How academics promoted GMO propaganda & perverted science
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How academics promoted GMO propaganda & perverted science

Politics and the perversion of science: In 2003, a congressional committee report, documented political interference and manipulation of scientific research at federal agencies charged with developing science-based public health policies. “The Administration’s political interference with science has led to misleading statements by the President, inaccurate responses to Congress, altered web…

Why would anybody not want a vaccine safety assessment?

Why would anybody not want a vaccine safety assessment?

Yale study links vaccines to neurological disorders in children A just published study by researchers at Pennsylvania State University and Yale Child Study Center correlated neuropsychiatric disorders in children to vaccines.The study was published in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry (2017)  “The researchers found correlations for one vaccine in particular:…

GMO reliance on toxic chemicals spawned a profusion of Super Weeds
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GMO reliance on toxic chemicals spawned a profusion of Super Weeds

How much herbicide is safe for human consumption? How much is safe for young children? How much will Americans wind up consuming? Since the 1990s, when a National Research Council (NRC) panel warned lawmakers that exposing fetuses and young kids to these compounds can cause lifelong damage at doses that wouldn’t hurt…

Weapons of mass deception: false claims, corrupted science
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Weapons of mass deception: false claims, corrupted science

Proponents of genetically engineered / modified (GE/GM, GMO) food often characterize the debate as one of science versus superstition. The implication is that those opposed to GE/GMOs are irrational anti-science cranks or they are misguided by religious ideas. In fact, most of the opposition to the use of GE in…

Scientific review of pesticide cancer risk ignites war against scientists
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Scientific review of pesticide cancer risk ignites war against scientists

“Monsanto [is] a company so widely detested that a week rarely passes without at least one protest against its power and its products occurring somewhere in the world.” (Vandana Shiva) When asked about the points of criticism of his company’s aggressive marketing of toxic pesticides/ herbicides (Roundup) and genetically engineered/modified…

How American consumers became de facto guinea pigs
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How American consumers became de facto guinea pigs

Genetic engineering – the experimental process of manipulating an organism’s genetic core (DNA) – including insertion of genes from one species into another – is one of the most polarizing issues in medicine and in food production. Genetically engineered (GE) a.k.a. genetically modified/manipulated (GM) food crops are hailed by its…

Troubling Ethics: Anthrax Vaccine Experiments on Soldiers-Israeli, U.S.

Troubling Ethics: Anthrax Vaccine Experiments on Soldiers-Israeli, U.S.

“Direct Order”: An award-winning documentary (first released in 2003; updated and posted on YouTube in 2013) focuses on U.S. military personnel who were ordered to take the controversial anthrax vaccine against their will, who suffered life-changing adverse health effects as a result. The biotechnology company, Bioport, which had purchased the…

The 21st Century Cures Act will sacrifice safety to speed up the cash flow

The 21st Century Cures Act will sacrifice safety to speed up the cash flow

The 21st Century Cures Act slashes FDA’s approval process to speed up the cash flow into Big Pharma’s coffers. “At a time when Americans pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, this bill provides absolutely no relief for soaring drug prices. The greed of the pharmaceutical…

US Health & Healthcare Undermined by Propaganda & Politics–Both Parties

US Health & Healthcare Undermined by Propaganda & Politics–Both Parties

An article in STAT News (Nov. 22) suggests that the FDA’s drug approval process and reliance on the “gold standard”will undergo “a seismic shift” in the Donald Trump administration. “Public health advocates are bracing for a seismic shift: a surrender of the agency’s rules for off-label promotion of drugs; the importation of…

How Monsanto Rigged the System: through Politics & Propaganda
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How Monsanto Rigged the System: through Politics & Propaganda

A profit-enhancing policy trumps public safety & scientific integrity In the mid-1980s, the U.S. executive branch was persuaded that the biotechnology industry would boost the U.S. economy out of its doldrums. To accommodate this newly developing industry, the executive branch gave the industry “regulatory relief” in 1992. The US government…

Burkina Faso’s Bt Cotton Reversal
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Burkina Faso’s Bt Cotton Reversal

Burkina Faso’s Bt cotton reversal Cotton is the second major source of revenue for the impoverished West African country. Gold is its primary revenue source. Whereas for many years publicity about Bt cotton growers in Burkina Faso claimed outstanding benefits, in January 2016, the truth suddenly surfaced: “Burkina Faso phasing out GMO cotton, citing…