Posted June 26, 2015
A patient in Virginia received $500,000 after the operating team mocked him while he was under anesthetics during a routine colonoscopy. The patient said he had his phone set to record the post-operation instructions given to him before he was put to sleep. He forgot to turn off his phone during the procedure, though, and when he listened back to what the operating team had said about him, he was shocked. Read more.
Archives for June 2015
The Town that Monsanto Poisoned
Posted June 25, 2015
In July 2014, the large biotech company Monsanto was ordered by the West Virginia State Supreme Court to pay Nitro, a town in West Virginia, $93 million to clean up the toxic contamination they left behind (1)(2). Monsanto ran an herbicide factory in Nitro for 56 years, closing in 2004 (1), and produced chemicals including Agent Orange, the infamous herbicide used during the Vietnam War, the by-products of which can cause serious health problems. Read more.
A Little Fish with Big Impact in Trouble on U.S. West Coast
Posted June 25, 2015
In April, after documenting an estimated 90 percent decline in the stock — from an estimated 1.4 million tons in 2007 to roughly 100,000 tons today — the Pacific Fishery Management Council decided to close the sardine fishery. Read more.
Mark Mellman: Protect Your Right to Know
Posted June 25, 2015
How do you expect voters would react to members of Congress supporting a bill that tramples on the rights of states and localities, creates a government bureaucracy to replace a private system that’s working and takes away consumers’ right to know what’s in the food they eat? We may find out. Read more.
Will Big Food Control Nutrition ‘Science?’
Posted June 25, 2015
A new report details how Big Food appears to have captured yet another key nutrition group, the American Society of Nutrition. Action Alert! Read more.
ConsumerLab.com Comes Out Firing at ANH-USA
Posted June 25, 2015
Over the last few years we’ve raised numerous concerns about the business practices of ConsumerLab.com (CL), an organization that purports to help consumers identify the highest quality dietary supplements. CL responded to our articles with a letter demanding we retract those articles…Read more.
ANH-USA takes the Initiative Against Monopolistic Dietetics Board
Posted June 25, 2015
ANH-USA has identified seventeen states with the most monopolistic scope-of-practice laws, and has sent letters to those states’ dietetic boards, their attorneys general, and key policymakers warning them that they are vulnerable to federal felony prosecution and civil damages under antitrust law and the First Amendment if they attempt to enforce their state’s dietetics practice laws. Read more.
The Lymphatic System — How it Works and Why Cleansing it Matters
Posted June 25, 2015
The lymphatic system is made up of glands, lymph nodes, and a network of vessels. The tonsils, spleen, thymus, and adenoids are the glands of the lymphatic system. This system plays three major roles in the body: Immunological defense, fat absorption, and fluid balance. If the lymphatic system isn’t working properly, our bodies can’t fight disease or remove toxins. For this reason it’s crucial to keep the fluid of the lymphatic system (lymph) moving. Read more.
Gardasil Firestorm in Denmark
Posted June 25, 2015
In March 2015, a Danish national television station (TV2) aired a documentary focusing on girls who suspected they had been injured by the HPV vaccine Gardasil. Immediately after the airing of the show, girls with similar experiences started coming out of the woodwork. Virtually all of the girls had the same story to tell. Read more.
New Plant Based Gel Can Stop Bleeding in Seconds
Posted June 25, 2015
It’s called Vitagel, and it was invented by 22-year-old Joe Landolina when he was just 17. By all accounts it’s an all natural substance that can stop the bleeding of just about any injury in seconds. Upon applying it to a wound, it forms a kind of mesh which not only stops the bleeding, but according to the inventor it also forms a “scaffolding” which promotes healing. Read more.