Posted April 12, 2019
The long-simmering debate about whether the world’s most widely used herbicide causes cancer has bubbled up anew. Glyphosate is the key component of weedkillers such as Monsanto’s Roundup. On March 12, attorneys made closing arguments in San Francisco on the first phase of a closely watched lawsuit against German chemical giant Bayer, which acquired Monsanto last year. Plaintiff Edwin Hardeman claims his use of Roundup caused him to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), a type of cancer. Read more.
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CDC’s ‘Universal’ Recommendations for Infant Hep B Vaccine Not Based on Science, But Assumptions
Posted April 12, 2019
Given the low risk to most newborns of Hepatitis B infection, the routine screening during pregnancy to identify at-risk newborns and the availability of HBIG treatment for exposed infants (that is 75 percent effective at preventing chronic infection), coupled with the lack of studies to determine the safety of vaccinating pregnant women and infants, what was the scientific medical rationale underlying the CDC’s decision in 1991 to recommend that all newborn babies be vaccinated? Read more.
1000’s of 5G Networks Coming to California After FCC Removes Public Notice Requirement
Posted April 12, 2019
Thousands of 5G wireless hotspots are set to be installed across Thousand Oaks, California, and neighboring Simi Valley. Although many residents object to the installations citing health concerns, an FCC law prevents them from doing much about it. Read more.
Why 5G Makes Me Reconsider the Health Effects of Cellphones
Posted April 12, 2019
OVER THE PAST couple of weeks, I’ve been reading The Uninhabitable Earth. The author, David Wallace-Wells, had me from his first sentence (“It is worse, much worse, than you think”). Wallace-Wells has done us all the great favor of clearly laying out incontestable evidence for what global warming will mean to the way we live. The book’s chapters focus on humanity’s ability to work and survive in increasingly hot environments, climate-change-driven effects on agriculture, the striking pace of sea-level rise, increasingly “normal” natural disasters, choking pollution, and much more. It’s not an easy read emotionally. But it forces the reader to look squarely in the face of the science. Read more.
Brussels Becomes First Major City to Halt 5G Due to Health Effects
Posted April 12, 2019
Great news. A Belgian government minister has announced that Brussels is halting its 5G plans — at least for now —due to concerns about health effects. Read more.
Frankenfish Coming to a Store Near You
Posted April 12, 2019
And you might not even realize you are serving it to your family. Action Alert! The FDA has removed the last roadblock to genetically engineered (GE) salmon hitting supermarket shelves. The GE salmon will have to follow the labeling guidelines spelled out in the GMO labeling law passed by Congress in 2016—meaning that the only indication consumers will have that the salmon is genetically engineered may be a scannable QR code. We must support legislation that calls for stronger labeling requirements for GE salmon. Read more.
Chemical Industry Pay-to Play Regulation Threatens Public Health
Posted April 12, 2019
User fees create a regulatory system ripe for corruption. Action Alert! We at ANH-USA have written many times before about how the FDA is beholden to the pharmaceutical industry: through drug user fees, Big Pharma pays the FDA to review its products, giving the FDA a bias towards the drug industry. But many Americans may not be aware that the chemical industry has a similar scheme at the EPA that is exposing us to dangerous pesticides, the safety of which have not been confirmed. To protect our health, we must root out this cronyism. Read more.
Inside FDA’s Supplement Power Grab
Posted April 5, 2019
Just as we suspected, the FDA is coming after supplements once again. Action Alert! Recently we told you about a statement made by Commissioner Scott Gottlieb (who has since resigned his post) concerning the FDA’s regulatory approach to dietary supplements. The statement was short on details but gave us cause for concern. Now it appears as if those fears were warranted: the FDA is attempting to create a mandatory list of all supplement products in the US. Such a list could be used to target certain supplements and remove them from store shelves, and we must oppose it. Read more.
After Beating Monsanto, Lawyers Call for Cancer Warnings on Roundup
Posted April 5, 2019
The second Roundup cancer trial concluded Wednesday with a unanimous jury verdict that ordered Monsanto to pay roughly $80 million in damages for failing to warn plaintiff Edwin Hardeman of the cancer risks of Roundup herbicide. Read more.
BREAKING: Rockland County NY Become America’s First Vaccine Police State
Posted April 5, 2019
Rockland County Executive Ed Day held a press conference earlier today to announce that he had declared a “state of emergency” regarding the New York state county’s 153 cases of measles over a 6-month period, and placed a ban on all children under the age of 18 from appearing in any public area, which includes schools, malls and places of worship. Mr. Day said that this was the “first such effort of this kind nationally.” Read more.
