Contamination of the drinking water supply. Air pollution. Land irreparably damaged. And devastating health problems. Please help us stop the madness and remove the Halliburton Loophole with our new Action Alert.
Our recent articles on sweeteners and Lyme disease evoked a great deal of discussion. Here are two especially informative comments.
This threat to edible corn comes on top of GE alfalfa (a major, major threat to organic agriculture) and GE sugarbeets. Please take action on this vital issue.
The US Department of Agriculture last Friday gave farmers the go-ahead to resume planting Roundup Ready sugarbeets—claiming it’s the only way to avoid a nationwide shortage of sugar!
“Corn sugar”? It’s high-fructose corn syrup by any other name, and it’s dangerous. What sweeteners are safe? What’s not? You may be surprised at the latest research.
Let’s really put the pressure on! Let the USDA and your senators and representative know there’s a steep political price for this decision, which if left unchanged, will have devastating consequences for organic agriculture.
Who should worry about this? And will consumers learn even less about what they are eating?
And will kids now be given even more genetically modified foods in their school lunches? It may well happen—unless we take action now!
The procedure may help more people shed the pounds. But it will also fill the coffers of surgeons, hospitals, and a global specialty pharmaceutical company.
In addition to this exciting announcement, we have some troubling news to report: more conflicts of interest over the IOM’s vitamin D report, and more evidence from a top Harvard expert that the IOM recommendations fly in the face of good science. What is really going on here?