Despite recent political hardships in getting new GMO labeling laws passed in states like Washington and California, the vast majority of all Americans still want to see foods containing genetically modified organisms labeled according to a new Consumer Reports Poll. Ballot measures in the aforementioned states were defeated due to [...]
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Monthly Archives June 2014
Health Inspectors, Court Officials Uphold GMO Import Law, Destroy Hundreds of Boxes of Illegal Cornflakes in Zambia
As Monsanto continues its push into Africa, an ongoing debate across the continent as to whether or not to allow the highly controversial crops has raged on. One nation that isn’t willing to take the risks involved with genetically modified crops and imported foods, despite its problems with poverty, is [...]
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Superweed Growth Caused by Monsanto Chemicals in Iowa, Nebraska Could Be “Devastating” If Not Stopped
Instances of highly troublesome “superweeds” have been growing across the Midwest and in other areas where large-scale monoculture farming is common, and now a new growth trend spotted on Iowa and Nebraska farms could have major consequences. In this case, farmers in southwest Iowa and eastern Nebraska in particular are [...]
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What is the Difference Between Natural Fluoride and the Kind That is Artificially Added to Our Water Supply?
On the heels of recent news that the fluoride in North American drinking water supplies is considered to be a neurotoxin according to a study in the top peer-review medical journal The Lancet, on par with some of the most notorious environmental toxins out there, many people are becoming more interested [...]
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What Chocolate Cravings Could Really Mean for Your Body (Plus a Recipe for Raw Chocolate Truffles)
Chocolate cravings. We all get them from time-to-time, and just about all of us give in, quickly and quite willingly. But what could they really mean for your body and the nutrients you may be lacking? As Salome Torres, a raw nutritonist, health coach and co-author of the books ‘Raw Chocolate Revolution’ [...]
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