Archive for the 'Pesticides' Category

(NaturalNews) – Children who are exposed to organophosphate pesticides in utero are significantly more likely to develop attention problems later in life, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of California-Berkeley and published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. Read the rest of this entry »

(Truthout) – A delegation of politicians and community activists gathered on August 7 in La Leonesa, a small farm town in Argentina, to hear Dr. Andres Carrasco speak about a study linking a popular herbicide to birth defects in Argentina’s agricultural areas.

But the presentation never happened. A mob of about 100 people attacked the delegation before they could reach the local school where the talk was to be held. Read the rest of this entry »

(NaturalNews) – Many Indian farmers and concerned citizens are taking the offensive against the attempted takeover of their agriculture system by multinational biotechnology giants like Monsanto. A group known as Kisan Swaraj Yatra (KSY) has been mobilizing and gathering support from farmers, and touring the country in protest of genetically-modified (GM) crops that are destroying the nation’s agriculture. Read the rest of this entry »

(Grist) – Monsanto’s ongoing humiliation proceeds apace. No, I’m not referring to the company’s triumph in our recent “Villains of Food” poll. Instead, I’m talking about a Tuesday item from the Des Moines Register‘s Philip Brasher, reporting that Monsanto has been forced into the unenviable position of having to pay farmers to spray the herbicides of rival companies. Read the rest of this entry »

(NYTimes) – U.S. to Let Insurers Raise Fees for Sick Children – Read More Here

(TheEcologist) – Dismay over EU decision not to ban baby bottle chemical bisphenol-A – Read More Here

(HealthLand) – More Obesity Fallout: Nearly 50 Million Americans with Arthritis – Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – Researcher warns: watching medical TV shows can make you feel sick – Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – Sugared-up chocolate milk now sold as “infant formula” by Mead Johnson – Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – Terminal cancer patients routinely exploited by high-profit screening scams even as death approaches – Mike Adams – Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – Vitamin D deficiency could be a cause of autism

A new Danish study published in the journal Pediatrics has identified a link between neonatal jaundice and autism. Babies born with jaundice have a significantly increased risk of developing both general psychological problems and autism, and researchers believe a vitamin D deficiency is to blame. Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – BPA found in virtually all canned foods – Read More Here

(NYTimes) – N.Y. Faces $200 Billion in Retiree Health Costs – Read More Here

(BusinessWeek) – Corn Jumps to Two-Year High on Signs U.S. Supplies to Trail Use – Read More Here

Just Say No to GMO music video and song by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, editor of NaturalNews.com. Written and performed by Mike Adams, this song exposes the lies of the GMO biotech industry, specifically mentioning Monsanto and genetically modified corn. Read the rest of this entry »

(NaturalNews) – For more than a decade, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been conducting bio-monitoring studies to see what types of chemicals people are harboring in their bodies. The most recent report from 2009 shows that there are 212 — and counting — artificial chemicals lodged in human tissues and circulating throughout the blood, many of which are known carcinogens. Read the rest of this entry »

(NaturalNews) – The New York Times recently published a story on a new report that claims to have discovered one of the primary causes of colony collapse disorder (CCD), a condition in which entire colonies of bees mysteriously die. But the report, which pins a fungus and virus combination as the culprit, was headed by a researcher with financial ties to Bayer Crop Science, the creator of pesticide products that are also linked to CCD.

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(ISIS) – Argentina’s Roundup Human Tragedy

Ten years of GM soy and glyphosate poisoning have escalated the rates of cancer and birth defects. Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – McDonald’s recalled children’s cups loaded with toxic cadmium

Earlier in the summer, McDonald’s recalled 12 million promotional children’s “Shrek” beverage glasses due to cadmium contamination, but the company insisted at the time that the glasses were not toxic. However recent regulatory reports have revealed that the glasses were highly toxic, and that a six-year-old who simply touches one eight times in a day is exposed to hazardous levels of the carcinogen. Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – Chemotherapy destroys brain tissue, cognitive function

New research out of Indiana University adds to the growing list of harmful side effects caused by chemotherapy. According to scientists, the chemical cancer treatment destroys gray matter in the brain associated with cognitive function and memory. Read More Here

(MSNBC) – Obesity’s hidden job costs: $73 billion – Productivity drops, sick days go up as BMI rises, new study finds – Read More Here

(EWG) – 50 Groups Challenge Government Grant to Pro-Pesticide PR Campaign – Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – Fruit and vegetable carotenoids protect women from breast, ovarian cancer – Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – Coffee doesn’t really boost your energy or alertness, study reveals

Coffee no longer boosts energy or alertness levels above baseline in regular drinkers of the beverage, according to a study conducted by researchers from Bristol University and published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology. Read More Here

(NaturalNews) – Eating hamburgers linked to asthma

Children who eat three or more hamburgers a week may be more likely to develop asthma than children who eat fewer burgers, according to a study published in the journal Thorax. Read More Here

(OrganicConsumers) – Why We Need Mandatory GMO Food Labels

* Only 26% of the U.S. public understands that most junk foods and animal products contain GMO ingredients. Read the rest of this entry »

