Posted June 29, 2018
In January 2018, media outlets reported the embarrassing news that children born in the United States are 76% more likely to die before their first birthday than infants born in 19 other wealthy countries. This clear-cut finding emerged from a cross-national study published in Health Affairs by medical researchers at Johns Hopkins and two other leading U.S. teaching hospitals. Even though the U.S. spends more on children’s health care per capita than the other nations, the authors’ unadorned conclusion was that the U.S. is “the most dangerous of wealthy nations for a child to be born into.” Read more.
Archives for June 2018
Researcher Explains How Electromagnetic Fields Damage Your Health
Posted June 29, 2018
Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) have been shown to cause biological damage and even cancer, but exactly how does this happen? In this interview, Paul Héroux, Ph.D., a researcher and professor of toxicology and health effects of electromagnetism at the faculty of medicine at McGill University in Montreal, helps answer that question. Read more.
Nonstick Chemicals Can Really Stock Around — In Your Body
Posted June 29, 2018
For decades, American consumers have been buying water-resistant packaging and clothing, stain-resistant carpets and Teflon cookware. Now there is growing alarm that the chemical components that give those products their appeal are ending up in the water supply. Read more.
Altering Human Genes Through Vaccination
Posted June 29, 2018
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has launched efforts to create a vaccine that would protect people from most flu strains, all at once, with a single shot. Over the years, I’ve written many articles refuting claims that vaccines are safe and effective, but we’ll put all that aside for the moment and follow the bouncing ball. Read more.
Monsanto’s Ghostwriting and Strong-Arming Threaten Sound Science
Posted June 29, 2018
Our first finding showed that when the scientific literature did not yield the results Monsanto desired, the company talked internally about writing its own journal articles and paying outside scientists to list their names on the documents when they were sent for publication. The procedure is called “ghostwriting” to signify that the name of the person actually writing the study does not appear in the published article. What is evident from the internal documents is that “ghostwriting,” largely disavowed by respected journals as a form of plagiarism, appears as a normal business practice for Monsanto. Read more.
GMO Grass is Creeping across Oregon
Posted June 29, 2018
So far, Scotts has led the battle to rein in its [GMO grass] escapee, with some recent success. But in a series of decisions over the last several years, the USDA has relieved Scotts of future responsibility in return for the company’s promise not to market the grass. Scotts has pledged not to turn its back on the problem, but after this summer, it no longer has to bankroll cleanup efforts. Read more.
The Ultimate ‘Lung Foods,’ an Important Read if You’re Over 30
Posted June 29, 2018
Previous animal studies have shown anthocyanins reduce the production of mucus and inflammatory secretions in animals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Some of the latest research suggests the plant compound can also help slow the gradual decline in lung health associated with aging. Read more.
Heat-Related Illness
Posted June 29, 2018
Extremes of heat and cold are part and parcel of a long-term survival scenario. In long-term survival settings or even in normal times, you may find yourself without shelter to protect you from the elements. If you don’t take the weather into account, you have made it your enemy; it’ll be something you regret very quickly. Read more.
CBS: Opioid Crisis Fueled by Drug Industry and Congress
Posted June 29, 2018
According to former DEA agent turned whistleblower, Joe Rannazzisi, the DEA’s ability to keep opioids off U.S. streets was derailed by “…Congress, lobbyists, and a drug distribution industry that shipped, almost unchecked, hundreds of millions of pills to rogue pharmacies and pain clinics – providing the rocket fuel for a crisis that, over the last two decades, has claimed more than 200,000 lives.”1 Read more.
Radiation Emitted from Smart Meters 100 Times Greater than Cell Phone — and Exposure is Constant, Doctors Warn
Posted June 29, 2018
Energy companies are billing them as the “green” solution to traditional meters. But are so-called “smart” meters really all that smart? And, more importantly, are they really as safe as we’re all being told they are? Some 65 million American homes already have them, and more are being converted all the time, even against the will of some homeowners. And yet many doctors agree that smart meters are a potential health threat due to constant releases of radiation. Read more.