News Release PFAS “Forever Chemicals” in Supermarket Kale The consumer advocacy non-profit, Alliance for Natural Health USA, demonstrates failings of FDA monitoring of US food supply and seeks a federal ban on PFAS chemicals ATLANTA June 26, 2023 – The Alliance for Natural Health USA (ANH-USA) today released results of a pilot study finding PFAS […]
New research has linked exposure to air pollution with dementia. We need the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to do better to protect public health. Action Alert! A new meta-analysis from Harvard University has found a link between exposure to microscopic particulate matter—known as PM 2.5 because the particles less than 2.5 microns in width—with […]
With the world on pace to have more than half its population overweight or obese by 2035, it’s time to look beyond the traditional causes – overeating and under exercising – to understand why. Action Alert! Poor diet and a lack of activity are important factors in causing us to gain weight, as are our […]
From Moms Across America Chronic health conditions such as diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and metabolic syndrome are increasing dramatically. Children are getting sick more often and what we often think of as lifestyle diseases are showing up earlier and earlier. While the types and amounts of food eaten are important factors, chemicals sprayed onto […]
Despite decades of research linking pesticide drift to health harm, regulation remains weak and leaves the most vulnerable with few protections. From Environmental Health News By Claudia Meléndez Salinas Yanely Martínez was at work in 2017 when she received a phone call from her son’s school in Greenfield, an agricultural city in California’s Salinas Valley. […]
There’s only one practical solution to protect public health: ban PFAS. Action Alert! When DuPont agreed in 2017 to pay a $670 million settlement for releasing forever chemicals into water and soil near its plant along the West Virginia-Ohio border, the company knew for decades it was endangering public health and safety. Yet when its […]
From Environmental Health News By Grace van Deelen People who eat just one U.S. freshwater fish a year are likely to show a significant increase of a cancer-causing chemical in their bloodstream, new research warns. An analysis of U.S. government data derived from more than 500 fish samples revealed that the majority of fish living in streams, […]
Internal documents have exposed Syngenta’s decades-long strategy to protect sales of paraquat as evidence grew linking the widely-used herbicide to Parkinson’s disease. Help us push lawmakers to join 58 other countries and finally end its use in the United States. Action Alert! Syngenta and its former American sales partner Chevron USA are being sued by […]
From Environmental Health News By Nathan Donley Independent scientists have long understood the unacceptable health risks of the pesticide atrazine. A trove of well-documented research has linked the endocrine-disrupting weedkiller to birth defects, low sperm counts, and fertility problems. So, it’s not surprising that the herbicide notorious for sticking around on landscapes and waterways long […]
Your food and drinking water could be contaminated with PFAS “forever chemicals”, at levels that are hundreds of times higher than what is considered safe, but the EPA is too busy looking out for industry to care. Action Alert! PFAS contamination threatens the integrity of our food supply and is upending the lives of farmers. […]