The EPA has issued a final regulation limiting six PFAS “forever chemicals” in drinking water. This shows our advocacy is working—let’s keep up the pressure! Action Alert! THE TOPLINE The EPA’s new drinking water standards are similar to the proposal issued last year. Now that the rule is final, public water systems will be required […]
The agency has released “guidance” to the biotech industry about how to get foods from gene-edited (GE) plants onto your dinner plate, doubling down on bad policies that treat GE foods the same as any other type of food—even though they are anything but. Action Alert! THE TOPLINE Does it matter to you how the […]
Taking notes from the vaccine manufacturers’ playbook, Big Chem is working to win legal immunity for the damages caused by pesticides. Action Alert! THE TOPLINE Do you think Bayer/Monsanto should be liable for the damage caused by glyphosate, the world’s most widely used herbicide active ingredient, as found in Roundup, that has been linked to […]
Powerful forces are trying to shift our food system away from the soil-based farming systems and towards genetically engineered, lab-grown food. We can’t let them succeed. THE TOPLINE Got Milk GE-yeast-fermented-whey-protein drink? You may have heard about the new “animal-free dairy milk” called Bored Cow. It’s being billed as a more animal and environmentally friendly […]
The FDA has announced that certain food packaging containing PFAS “forever” chemicals will no longer be sold in the US. This is a good step, but we need the agency to do more. Action Alert! THE TOPLINE This is a major victory for ANH-USA members and other stakeholder who have been holding the government’s feet […]
Last week, ANH founder Rob Verkerk, Ph.D., gave the opening lecture at the International College of Integrative Medicine’s (ICIM) Inflammaging Conference in New Orleans. For over two decades, ANH has been at the forefront of protecting and promoting natural approaches to regenerating, maintaining, and optimizing health. These approaches are not only threatened by regulatory capture […]
More bad news when it comes to the contamination of our world with plastics. THE TOPLINE When you buy food for yourself or your family, the last thing you’d expect is that you’re eating plastic chemicals. Yet testing from Consumer Reports (CR) has found plasticizers in almost every food they looked at from supermarkets, including […]
From Ron Hoffman, MD, ANH-USA Board President and Medical Director By now many of you—particularly those of you who live in the Midwest and Northeast—may be suffering the effects of a grey, sunless, protracted winter. It’s been unremittingly damp and dreary here in New York City. The wan February light does little to dispel the […]
State legislators and the wider public are starting to wake up to the dangers of PFAS “forever” chemical contamination, but the industries responsible for this pollution will not give up without a fight. Action Alert! THE TOPLINE As the federal government continues to take painfully small steps to rein in the extensive PFAS contamination that […]
The quality of our food supply is deeply threatened by the combined and joint actions of government and specific industries. We’re partnering with allies to push for big changes to the food system to support optimal health. THE TOPLINE We’re excited to announce the unveiling of My Health Alliance, the brainchild of the Organic & […]