Plastic Is Everywhere Now, Including Your Brain
STORY AT-A-GLANCE We live in a throwaway society, and products intended for short-term consumption are packaged in materials that will survive for centuries.
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Should Your Child Get That Root Canal?
STORY AT-A-GLANCE If your dentist tells you that you or your child needs a root canal, think carefully before accepting.
It’s Time to Combine the Fights for Climate Change and Reproductive Justice
In Pittsburgh, people breathe air that is suffused with toxic matter, according to the American Lung Association.
Eating meat is essential for our health and well-being, leading scientists say
With the continued push to move people towards ever more plant-based diets it’s important to recognise that meat is essential for our health and well-being. A special issue of Animal Frontiers published last month did just that.
The societal debate around the value of meat is neither new nor
Acid Reflux May Respond Better to Foods Than Prescribed Pills
STORY AT-A-GLANCE Editor's Note: This article is a reprint.
16 Species of Insects Approved for Human Consumption
STORY AT-A-GLANCE It's not uncommon for insect parts to accidentally make it into processed foods in plant production.
Longevity Strategies That May Be Highly Counterproductive
STORY AT-A-GLANCE In the April 11, 2023, podcast above, Dr.
Study Finds Evidence for Tumors From Cellphone Radiation
STORY AT-A-GLANCE Editor's Note: This article is a reprint.
The Harms From Wearing Masks Are Real
STORY AT-A-GLANCE Mask mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic were an exercise in scientific insanity and evidence is mounting that the long-term physical consequences may not be evident for some time. It started with recommendations to wear a mask in public and quickly deteriorated to questionable advice ranging from head scratching
How Are the COVID Shots Affecting Mothers-To-Be?
STORY AT-A-GLANCE While a typical vaccine must undergo 10 to 12 years of trials before it's released, during the pandemic, COVID-19 shots were made available to the public just 10 months after development, courtesy of an Emergency Use Authorization. Even pregnant women were subjected to the shots, and in many
Artificial Sweeteners Are Toxic to Gut Bacteria
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Are Fibrinolytics Key to Preventing Clogged Arteries?
STORY AT-A-GLANCE Fibrinolytic agents, sometimes referred to as thrombolytic agents, are capable of dissolving blood clots that may block your veins or arteries.
The Deadliest Chemical in US Agriculture Goes on Trial
As previously reported in "Preharvest Use of Glyphosate Poisons Kids' Food," testing has revealed alarmingly high levels of glyphosate in the vast majority (43 out of 45) breakfast products and snacks made with oats.
Preharvest Use of Glyphosate Poisons Kids' Food
Glyphosate — the active ingredient in the broad-spectrum herbicide RoundUp
Will They Try to Make Us Pay for Breathable Air?
STORY AT-A-GLANCE Making Electricity Out of Thin AirBad news, folks.
Mask Study Imploding Cochrane Collaboration in Latest Debacle
STORY AT-A-GLANCE The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) has long been considered a gold standard in research, as its reviews take into account all available empirical evidence to reach conclusions about any given topic. A systematic review is essentially a "study of studies," which can generate "authoritative and reliable