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It happened again. Another courtroom, another jury left waiting, and another global agrochemical giant quietly permitted to pay to make the truth disappear. In this case, just as the first major US jury trial over paraquat—a highly toxic herbicide long suspected of causing Parkinson’s disease—was set to begin, Syngenta reached a confidential settlement with the…Continue reading Settle First, Ask No Questions: The Syngenta Model
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While the majority of Americans have undoubtedly grown weary of unelected global authorities wielding unchecked tyrannical power in the name of “health,” California Governor Gavin Newsom has just rolled out the red carpet for more of the same. In a move that would be laughable if it weren’t so brazenly dangerous, Newsom just announced that…Continue reading Beneath the Headline: US States Are Rejoining the WHO
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The federal government no longer boldly states that your cellphone is safe. Read that again. In late 2025, the FDA quietly scrubbed long-standing web pages aimed to assure the public that cell phone radiation poses no harm. The significant removal came with no announcement, no press conference. The information is just gone. The same week,…Continue reading 6G at Light Speed, Wireless Safety at a Crawl
A new study finds that drinking tap water in California over the course of a lifetime could increase the risk of cancer.Researchers from the environmental advocacy group Environmental Working Group estimated that the contaminants found in public water systems in California could contribute to about 15,500 cancer cases there over the course of a lifetime. These contaminants include chemicals…Continue reading Study estimates 15,000 cancer cases could stem from chemicals in California tap water
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April 24, 2019 – Los Angeles, California – – The law firm of Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman made public today hundreds of pages of newly de-classified internal Monsanto documents, including company email exchanges, reports, studies and other memoranda. Carey Gillam writes:Newly released internal Monsanto records show fresh evidence of the measures the company has taken…Continue reading Roundup Cancer Attorneys Release New Monsanto Papers Documents
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A passenger on a JetBlue flight stopped at John F. Kennedy International Airport tonight at about 9 p.m. was evaluated and cleared following concerns that they were infected with measles, officials said. The plane was secured at a JFK handstand area after it landed in New York from Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, WPIX…Continue reading Did JetBlue Profile Its Jewish Passengers?
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One in five children and teens in Ontario has a mental disorder, but less than one-third have had contact with a mental health care provider, according to the findings of the latest Ontario Child Health Study (OCHS). The large-scale survey, called the 2014 OCHS for when data collection started, included 10,802 children and youth ages…Continue reading Canadian Study: One in Five Kids May Have a Mental Disorder
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The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it will expand its recall of blood pressure medicines to include four lots of losartan after they were found to contain a cancer-causing chemical. This is the fifth recall in 2019; over the past year, dozens of batches of medications used to treat hypertension have been recalled…Continue reading FDA expands blood pressure drug recall for fifth time this year
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By Jefferey Jaxen 2019 has seen a rapid acceleration of the Overton window with respect to the conversation, as well as the political and social moves, surrounding the vaccine debate. The Overton window is a term for the range of ideas tolerated in public discourse. Before California’s Senate Bill 277 passed, few in the state…Continue reading America’s Social & Medical Turning Point
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