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
Attempts at justice for the long list of those who caused, directed and amplified the opioid epidemic is unfolding across America. The public is getting an education on who the many pharmaceutical companies, distributors, opium growers and individuals are who have created the deadly wave which has ruined countless lives. Despite facing stiff opposition by…Continue reading In Their Own Words: Big Pharma During the Opioid Epidemic
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
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
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?
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
“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