As far as healthy drinks go, few are more popular in the United States than a glass of orange juice with breakfast. The average American consumes about 2.7 gallons of “OJ” per year, and about 2/3 of limited-service restaurants offer it as a beverage choice. When properly made [...]
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Each year, a familiar-yet-demoralizing sight appears on the horizon as researchers study the Gulf of Mexico, the 617,800-square mile salt water area stretching from Florida to Louisiana and the Texas coast line: the annual “dead zone.” The area, which has already been hit hard by chemicals sprayed in [...]
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Consumers, organic advocates and grassroots activists alike rejoiced when Costco’s plans to ban Monsanto and Bayer’s cancer-linked Roundup were revealed recently. But the question of what to replace it with is one that has been mostly lost in the news cycle. Original reports from Costco employees stated that [...]
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The toxic, synthetic pesticide glyphosate has grabbed major news headlines across the world lately because of its causal effect in the cancer trials of at least two people, terminally ill groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson and fellow California resident Edwin Hardeman. But while the harsh effects of glyphosate exposure in [...]
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While walking the aisles of the closest supermarket and browsing the produce section, it’s easy to see how “conventional” food can be misconstrued as something “normal.” But the cold, hard truth of the matter is that normalizing a system of toxic pesticides, genetically engineered, lab-created food like Roundup Ready corn [...]
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The case of Dewayne Johnson, the California groundskeeper originally awarded nearly $300 million was historic for many reasons, sending shockwaves through the chemical industry and even causing Bayer’s stock to plummet. Now, a second man has won yet another historic court case in The Golden State, in a [...]
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Ever since glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, was declared a “probable human carcinogen” in spring 2015, consumer and activist groups have been scrambling to expose the truth about this growing threat to the health of humans and wildlife. Perhaps one of the most health damaging practices of [...]
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Costco is well known among diehard shoppers as a supporter of organic and natural foods, having become the top seller of organic products in September 2016, surpassing Whole Foods for the #1 spot. The company was eventually surpassed by Wal-Mart and currently sits at #2 on the overall [...]
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The majestic monarch butterfly is a symbol for biodiversity and environmental health in North America, a land once teeming with wildlife. But now the iconic species may be on the verge of dying out due to habitat loss, overuse of pesticides, and other similar factors. Recently, it was said [...]
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Is the United States government doing enough to protect us from the health effects of glyphosate, the cancer-linked Monsanto herbicide whose use has skyrocketed in recent years since the introduction of GMO crops in the mid-90s? That depends on who you ask. Big food corporations like General [...]
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