Sprouts: An ideal emergency preparedness food

by Sherry L. Ackerman, Ph.D.
(NaturalNews) Given the rapidity with which critical global events are unfolding, preparedness just makes good sense. The question isn’t whether or not to be prepared – it’s what to be prepared for? Earthquakes, nuclear accidents, tsunamis, power outages and gasoline shortages have been on this week’s menu. Each, of course, […]

12,000 new chemicals registered daily: Most not tested for hormone-like properties

from Living On Earth

Forty-five million different chemicals are commercially available around the world — and many of these chemicals go untested. Host Bruce Gellerman talks with Professor Patricia Hunt from Washington State University who wrote a letter in the journal Science, calling for more stringent review of chemicals. Her letter was co-signed by scientific […]

American Cancer Society: More Interested in Wealth than Health?

By Dr. Mercola

The 130-page document linked below explains in detail why the American Cancer Society may be far more interested in accumulating cash than curing any disease. The ACS has close ties to the mammography industry, the cancer drug industry, and the pesticide industry. It is riddled with conflict of interest.

And in fact, according […]

Japan Tsunami Demonstrates Destructive Power of Water

Health Impact News Editor Comments: Mr. Thomas reminds us that the geological data with all of its earthquake fault lines, and the recent events in Japan showing the destructive nature of water, leads to a more logical conclusion that catastrophic events in earth’s history led to current geological structures, rather than trying to fit […]

Little Evidence To Support Saturated Fat And Heart Disease Link

Dr. John Briffa
for the Cholesterol Truth

Two weeks ago my post focused on the lack of evidence for a link between saturated fat and heart disease risk. One of the reviews I quoted was published in 2009, which came out of an ‘expert consultation’ held jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and […]

Panel to Examine Murder and Suicide Associated With Antidepressants

by Dr. Peter Breggin
huffingtonpost.com

On Saturday morning April 9th of this year, a panel discussion will be held for the public and professionals on the theme of “Psychiatric Drug Tragedies: Personal, Legal and Medical Perspectives.”

The two-hour presentation focuses on suicide and murder potentially caused by antidepressant medications. It is part of the international […]

Watch a Preview of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Season 2 in LA

by Raphael Brion
Eater
Here’s a preview of season two of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution premiering April 12 on ABC: After being denied access to schools by the Los Angeles Unified School District, Jamie Oliver declares, “It’s war.”
And this show’s got everything: Jamie Oliver dressed up as a strawberry doing gang signs, Jamie Oliver filling a school bus with sand, and of […]

Mind Games: How toxic chemicals are impairing children’s ability to learn

Photo from orionmagazine.org
BY SANDRA STEINGRABER
Orion Magazine
WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I SET OUT to find a nursery school for our daughter, Faith, nearly ten years ago we took the decision seriously. I looked at large parent-run cooperatives and visited small home-based operations. Jeff studied the pink towers and chiming bells at the Montessori school on […]

Apple group opposes Canada’s genetically engineered apples imported to US

by Coral Beach
The Packer
Joining the Northwest Horticulture Council in opposing genetically engineered, non-browning apples from Canada, the board of the U.S. Apple Association voted unanimously at its March 12 meeting to ask the USDA to not allow the fruit into the U.S.
Nancy Foster, president of the association based in Vienna, Va., said the vote to […]

Psychiatric drug industry driven by wealth and stealth, not mental health

by Monica G. Young
NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) Drug company corporate websites tell us of their integrity and utmost commitment to people’s health and well-being. The American Psychiatric Association’s website begins with “Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives” and asserts the “highest ethical standards of professional conduct.” Yet a mountain of evidence points to an entirely different picture.
Most recently, […]