Posted August 11, 2017
Autism mom, Polly Tommey watched her cameraman Anu Vaidya go through the electronic passport controls without incident, then followed behind him. They had completed their Australian tour of the film, VAXXED: From Cover-up to Catastrophe and were heading to New Zealand. Tommey entered through passport control, but did not fare as well as her cameraman. Read more.
Get Informed on U.S. Legislation That Could Restrict Your Health Freedom
Vaccine Choice Under Renewed Fire
Posted August 4, 2017
France and Italy abolish it; Germany and Australia restrict it. Are we next? Your parental rights are at stake as your state could be next to take a cue from European nations by forcing your child into unproven, potentially dangerous vaccinations: Read more.
100,000 Pages of Chemical Industry Secrets Gathered Dust in an Oregon Barn for Decades — Until Now
Posted July 31, 2017
For decades, some of the dirtiest, darkest secrets of the chemical industry have been kept in Carol Van Strum’s barn. Creaky, damp, and prowled by the occasional black bear, the listing, 80-year-old structure in rural Oregon housed more than 100,000 pages of documents obtained through legal discovery in lawsuits against Dow, Monsanto, the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Forest Service, the Air Force, and pulp and paper companies, among others. Read more.
Congressional Freedom Caucus Takes Wrong Turn
Posted July 31, 2017
Last week, the House Freedom Caucus took steps to move forward on an Obamacare repeal bill. It is the same bill that passed both Congressional chambers in 2015 but vetoed by President Obama. The bill repeals the individual mandate, most Obamacare taxes, the expansion of Medicaid, and the subsidies designed to help lower and middle-income Americans purchase health insurance. Read more.
Measles Outbreak in Europe: Convenient Lies
Posted July 31, 2017
The World Health Organization is now touting a measles epidemic in Europe. And of course, they’re explaining it with propaganda—it’s the fault of people who refuse to allow their children to take the measles vaccination. The focus is on Italy, where, “coincidently,” protesters are outraged at a new law mandating vaccination for children. Perfect. “You see? Don’t take the shot and this is what you get. A massive outbreak.” Read more.
Tell Congress to co-sponsor the “WIC Improvement Act” for Making Multivitamins WIC Eligible
Posted July 27, 2017
Representative Dave Brat (R-VA) is about to introduce the “WIC Improvement Act” for the inclusion of multivitamins for purchase as part of the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC). The WIC program provides Federal grants to States for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age 5 who are found to be at nutritional risk. The program has grown significantly in its nearly 40-years of existence, and it now serves approximately 8 million participants. Take Action here:
Bill Rider Holds GMO Salmon at Bay
Posted July 27, 2017
Federal regulators have already approved a genetically engineered salmon for human consumption. One reason it’s not for sale in the U.S.: A few short paragraphs that have hitched a ride on a congressional spending bill. Regulators say GE salmon can’t be sold until the FDA publishes final labeling guidelines, and the agency hasn’t. Read more.
The Biotech Industry is Taking Over the Regulation of GMOs from the Inside
Posted July 27, 2017
Packing a regulatory agency with conflicted individuals is one way to ensure speedy GMO approvals and Conabia has certainly delivered that. A much more subtle, but ultimately more powerful, way is to bake approval into the structure of the GMO assessment process itself. It is easier than you might think. Read more.
The GMO Agenda Takes a Menancing Leap Forward with EPA’s Silent Approval of Monsanto/Dow’s RNAi Corn
Posted July 21, 2017
While you may not have made up your mind on the dangers of GMOs, you likely feel entitled to know when you’re consuming a food that is the product of laboratory research. For this reason, I am reporting on Monsanto’s latest food technology, unfortunately, already in the pipeline. And quite silently so. I write this with a certain degree of solemnity, if not also a tinge of regret, because, for three years, I have heard rumblings of Monsanto’s next project – RNA interference technology. It was actually the late Heidi Stevenson, my friend, colleague, and founder of the platform Gaia Health, who first alerted me to the dangers of RNA interference-based tinkering with our food supply when she reported on the near disastrous approval of GMO wheat using RNA interference technology in Australia. Read more.
As Lawsuits Against Cholesterol Drugs Mount, Big Pharma Develops a Cholesterol Vaccine
Posted June 21, 2017
As we have reported frequently here at Health Impact News, sales of drugs to lower cholesterol are the top selling drugs of all time. It is a $100 billion a year industry. The cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor is the best-selling drug of all time, grossing over $140 billion, with no serious close competitors in the history of pharmaceutical drugs. Read more.
