Sen. Jon Tester, on his Montana Organic Family farm. Sen. Jon Tester’s office/Flickr
UPDATE 3/21: “Bad news. Monsanto Rider is in the Senate passed continuing resolution (CR) and will likely remain in the final version passed by the House later today. Good news. The rider will only be in effect for the next 6 months […]
For several years anti-abortion advocates have been warning that a new technology for enhancing flavors such as sweetness and saltiness uses aborted fetal cells in the process.
by Vera Sharav
ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION
I have just signed a petition urging Mark Dayton, Governor of Minnesota to appoint an independent, external panel of experts to conduct an investigation into gross medical research and clinical care misconduct by psychiatrists at the University of Minnesota who put their financial interests above the life of a […]
By Pete Kennedy, Esq
Mercola.com
People’s access to raw milk is determined by state law, and there are many differences among the states. Raw milk sales or distribution are legal in a majority of the states, and there has been a trend towards improving access in recent years.
Two major holdouts to this trend are Minnesota and Wisconsin; […]
Why would evolution have us be allergic to the things that sustain us?
Video highlights of the last Congressional Hearing on Autism.
Vaccines and the Peanut Allergy Epidemic
by Dr Tim O’Shea
www.thedoctorwithin.com
Have you ever wondered why so many kids these days are allergic to peanuts? Where did this allergy come from all of a sudden?
Before 1900, reactions to peanuts were unheard of. Today almost a 1.5 million children in this […]
Rather than open the door to competent, graduate level nutrition experts in prescribing therapeutic diets for those in the hospital, this rule proposes an anti-competitive niche for dietitians to assume that role.
by Dave Mihalovic
PreventDisease.com
Big money just loves to prostitute nature. The grape polyphenol powerhouse resveratrol, has been erroneously credited to the wine industry for years to further promote red wines around the world as healthy and even anti-aging beverages. However, the consumption of wine is not necessary to benefit from resveratrol–all you need are grapes. Big […]
Health Impact News Editor Comments:
Most liquid Vitamin E soft gels are derived from soybean oil. It is also used as a preservative in many foods, often labeled as “mixed tocopherols” or something of that nature. So if you are looking to avoid soy in your diet, you will also want to check labels for Vitamin […]
by Dr. David Brownstein
Dr. Brownstein’s Holistic Medicine
The headline in the New York Times on 2.15.13 stated, “Merck Settles Suits of Cholesterol Drug”. The article indicated that Big Pharma Founding Cartel Member Merck agreed to pay $688 million to settle lawsuits claiming that it had harmed investors by delaying the release of unfavorable study results for […]
by Dave Mihalovic
PreventDisease.com
Regardless of their reputation, credentials, experience or background, proponents of vaccines can never answer or justify one simple question: Why are the pharmacokinetics, specifically the rates of bodily absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of vaccine ingredients including any of the toxic extraneous components never studied?
To the ordinarily sane person, injecting a heavy […]
Health Impact News Editor Comments: Thanks to Heidi Stevenson of Gaia-Health.com we have some truly investigative journalism into a study that was published regarding vaccines, because she read the study herself. What she found was that the way the study was spun by their conclusions did not accurately represent all the facts the study uncovered. […]
Cultivation figures for genetically engineered crops in the United States (source: www.isaaa.org)
Health Impact News
A German group supplied a critical review of the commercial genetically modified agricultural program at the beginning of 2013. Most Europeans have been very cautious and skeptical of genetically modified crops from the U.S., and there is very limited production of […]
Update 3/14/2013 from Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance:
Greetings!
As we alerted you yesterday, Monsanto and Agribusiness companies have managed to insert two dangerous provisions into the Continuing Resolution (“CR”) that is about to be voted on by the U.S. Senate.
The first provision is the “Monsanto rider” that destroys the few protections that currently exist against the planting of […]
By Dr. Mercola
Vaccine policymakers routinely ignore the safest and most effective strategies that can naturally strengthen your immunity to help you stay well or move through illness with fewer complications if you do get sick.
For example, there are many far more effective ways to prevent the flu and other flu-like diseases, such as dietary […]
by Alliance for Natural Health
“Arbitrary and capricious,” the judge called it. Last year we pointed out that the mayor also has the science wrong.
Last June, in an attempt to combat the obesity epidemic, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg asked the city’s Board of Health to ban the sale of sugary drinks larger than sixteen […]
by Alliance for Natural Health
Or, to be more precise, demanding that supplement companies do it on their orders. Action Alert!
The US Food and Drug Administration has recently issued warning letters to two different supplement companies. Here is what triggered one of them: supplement company AMARC Enterprises “liked” a Facebook customer testimonial about how their product helped “keep […]
Brian Shilhavy, Editor
Health Impact News
Back in 2011 we reported the story of how one small Maine town passed a “Food Sovereignty” ordinance to allow the sale of locally produced food without interference of state or federal regulators. The town was Sedgwick, Maine, and you can read the story here: “Food Sovereignty” law passed in small Maine town to […]
by Alan Phillips, J.D.
GreenMedInfo.com
Every state legislator in the U.S. takes an oath to uphold their state and federal Constitutions. However, in the real world, those oaths can apparently be meaningless. Last year, I wrote about state laws that allow children to consent to vaccines and other medical treatments.[1] These laws clearly violate the U.S. Constitution, […]
by Dr. Mercola
Hypertension is dangerous if uncontrolled, increasing your risk for heart attack and stroke. But using drugs to lower your blood pressure may shorten your lifespan instead of extending it, according to the results of a University of Florida study.
The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association,1 suggests that when […]
