Remind them that nutritional supplements can help reduce healthcare spending if consumers take a preventive approach to health using supplements.

ACTION ALERT — Which Chemicals in Your Home Are Toxic? EPA Doesn’t Know!

Posted June 5, 2013
In a rare showing of bipartisanship, the Senate hopes to repair a hopelessly broken system.  Read more and TAKE ACTION to write to your senators and ask them to support the Lautenberg bill with amendments that address our serious concerns about toxic chemicals. Tell them that you work hard to keep your family safe from dangerous chemicals, but this bill is desperately needed to help ban the truly toxic ones.

ACTION ALERT for Illinois Residents — Support Amendment to Stop Fracking!

Posted May 23, 2013
Fracking is very dangerous to our water, air, land and health.   Please sign a petition to ask your legislators to support an amendment on SB1715 for a one-year moratorium on fracking. Read more about fracking.   Click here to SIGN PETITION.

ACTION ALERT for Wisconsin Residents — Workers Fired after Refusing Flu Vaccine – Legislative Remedy

Posted May 22, 2013
Please call or email your Wisconsin State Senator & Representative and ask them to sponsor LRB 0020/1 that would allow a “personal” exemption from mandatory flu shots. The deadline for sponsorship is Friday, May 24, 2013 at 1 pm.  Read more and TAKE ACTION.   Click here to find your Wisconsin State Senator & Representative.   Note:   If you don’t live in Wisconsin, but have colleagues, friends or family members who do, please forward this Action Alert to them.

ACTION ALERT for Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and New York Residents — ANH-USA Uncovers Suspicious Activity by State Dietetic and Health Boards

Posted May 16, 2013
ANH’-USA’s  exclusive report reveals government surveillance, what appear to be undercover sting operations, and investigations into the alleged crime of “practicing nutrition without a license.”  Read more and TAKE ACTION.

ACTION ALERT — New Draft of Compounding Pharmacy Bill Just Released—Some Wins, but Concerns Remain

Posted May 16, 2013
Please send a mesage to the Senate HELP Committee members to thank them for listening to our concerns on this bill, remind them of the areas that still need some work, and let them know that we’re eager to see a revised version of the draft bill.   Make sure they understand that compounded medicine is a vital part of citizens’ healthcare needs, that the FDA has a history of targeting compounders, and all legislation should be approached with caution.  Read more and TAKE ATION.

ACTION ALERT — Don’t Empower the FDA to Take Away Your Access to Compounded Medications

Posted May 8, 2013
If you are a resident of Alaska, Connecticut, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, or Wyoming, please contact your member of the Senate HELP Committee and ask him or her to strike the extreme language in this bill that has nothing whatsoever to do with safety.   Read more.

ACTION ALERT — New GMO Labeling Bill: Will of the People vs. the Greed and Power of Biotech Industry

Posted April 29, 2013
In an exciting move in Washington, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) together have sponsored new federal legislation that requires the labeling of all genetically engineered food in the U.S. The Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act is the first national labeling bill to be introduced in Congress since 2010.  Read moreTAKE ACTION to ask your legislators to support the federal labeling bill.

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