Food in the U.S. Is Still Tainted with Chemicals That Were Banned Decades Ago Thirty-eight years after DDT was banned, Americans still consume trace amounts of the infamous insecticide every day, along with more than 20 other banned chemicals. In a photograph from a 1947 newspaper advertisement, a smiling mother leans over her baby’s crib. [...]
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Hospitals Kill 48,000 People
Posted by Michael Casals on March 22nd, 2010
New study shows sepsis and pneumonia caused by hospital-acquired infections kill 48,000 patients Cost $8.1 billion to treat Washington D.C. – Two common conditions caused by hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) killed 48,000 people and ramped up health care costs by $8.1 billion in 2006 alone, according to a study released today in the Archives of Internal [...]
FDA Permits Deadly Drug in Livestock
Posted by Michael Casals on March 18th, 2010
Why Has the FDA Allowed a Drug Marked ‘Not Safe for Use in Humans’ to Be Fed to Livestock Right Before Slaughter? There’s a good chance you may be eating a livestock drug banned in 160 nations.| While researchers and scientists investigate the cause of our diabetes, obesity, asthma and ADHD epidemics, they should ask [...]
Avoiding Toxic Commonplace Household Items
Posted by Michael Casals on March 9th, 2010
Few people would willingly pick up a toxic chemical and eat it or inhale it. In fact, if something is a known toxin, most people wouldn’t even allow it to be in the house. People endlessly worry about things like nuclear contamination through new construction sites or infected water supplies. They also worry greatly about [...]
Drug-resistant TB Found In US
Posted by Michael Casals on January 14th, 2010
This is old news but worth taking note off! The first case of contagious, aggressive, especially drug-resistant form of tuberculosis was found in the United States. It is called “extremely drug-resistant (XXDR) TB”. “Drug resistance is starting to be a very big problem. In the past, people stopped worrying about TB and it came roaring [...]