(NaturalNews) – Exposure to pesticides may be one of the causes of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a study conducted by researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and published in the Journal of Pediatrics. Read the rest of this entry »

(FoodFreedom) – Agribusiness giant Monsanto, which genetically modifies plants to exude or tolerate pesticide or to produce nonviable seed, hired the services of the mercenary firm Blackwater to spy on activists, Jeremy Scahill reports. A death-tech firm weds a hit squad. Read the rest of this entry »

(ActivistPost) – Fresh clean water is essential to all life forms. It seems that a resource so vital should not be corralled, controlled, or corrupted by any corporation or government. However, with fresh water supplies under assault on multiple fronts, governments seek to further clamp down on individual human usage, while doing very little to reduce the reasons for the contamination.  At the same time, corporations that repackage water and sell it back to the public enjoy financial benefits from the scarcity of their “product.”

Upon review, water scarcity is an alarming prospect indeed; especially in areas of the world where clean water was limited to begin with.  The extended droughts caused by climate shifts, cumulative aspects of general human pollution, dirty industrial and agricultural practices, and blatant chemical contamination significantly reduce the supply of clean water.  The more precious this resource becomes, the more our friendly multinational corporations profit from this new “commodity,” and the more our governments seek to tax it. Read the rest of this entry »

(NaturalNews) – More than 80 percent of male bass in the Potomac River on the U.S. Atlantic coast are producing eggs or showing other female traits, the nonprofit Potomac Conservancy has warned, in a call for more research into the causes of intersex fish.

In a recent U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) report, intersex fish were found in a third of all 111 sites tested across the United States, including in major waterways such as the Mississippi River and the Rio Grande. The phenomenon occurred in 16 different species, but was most common in male smallmouth and largemouth bass. Read the rest of this entry »

(IPS) – A primary topic of discussion at a weeklong international water conference here can best be summed up in two words: “dirty water”.

Ironically, the venue for the vibrant debate – focusing mostly on pollutants, industrial waste and human sewage – is a city described as home for “world class water”. Read the rest of this entry »

(Rense) – The GE-corn and GE-soy mentioned in this article are Monsanto’s. The “food safety” bill in the Senate, S 510, is also Monsanto’s. Monsanto’s idea of “food safety” includes genetically engineered food, pesticides, hormones, antibiotics, or slaughterhouse waste, all toxic. Read the rest of this entry »

(MotherJones) – Maybe it’s the toxic waste dump. Maybe the pesticides, or the diesel fumes, or the arsenic. How a small-town mystery could change the way we look at pollution. Read More Here

(DrMercola) – India is in the midst of a flood of suicides among farmers. A new feature film written and directed by Anusha Rizwi and produced by Bollywood megastar Aamir Khan, called Peepli Live, takes a look at this grim topic.

The vast majority of people in India still farm for a living, but are caught between deep debt and the erratic nature of seasonal change.

Indian farmers are pressured into mortgaging their farms to purchase genetically modified seeds, pesticides, and fertilizer from American companies like Monsanto. Read the rest of this entry »

(Yes) – April Dávila wondered what it would take to cut the GMO giant out of her family’s life. She found that it was far more entrenched than she’d ever realized. Read the rest of this entry »

(Reuters) – Children whose mothers were exposed to certain types of pesticides while pregnant were more likely to have attention problems as they grew up, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

The study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, adds to evidence that organophosphate pesticides can affect the human brain. Read the rest of this entry »

(NaturalNews) – A class of insecticide that is applied to seeds and taken up into plant tissue may be responsible for much of the widespread decline in honeybee populations, increasing numbers of researchers and environmentalists are suggesting.

Starting in 2005, beekeepers in the United States first reported large numbers of bees mysteriously disappearing, and since then the problem has spread to different parts of the world. No one cause of the collapse has been identified, although front-running theories include parasites, viruses, stress from long-distance transport of hives for pollination, and pesticides.

“We do feel like pesticides are playing a role in pollinator decline,” said researcher Maryann Frazier of Penn State University. “We know that the pesticides are there. We don’t know yet exactly what role they’re playing.” Read the rest of this entry »

(CUPE) – Haiti’s earthquake on 12 January this year has been a lucky business break for some. The transnational firm Monsanto is offering the country’s farmers a deadly gift of 475 tonnes of genetically-modified (GM) seeds, along with associated fertiliser and pesticides, which will be handed out free by the WINNER project, with the backing of the US embassy in Haiti. Do Haitians know Monsanto made the “Agent Orange” defoliant sprayed over Vietnam by US planes during the war there, poisoning both US soldiers and Vietnamese civilians? Read the rest of this entry »

(Infowars) – Genetically modified food has entered the food supply through secrecy and deception. Some claimed that genetically modifying the food supply could even put an end to world hunger. At first glance, genetic modification really does look like a great idea. It allows for larger crops, enhanced growing seasons, and even bigger animals. The truth of the matter is that genetically modified food has been shown to sterilize the population, lead to infant mortality, and exacerbate the usage of pesticides on a global scale. Read the rest of this entry »

