Category: Food/GMOs

Fast Food Packaging Found To Seep Into Food, Impact Hormones–Processed Grocery Store Food Packaging Too

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Fast Food Packaging Found To Seep Into Food, Impact Hormones–Processed Grocery Store Food Packaging Too
Chemicals In Fast Food Packaging Found To Penetrate Food, Upset Hormones In People Who Eat Them Just when you think you’ve got the whole “chemicals in your food” thing licked… From bisphenol-A in our water bottles to glyphosate on our food crops to the myriad of nasty additives and preservatives that are in processed foods, sometimes it seems like we’re playing whack-a-mole to keep up with all the ways that food manufacturers are trying to poison us.… Read the rest

They Say Breakfast Is The Most Important Meal Of The Day–Include These Foods For The Healthiest Breakfast Ever

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They Say Breakfast Is The Most Important Meal Of The Day–Include These Foods For The Healthiest Breakfast Ever
Eat These Three Power Food For Breakfast For A Healthier, More Energetic Day. We all know the old adage: “breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” Of course back when we used to hear that phrase all the time it was usually in the context of breakfast cereal companies shilling their high-carb, chocolate-frosted sugar bombs as “part of a healthy breakfast.”… Read the rest

Controversial New Technology Allows Scientists To Doctor DNA Strands, May Sidestep GMO Regs

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Controversial New Technology Allows Scientists To Doctor DNA Strands, May Sidestep GMO Regs
Genetically Modified Franken-Fungus That Doesn’t Go Brown Stirs Controversy A genetically-modified mushroom created by scientists at Penn State University is at the center of controversy due to the use of new technology to modify the fungus’ genes directly, without injecting the DNA of other organisms into it. The ease with which the new technology, called CRISPR can rewrite gene code and the way the method will fit into the framework of GMO regulations is at the heart of the problem.… Read the rest

Former FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg Named In Wide-Ranging Lawsuit Over Drug Approval

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Former FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg Named In Wide-Ranging Lawsuit Over Drug Approval
Former FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg And Hedge Fund Husband Named In Lawsuit Over Levaquin. A lawsuit naming former FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg as a defendant has been filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, alleging that she pushed through approval of antibiotic Levaquin. The suit also names her husband, Peter Brown, who at the time of Hamburg’s tenure ran a hedge fund that was heavily invested in Johnson & Johnson, the manufacturer of Levaquin.… Read the rest

Unprecedented: Germany Asks Belgium To Shut Down Nuclear Reactors, Citing Safety Concerns

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Unprecedented: Germany Asks Belgium To Shut Down Nuclear Reactors, Citing Safety Concerns
German Nuclear Inspectors Caution Belgium Over Two Reactors, Ask Them To Shut Down In Unprecedented Move The government of Germany has made an unprecedented request of neighboring Belgium and asked that two nuclear reactors be shut down, citing safety concerns. Belgium received a request from Germany to take its Engie SA’s Tihange-2 and Doel-3 atomic plants offline in order to address safety concerns, Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks said Wednesday in an emailed statement.… Read the rest

What Won’t They Think Of Next? Monsanto Scientists Find A Way To Alter Insects Rna By Spraying Plants

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What Won’t They Think Of Next? Monsanto Scientists Find A Way To Alter Insects Rna By Spraying Plants
Monsanto Using RNA Spray To Alter The Genetic Makeup Of Insects, Seeks To Get Plants To Do The Same On Their Own. File under: Jesus Christ, here they go again. The evil geniuses at Monsanto have come up with yet another novel way to disrupt life as it has existed on this pale blue ball for billions of years, this time not by creating a laboratory-birthed crop seed, but by actually altering the genetic makeup of pest insects through a spray applied to crops.… Read the rest

An Alarming New Study Shows That Glyphosate Has Infiltrated Breakfast Cereal, Soy Milk And More

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An Alarming New Study Shows That Glyphosate Has Infiltrated Breakfast Cereal, Soy Milk And More
Monsanto Strikes Again: GMO Weed Killer Glyphosate Found In Non-GMO Foods, Soy Milk There are times when it feels really good to say “I told you so.” Then there are times when it is little more than cold comfort. This is one of the latter. A disturbing new study is out that should make anyone who is not yet fully convinced of the threat and danger that allowing genetically modified crops to become mainstream represents take note–and immediately go to your kitchen pantry and start tossing some things out.… Read the rest

Artificial Flavoring Can Change The Way We Perceive The Taste Of Real Food

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Artificial Flavoring Can Change The Way We Perceive The Taste Of Real Food
Junk Food Is Deceiving Your Body–How Artificial Flavoring Changes The Taste Of Real Food We’ve all been there: you’re vaguely hungry, but you’re not sure what for. You open the pantry, then the fridge, scanning for something that might jump out at you. Apples, carrots, ah. There it is. Potato chips. Well it turns out there’s a very good reason why junk food high in artificial flavorings might appeal to us over natural foods.… Read the rest

Fungicides May Cause Damage To Brain, Mimic Effects Of Autism, Neurodegenerative Disorder

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Fungicides May Cause Damage To Brain, Mimic Effects Of Autism, Neurodegenerative Disorder
This Is Your Brain On Fungicides: How An Increasingly Common Crop Treatment May Be Damaging Us Worse Than We Thought. Its getting harder and harder to keep up with all the chemicals that are sprayed on our food sources. Monsanto’s glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide has been in the news lately as scientists learn more and more about the damage it can do to humans and the ecosystem as a whole.… Read the rest

After Two Decades Of Alarming Growth, GMO Crops Decline For The First Time

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After Two Decades Of Alarming Growth, GMO Crops Decline For The First Time
For the First Time In 20 Years The Number Of GMO Crops Dropped. What Happened? In many ways there has never been a better time to be on the side of organic, non-GMO food. The GMO wars have certainly amped up in recent months, as the forces of Monsanto and the big food manufacturers who avail themselves of their products have been dealt a couple of tough defeats recently.… Read the rest