Monsanto attempted to discredit scientist Gilles-Eric Seralini’s study on rats fed genetically engineered corn, the company called this peer-reviewed journal article “another bogus study” due to its “bad science.” by Genna Reed of EcoWatch A new review of hundreds of scientific studies surrounding glyphosate—the major component of Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide—sheds light on its effects within the human body ...

For decades, fluoride has been marketed and heralded as essential for good dental hygiene and used in most toothpastes and mouthwashes. In addition, parents have been routinely encouraged to give their kids cavity-fighting fluoride treatments when they visit the dentist. Beginning in the late 1940s, aided by mass industry lead lobbying campaigns, the government encouraged municipal water authorities to add ...

NEERA TANDEN, PRESIDENT OF CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: If I were a conservative, I would just say, 'I won.' Okay? They have a centrist plan, there's competition. JAMES POULOS, HUFFINGTON POST & FORBES : You have everything that's wrong with capitalism and everything that's wrong with big government. Big business and big government partnering together to create this hodgepodge of a thing -- TANDEN: Why ...

Draft legislation that includes fines for unmarried mothers in a city in Central China hassparked controversy among experts and residents. The Regulation on Wuhan's Population and Family Planning Management, released by thecity's legislative affairs office, imposes financial penalties on unmarried mothers, includingthose who give birth to a child for a married man although she is aware the man is married. T ...

(CNSNews.com) – In a final regulation issued Wednesday, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) assumed that under Obamacare the cheapest health insurance plan available in 2016 for a family will cost $20,000 for the year. Under Obamacare, Americans will be required to buy health insurance or pay a penalty to the IRS. The IRS's assumption that the cheapest plan for a family will cost $20,000 per year is found in ...

A study published in the Clinical Journal of  the American Society of Nephrology determined that sugar sweetened soda increases the odds for kidney function decline. You can read the entire study here. 3,318 women participated in the study for  a number of years as they consumed diet soda that contained artificial sweeteners, most notably Aspartame.  Two or more diet drinks a day led to a double risk in fas ...

Is there more genetically modified wheat in the U.S. food supply than what we’ve been told about? After it came to light last week that unapproved, illegal GMO wheat from Monsanto had been found growing in a farmer’s field in Oregon, Japan and South Korea have halted U.S. imports. The Monsanto wheat had been field tested between 1998 and 2005, but Monsanto pulled it when an international outcry arose and ma ...

The U.S. Treasury Department encouraged beer, spirits and wine companies to voluntarily labels their drinks with certain nutritional information this week, while the Alcohol and Tobacco Trade and Tax Bureau (TTB) works out rules for what is to be mandatory in the future. After failing to follow through with a 2007 ruling that would have made labeling certain information on alcoholic beverages mandatory, suc ...

Monsanto has been the topic of a lot of news lately, especially with the multi-country march that took place against Monsanto a short time ago. What can be seen as another big victory for public health, a French court found Monsanto guilty for poisoning a French Farmer. Paul Francois is a humble farmer who began experiencing neurological problems such as memory loss and headaches after being exposed to Mons ...

The “March Against Monsanto” in 52 countries, an unapproved strain of its genetically modified wheat growing profusely in Oregon, cancelled wheat export orders ... it's been a rough week for Monsanto. But now it threw in the towel in Europe, where its genetically modified seeds have faced stiff resistance at every twist and turn. Even its deep corporate pockets and mastery of lobbying have failed: “It’s cou ...