Editorial - The HighWire

FLYING BLIND: FCC Still Uses Over 30-Year-Old Exposure Safety Limits to Greenlight 6G Radiation

Updated 11:58 AM EDT, Tue March 24, 2026

The failed story of safety science surrounding human radiofrequency radiation (RFR) [think cell phones, Wi-Fi, and smart meters] exposure limits allowed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) goes like this: “In the late 1990s, the FCC and ICNIRP adopted radiofrequency radiation (RFR) exposure limits to protect the public and workers from adverse effects of RFR.…Continue reading FLYING BLIND: FCC Still Uses Over 30-Year-Old Exposure Safety Limits to Greenlight 6G Radiation

Phantom Army: War Without Hesitation

Updated 10:29 AM EDT, Tue March 24, 2026

When Foundation CEO Mike LeBlanc made the rounds last month pitching autonomous combat drones, he led with the argument that tends to land best in polite company: these machines will save American lives. Pilots won’t be shot down. Soldiers won’t bleed out in forward positions. The robots go to battle, and the humans come home.…Continue reading Phantom Army: War Without Hesitation

Unproven in the Field: Terrana’s RNA “Plant Vaccines” Deserve Serious Scrutiny

Updated 9:48 AM EDT, Mon March 23, 2026

World Economic Forum contributor Noubar Afeyan, the billionaire who co-founded Moderna, has launched a company that plans to use “the language of nature to give plants new instructions.” Called Terrana Biosciences, the company will manipulate the vast ecosystem of self-replicating RNAs from across the plant world, rewriting them with unique instructions to make any desired…Continue reading Unproven in the Field: Terrana’s RNA “Plant Vaccines” Deserve Serious Scrutiny

76 billion Opioid Pills Flooded US As Epidemic Raged

AP is reporting: “CLEVELAND (AP) — Newly released federal data shows how drugmakers and distributors increased shipments of opioid painkillers across the U.S. as the nation’s addiction crisis accelerated from 2006 to 2012. The data, released this week by a federal court in Ohio as part of a far-reaching opioids case, shows that companies distributed…Continue reading 76 billion Opioid Pills Flooded US As Epidemic Raged

Updated 6:56 AM EDT, Wed July 17, 2019

Sick Children Among Cancer Victims Suing Monsanto Over Roundup

by Carey Gillam A 12-year-old boy suffering from cancer is among the newest plaintiffs taking on Monsanto and its German owner Bayer AG in growing litigation over the safety of Roundup herbicides and Monsanto’s handling of scientific concerns about the products. Lawyers for Jake Bellah were in court Monday in Lake County Superior Court in Lakeport,…Continue reading Sick Children Among Cancer Victims Suing Monsanto Over Roundup

Updated 8:12 AM EDT, Tue July 16, 2019

Are Statin Makers Eyeing the ‘Anti-Vaxxer’ Censorship Model?

By Jefferey Jaxen Imagine for a moment if drug manufacturers can act unethically when record profits are on the line – perhaps not a stretch. What if those unethical practices and manipulative methods were no longer working on the general public? What if an easier option presented itself? What if unethical pharmaceutical companies could magically…Continue reading Are Statin Makers Eyeing the ‘Anti-Vaxxer’ Censorship Model?

Updated 7:32 PM EDT, Sun July 14, 2019

STUDY: No Evidence Of Added Benefit In Most New Drugs

According to a newly released study performed at the independent German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care, more than half of the new drugs entering the German healthcare system show absolutely no added benefit. Between 2011 and 2017, researchers examined 216 drugs that passed regulatory approval and entered the German market. Most of these assessed drugs were…Continue reading STUDY: No Evidence Of Added Benefit In Most New Drugs

Updated 4:00 AM EDT, Fri July 12, 2019

11 New Cases of AFM Polio-Like Illness, CDC Looking For Answers

“I urge physicians to look for symptoms and report suspected cases so that we can accelerate efforts to address this serious illness,” CDC Director Robert Redfield, MD, said in a news release. Attempting to get out front of 2019’s new season of Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) after the CDC’s publicly embarrassing lack of effort in…Continue reading 11 New Cases of AFM Polio-Like Illness, CDC Looking For Answers

Updated 7:48 AM EDT, Thu July 11, 2019

Google Manipulating Search Suggestions to Hide Roundup’s Cancer Connection, Lawsuits

By Jefferey Jaxen Since Bayer’s merger with Monsanto, the company has had three Roundup cancer cases go to trial – and they have lost them all in spectacular fashion. Bayer AG is currently on the hook for $2.4B from jury decisions yet equally damning in the public eye has been the constant deluge of exposed…Continue reading Google Manipulating Search Suggestions to Hide Roundup’s Cancer Connection, Lawsuits

Updated 4:00 AM EDT, Wed July 10, 2019