Posted September 16, 2016
Two giants of the farming and chemical industries agreed to merge Wednesday in a $66 billion deal: the U.S.’s Monsanto and Germany’s Bayer, the original maker of aspirin. It’s the year’s biggest deal and will create the world’s largest supplier of seeds and farm chemicals, with $26 billion in combined annual revenue from agriculture. If the merger goes through, it will combine two companies with a long and storied history that shaped what we eat, the drugs we take and how we grow our food. Read more.
Archives for September 2016
The Longer You’re Overweight, the Greater Your Risk of Cancer
Posted September 16, 2016
Worldwide, obesity is responsible for an estimated 500,000 cancer cases each year, and according to the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), excess body weight is responsible for about 25 percent of the relative contribution to cancer incidence, ranking second only to smoking. Read more.
One College Turns its Football Field Into a Farm and Sees its Students Transform…
Posted September 16, 2016
At Paul Quinn College, where once there was a football field, now there’s an organic farm. It’s not just a symbol of renewal for this once-struggling historically black college in Dallas; it’s where students work to pay tuition. Read more.
FDA Finds Glyphosate in US Honey
Posted September 16, 2016
The Food and Drug Administration, under public pressure to start testing samples of U.S. food for the presence of a pesticide that has been linked to cancer, has some early findings that are not so sweet.
In examining honey samples from various locations in the United States, the FDA has found fresh evidence that residues of the weed killer called glyphosate can be pervasive – found even in a food that is not produced with the use of glyphosate. Read more.
American College of Pediatricians Links HPV Vaccine (Gardasil) to ‘Very Rare But Serious Condition.’
Posted September 16, 2016
“It has recently come to the attention of the College that one of the recommended vaccines could possibly be associated with the very rare but serious condition of premature ovarian failure (POF), also known as premature menopause. There have been two case report series (3 cases each) published since 2013 in which post-menarcheal adolescent girls developed laboratory documented POF within weeks to several years of receiving Gardasil, a four-strain human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV4).” Read more.
Lynching the Vaccine Freethinker Bob Sears
Posted September 16, 2016
Those doctors who do happen to know something about vaccines have learned it through their individual initiative. They study and research on their own, and they learn what they should have been taught in medical school and during their residency training. One example of a doctor who has educated himself about vaccines is pediatrician Bob Sears, MD, who in 2008 published The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child.3 Read more.
Radioactive Food and Water the New Normal in Japan
Posted September 16, 2016
The long-term consequences of the Fukushima nuclear disaster continue to linger years after the event. Anyone who studies Chernobyl will know that even after three decades radioactive contamination persists. Although a different type of accident occurred there, in the case of Fukushima it was three reactors that had meltdowns instead of one, and even possibly “melt throughs” referring to corium penetrating the reactor buildings in lateral and vertical outward paths. Read more.
Monsanto is on trial. You be the Judge.
Posted September 16, 2016
Monsanto’s crimes against human health and the environment, on a global scale, are well-documented. And yet, with great arrogance, diabolical planning and riches acquired at the expense of human suffering and irreparable harm to the environment, Monsanto carries on with business as usual, even as it looks to merge with yet another corporate criminal, Bayer. Read more.
Bayer’s $66bn Takeover Bid of Monsanto Called a ‘Marriage Made in Hell’
Posted September 16, 2016
German chemical giant Bayer’s $66bn (£50bn) deal to buy controversial US agrochemical giant Monsanto and create the world’s largest seeds and pesticides company is “a threat to all Americans” and should be blocked, Bernie Sanders said on Wednesday. Read more.
Laughter-Based Exercise Program Has Health Benefits
Posted September 16, 2016
Incorporating laughter into a physical activity program that is focused on strength, balance and flexibility could improve older adults’ mental health, aerobic endurance and confidence in their ability to exercise, according to a study. Read more.