Crony GMO “labeling” bill has language that could be used to stop companies from using a non-GMO label! We need to stop this now! Major Action Alert! We’ve been reporting on the Roberts-Stabenow bill for some weeks now. The public is being told it’s a “mandatory labeling” bill. We call it a “liar labeling” bill—a […]
She was helping Coca-Cola influence world health officials on sugar limits. We wish this were unusual. But in yet another blatant example of government/medical cronyism, Dr. Barbara Bowman, director of the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention at the CDC (the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), recently left the agency after her ties […]
We used a second testing method to see if common breakfast items contain glyphosate, an herbicide in Roundup weed killer. Earlier this year, we released a white paper concerning the presence of glyphosate in common American breakfast foods. To determine whether glyphosate was present in these products, we used the ELISA test (enzyme linked immunosorbent assay) […]
By Ronald Hoffman, MD Do you have allergies? Sneezing, wheezing, burning eyes, or flushing, itchy skin with hives? Do certain foods trigger stomach cramps or diarrhea? Or do you suffer from frequent headaches or migraines, bouts of nausea, severe menstrual cramps, or panic attacks characterized by a racing heart? You’ve dutifully tried allergy shots—sometimes for […]
How many deaths is the FDA responsible for? Our new interactive tool can provide you with a good estimate. Action Alert! The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for all of the following: Approving unsafe drugs that kill hundreds of thousands of people, and make millions more sick. Hiding or blocking clinical trials that […]
And consider who is leveling this charge: its own staff researchers, court rulings, and Congress. Action Alert! We have long documented many cases of FDA-approved killer drugs and agency interference in a person’s right to natural medicine (and much of this information and more is collected in our new FDA Death Meter website, as we […]
Even the FDA says the legislation is full of loopholes. We must stop this bill from moving forward. Action Alert! A vote to end debate on the Roberts-Stabenow GMO labeling bill in the Senate is expected tomorrow. If cloture is approved, the bill is one step closer to becoming law. For more background on the […]
It’s mandatory labeling in name only. It discriminates against the poor. And it is clearly a gift to Big Food. Major Action Alert! For weeks now, Sens. Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) have been working on a GMO labeling bill that would pre-empt Vermont’s mandatory labeling law. Late last week they finally reached […]
That’s what a group of former FDA bigwigs want. If they get their way, natural medicine could be in even greater jeopardy. This week, six former commissioners of the Food and Drug Administration dating back to President Reagan have called on Congress to give the FDA more power by making it an independent, cabinet-level agency. […]
More and more research is showing the potential of this nutrient to treat cancer and a variety of other conditions. So why is the FDA targeting it? The FDA is rapidly eliminating many of the substances that can be made at compounding pharmacies, which make customized medicines for individual patients. The agency has been banning […]