A new study in China has found that people with higher levels of pesticide exposure are more likely to have suicidal thoughts. The study was carried out by Dr Robert Stewart from the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London together with scientists from Tongde Hospital Zhejiang Province. Read the rest of this entry »

(NaturalNews) – The pesticides used in industrial agriculture may eventually undermine its very existence by destroying the honeybees upon which the system depends, experts are warning. Read the rest of this entry »

(NaturalNews) – If you know anything about the food supply, you know that honey bees are a crucial part of the food production chain. In the United States, they pollinate roughly one-third of all the crops we eat, and without them, we’d be facing a disastrous collapse in viable food production. Read the rest of this entry »

Scientists are closing in on an inescapable conclusion: Pesticides may be a cause of Parkinson’s disease Read the rest of this entry »

(ScientificAmerican) – Rural residents who drink water from private wells are much more likely to have Parkinson’s disease, a finding that bolsters theories that farm pesticides may be partially to blame, according to a new California study. Read the rest of this entry »

Almost Half of the fresh fruit and veg sold across the UK is contaminated with toxic pesticides, according to the latest scientific surveys for the government. Read the rest of this entry »

Many chemicals we commonly use are suspected of generating this increase in brain proteins, including pesticides, fertilizers and food preservatives. A new study found that a chemical ingredient that has been used as a food preservative contributes to several diseases. Read the rest of this entry »

(ChicagoTribune) – Pharmaceutical chemicals aren’t on list of substances in water that require public notice Read the rest of this entry »

The “food safety�? bills now being contemplated by Congress enslave farmers to an industrial system (having to do its bidding or face penalties and prison so severe they function as whips). The bills will demand purchase and application of petrochemicals and drugs, rendering the farmers not only slaves but paying slaves (or else giving up), with the land and animals poisoned and/or genetically engineered. Read the rest of this entry »

The bill is House Resolution 2454, imposing a domestic carbon emissions cap-and-trade program on the American economy. The goal seems to be nothing short of eradicating American farms and self-sustainability. Read the rest of this entry »

How about a little vaccine with your corn on the cob? I’m wondering if there is going to be any room left for actual corn in corn once scientists get done adding pesticides, fertilizers and now possibly vaccines to the genetic makeup of corn. Read the rest of this entry »

U.S. Dow AgroSciences has gone ahead with a threatened suit against the federal government under the North American Free Trade Agreement, seeking a repeal of Quebec’s ban on lawn pesticides containing 2,4-D and at least $2 million in damages. Read the rest of this entry »

If you think you may not need dietary supplements, read this. It could change your health for the rest of your life. Read the rest of this entry »

First UK supermarket chain – and Britain’s biggest farmer – to prohibit chemicals implicated in the death of over one-third of British bees Read the rest of this entry »

In this lecture, Dr. Russell Blaylock explains one of the most important connections between nutrition and our health, how nutrition affects our behavior. Citing a series of important studies, he shows that good nutrition can powerfully enhance our memory, mood, and behavior in a socially desirable way. Like wise he shows us that poor nutrition can lead our youth into a world of violence, crime, depression and suicide Read the rest of this entry »

The cocktail of gender-bending chemicals entering rivers and streams is more potent and harmful than anyone realised, it has been revealed.

Scientists have found an entirely new class of chemicals that is changing male fish into females – and which could be contributing to the soaring rate of infertility and defects in men. Read the rest of this entry »

Fizzy drinks sold by Coca-Cola in Britain have been found to contain pesticides at up to 300 times the level allowed in tap or bottled water.

A worldwide study found pesticide levels in orange and lemon drinks sold under the Fanta brand, which is popular with children, were at their highest in the UK. Read the rest of this entry »

Why buy poison retail when you can get it at wholesale prices? Read the rest of this entry »

GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Farms and orchards that continue to use three pesticides that harm salmon will have to greatly expand buffer zones around their fields so the chemicals don’t reach streams, federal biologists ruled Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Many pesticides used in the European Union may damage brain growth in fetuses and young children, according to a study published on Friday.The study urged the European Union to tighten restrictions.

“Toxicity to the brain is not routinely included in testing pesticides,�? Philippe Grandjean of the Harvard School of Public Health and the University of Southern Denmark told Reuters.
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(NaturalNews) Pesticides are poison. They are used to kill living creatures. In order to kill those living creatures, humans apply the pesticides. We also eat what`s left of them.

We`ve seen handlers of banana pesticide sterilized, a young couple who worked with pesticides give birth to a limbless child, and a pesticide singled out as a cause of Colony Collapse Disorder.
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Bayer CropScience is facing scrutiny because of the effect one of its best-selling pesticides has had on honeybees. Read the rest of this entry »

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is refusing to disclose records about a new class of pesticides that could be playing a role in the disappearance of millions of honeybees in the United States, a lawsuit filed Monday charges. Read the rest of this entry »

Numerous studies over the past four decades have established that pesticides, which are typically applied at the land surface, can move downward through the unsaturated zone to reach the water table at detectable concentrations. Read the rest of this entry »

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