A Small Frankenfish Win
The FDA seems to be on the wrong track—but last week’s hearings proved to be a small win for the anti-GMO side.
28 Sep
2010
13 Jul
2010
Children Are Being Exploited to Extend Pharmaceutical Patents
Want to protect your kids from high cholesterol? Just give ’em drugs—like the new, chewable form of Lipitor. Yes, chewable. Like candy. A new Action Alert asks Congress to repeal a really rotten law that encourages this.
22 Jun
2010
Breaking News: Supreme Court Kicks Critical Genetically Modified Alfalfa Issue Down The Road
A high-profile legal battle over genetically modified crops continues. The US Supreme Court in a 7-1 decision yesterday (June 21) did not accept a lower court’s total nationwide ban on GM alfalfa. But it did agree that the seeds could be dangerous and did not allow Monsanto to proceed with selling them. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) must now complete a study examining whether the seeds will harm the environment before approving them for restricted planting, a process that could go into next year, and which could lead to more litigation.
11 May
2010
Genetically Modified Foods: More Reason to Avoid Them; Why They Threaten Organic Agriculture
If you doubt that Genetically Modified (GM) foods pose a health threat, you’ll want to read this post.
22 Dec
2009
Why Genetically Engineered Crops Threaten Your Health
GMO foods haven’t made it to the front page, but they could be putting most of us at risk. If you listen to political talk-radio, you may have been puzzled by recent ads about seeds. Why would anyone be concerned about access to seeds? Because approximately 82 percent of the global seed supply is patented and owned by a handful of big corporations.
02 Jun
2009
Creating a Generation of Drugged Children
Last November, the journal Pediatrics published research that found medication use among children across the United States is dramatically increasing as more kids are being treated for diabetes, hypertension, obesity, asthma, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Using a database of prescription claims from children with private health insurance, they were able to find prescriptions for […]
19 May
2009
Minnesota Court Orders Chemotherapy for 13-Year-Old
We have an update to an article we published in last week’s issue of Pulse of Heath Freedom. A judge has now ruled that Daniel Hauser, a 13-year-old boy from Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, must receive conventional medical treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma—over his parents’ objections.
12 May
2009
American’s Constitutional Freedom under Attack
In New Ulm, Minnesota, the parents of a thirteen-year-old cancer patient are undergoing child protection assessment hearings because they chose doctor-prescribed dietary therapy instead of chemotherapy.
31 Mar
2009
GMO a Big NO on National Wildlife Refuge Land
Genetically modified organisms, or GMO foods, are on grocery store shelves already. They are present in nearly 80% of processed foods that contain crops such as corn and soy and their byproducts. The long-term effects on human health and the environment from these non-natural products are unknown. A federal survey has revealed that most Americans […]
17 Feb
2009
Genetically Altered Animals and Foods—AAHF Looks at the Issues
On February 6, the FDA made history by approving the first drug made with materials from genetically engineered (GE) goats. Last month the Agency issued guidelines covering how it will regulate products from genetically altered animals, despite controversy about this technology. The bottom line is that this stamp of approval comes with little knowledge of […]