Posts tagged: #WHO

Chile Soda Tax Highest in the World; Industrial Agribusiness Not Sustainable; Monsanto’s Congressional Hearing Over

NY Times Reports How Chile is Changing the Food Market “The Chilean government, facing skyrocketing rates of obesity, is waging war on unhealthy foods with a phalanx of marketing restrictions, mandatory packaging redesigns and labeling rules aimed at transforming the … Read More

Keep Climate Denial at Bay; Protect our Food Safety; Moving Away From Roundup; Stop Organic Fraud

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‘Don’t Let a Climate Denier Run the EPA’ Sign the petition here to tell Trump not to appoint one of America’s top climate deniers, Myron Ebell, to run his Environmental Protection Agency transition team. What is even more scary, is he … Read More

In The News: Officials Cover Up Dangers of HPV Vaccine Declares Scientist; What’s New in the Dietary Guidelines; Obama Declares Emergency in Flint as Water Crisis Continues

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Officials Cover Up Dangers of HPV Vaccine Declares Scientist Dr. Sin Hang Lee, MD, Director, Milford Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, has submitted an official, open-letter complaint to the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Margaret Chan, alleging gross misconduct, … Read More

In The News: W.H.O. Report Links Some Cancers With Processed or Red Meat; Soda Industry Fights to Cut Mexico’s Successful Soda Tax; Study Reveals Cheese is as Addictive as Drugs

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W.H.O. Report Links Some Cancers With Processed or Red Meat A report came out this week from the World Health Organization stating that consuming processed meats can lead to cancer. There was also some evidence that eating red meat, including … Read More

In The News: Radon In My Apartment? The Spectra Pipeline, Pesticide Residue in Fruits and Vegetables Associated with Low Sperm Count, A Top Weedkiller Could Cause Cancer: Should We Be Scared? EPA Restricts Use of Pesticides Suspected of Killing Bees, There is No Such Thing as Cheap Food

Radon In My Apartment? The Spectra Pipeline Learn in two minutes about how Spectra and ConEd plan to bring fracked gas, laced with radon, into New York via a new explosive, high pressure pipeline. This is bad for the environment … Read More