Deadliest Drugs

Deadliest Drugs

Antipsychotics: Kids in foster care with behavior problems are being given two antipsychotic drugs at once, according to the study. The drugs include Risperdal, Seroquel, and Zyprexa (and if you want to see something terrifying, just look at the list of Zyprexa’s side effects!). The drugs were developed for schizophrenia and severe bipolar disorder. But schizophrenia […]

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Courts Making Bayer/Monsanto Pay for Their Poison

Courts Making Bayer/Monsanto Pay for Their Poison

Juries are awarding victims of glyphosate with massive amounts in damages. We’ve been reporting for years on the negative health effects of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the Roundup herbicide. While world bodies like the World Health Organization say that glyphosate is a “probable carcinogen,” the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) maintains that glyphosate is […]

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5G: Great Tech or Great Threat?

5G: Great Tech or Great Threat?

Despite lack of testing, 5G is being launched in neighborhoods nationwide. Action Alert! Recently, Verizon announced it would launch the next generation of wireless technology in dozens of cities by the end of 2019. The technology has already launched in Chicago and Minneapolis, and the company listed twenty more cities that can expect to see […]

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5G: The Next Big Public Health Experiment

5G: The Next Big Public Health Experiment

Despite lack of testing, 5G is being launched in neighborhoods nationwide. Action Alert! Recently, Verizon announced it would launch the next generation of wireless technology in dozens of cities by the end of 2019. The technology has already launched in Chicago and Minneapolis, and the company listed twenty more cities that can expect to see […]

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Fracking Ourselves to Death

Fracking Ourselves to Death

What a decade of research says about the health consequences of fracking. A new study looking at ten years of fracking research, including several hundred studies, has found that the drilling practice is linked to preterm births, high-risk pregnancies, asthma, migraines, fatigue, nasal and sinus problems, and skin disorders. Fracking is a process of extracting […]

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Court to EPA: Stop Stalling

Court to EPA: Stop Stalling

…on a decision to ban a brain-damaging pesticide. A federal court has ordered the EPA to decide by mid-July whether to ban chlorpyrifos, a pesticide that has been linked to neurodevelopmental effects in children. Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate, which were chemicals developed by the Nazis for warfare before being used in agriculture. They’ve been banned […]

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Fracking Fluid Used to Irrigate Organic Crops

Fracking Fluid Used to Irrigate Organic Crops

A loophole in organic regulations means we’re eating more dangerous chemicals. Action Alert! Oil and gas wastewater is contaminating our crops—even some organic crops. Worse, we don’t even know all of the chemicals that we are eating, since the cocktails companies use in their operations are “proprietary.” We must pressure the USDA to clean up […]

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