Think You’re Buying Raw Milk Cheese? Maybe Not.

Think You’re Buying Raw Milk Cheese? Maybe Not.

Some raw milk cheese you’re buying from large companies in the US may be falsely labeled. It isn’t raw at all—it’s been “subpasteurized”! The Healthy Home Economist, a website run by Sarah Pope, recently ran a fascinating article detailing how large health food companies are tricking consumers into thinking they’re buying real raw milk cheese […]

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Whom Do You Trust? Mom Bloggers? Scientists?

Whom Do You Trust? Mom Bloggers? Scientists?

Unfortunately, the information you get from either group may be paid for by Monsanto. Action Alert! Major news outlets reported this week that emails released through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests prove for certain what many of us already knew: Monsanto has enlisted “independent” scientists to deliver their messaging for them, in an effort […]

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How Did California’s Prop 65 Law Go So Wrong?

How Did California’s Prop 65 Law Go So Wrong?

It was meant to inform and protect consumers. Instead it just makes shady lawyers rich off corporate blackmail. State-based Action Alert! In 1986, California voters passed the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, generally referred to as Proposition 65, or “Prop 65.” A new white paper by ANH-USA shows how the original […]

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Bioidentical Hormones Threatened

Bioidentical Hormones Threatened

Will the FDA allow massive drug companies to eliminate your access to compounded bioidentical hormones? Action Alerts! Recently, the FDA released a list of nominations to its “Demonstrably Difficult to Compound” (DDC) list. This list derives from section 503A of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. It is supposed to identify drugs that cannot safely […]

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Are Your Casual Clothes Toxic?

Are Your Casual Clothes Toxic?

What to look out for, and how to protect yourself. Action Alert! A Greenpeace report has found that several major sportswear brands—including Adidas, Nike, and Puma—contain polyfluorinated chemicals (PFCs), nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs), and phthalates. All of these chemicals are linked to major health issues. PFCs, which make items stain-proof, are linked to problems like low […]

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Crony Dentistry Once Again Puts Children at Risk

Crony Dentistry Once Again Puts Children at Risk

Medical device companies appear to be trying to buy dentists, exposing children to high levels of unnecessary radiation. The New York Times ran a story a few years ago illustrating the extent to which cronyism (showing partiality to long-standing friends for mutual financial benefit, rather than following good science) determines medical care—in this instance, dental […]

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Fracking Fluid for Dinner?

Fracking Fluid for Dinner?

Will produce from California be contaminated with toxic chemicals from fracking fluid? Action Alert! In the face of a four-year-long drought, some farmers in California are turning to unconventional sources for the water they need to irrigate their crops: oil-drilling companies. The Los Angeles Times reports that Chevron, one of the largest oil companies in […]

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Ag-Gag Law Struck Down in Idaho

Ag-Gag Law Struck Down in Idaho

Armed with this precedent, it’s time to roll these anti-consumer laws back in other states. State-based Action Alert! Recently, a judge in the federal District Court for Idaho ruled that the state’s so-called “ag-gag” law was unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds. Idaho’s bill was signed into law last year and, like similar ag-gag laws in […]

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