Three mule deer wandered up to a brand-new bridge near Grass Lake, in the far north of California, and walked across it. The bridge was built just for them, and other animals, and a trail camera caught them taking advantage of it. Remarkably, the bridge was not even finished being built when they used it.…Continue reading The Kind of People Who Build Bridges for Animals
For years, the only way to fight against the weedkiller Roundup has been in a courtroom. Individuals who asserted that their lives had been forever altered by cancer from the weedkiller sued its maker, Bayer, which purchased the chemical’s original manufacturer, Monsanto, by the tens of thousands. At times, juries agreed with the plaintiffs and…Continue reading Kennedy Is in the Room. But Whose Science Is on the Table?
$53.5 billion. That is what twenty of the world’s largest grain, fertilizer, meat, and dairy companies paid their shareholders over 2021 and 2022. The United Nations estimates that it would cost about $51.5 billion to feed the 230 million most desperate, hungry people on earth. So a single slice of the food industry handed out…Continue reading $53.5 Billion: A Food System That Feeds Its Investors
The California Assembly Appropriations Committee votes Friday on SB276. Today thousands of Californians who oppose this bill are at the state capitol encouraging legislators to protect the doctor/patient relationship.
A ruling in a landmark legal case over the opioid crisis has Johnson and Johnson being ordered to pay the state of Oklahoma $572 millionĀ in the first trial of an opioid manufacturer for the destruction wrought by prescription painkillers. A judge ruled that Johnson & Johnson bears responsibility for helping to fuel the state’s opioid…Continue reading Johnson & Johnson Loses Landmark Opioid Case, Pays $572M
By Jefferey Jaxen On Thursday, just moments away from showtime, the popular and controversial live-internet news show, The HighWire with Del Bigtree, hit a snag. On Facebook, where the show has nearly 150,000 followers, the social media platform refused to allow the new episode to go live, as it has each week for over two…Continue reading Is Big Tech Killing American Health?
Independent tests now offer evidence that existing federal standards may not be adequate to protect the public. A recent independent investigation by the Tribune was conducted to test radiofrequency radiation emission from popular smartphones. The testing, which followed federal guidelines at an accredited lab, showed radiofrequency radiation exposure from the iPhone 7 measured over the…Continue reading STUDY: Smartphones Emitting Radiation Over Legal Limits
There are over 18,000 legal cases waiting in the wings claiming Monsanto’s glyphosate-based herbicide product Roundup led to cancers. Bayer AG, who owns Monsanto, has lost three high profile court cases with headline grabbing punitive damages in the billions. Aside from Bayer AG-Monsanto’s legal woes, there is another story unfolding in full public view. Legal…Continue reading Monsanto Ghostwrote Letters For U.S Politicians To Defund Cancer Research