According to the FDA’s legal definition, a drug is anything that “diagnoses, cures, mitigates, treats, or prevents a disease”
The problem with this definition is that there are numerous substances, as readily available and benign as found on our spice racks, which have been proven by countless millennia of human experience to mitigate, prevent and in some cases cure disease, and which cannot be called drugs according to the FDA. Continue reading
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The sole purported legal basis for the marketing of GE foods in the United States is the FDA’s fraudulent claim that they are Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) Continue reading
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In 2012, the FDA conducted a controversial survey to detect illegal drugs in the US milk supply Continue reading
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Conflicts of interests at Institute of Medicine (IOM) may have coaxed the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve a new narcotic painkiller, Zohydro
When FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg was criticized for the agency’s approval of Zohydro, she countered saying that “100 million Americans” Continue reading
If you’re buying so-called “All Natural” yogurt sold at the grocery store, you might assume the phrase means the product contains nothing artificial or synthetic. After all, that’s the definition of “all natural.” But food marketing companies can get pretty sneaky about using the term. They know the FDA doesn’t regulate “all natural” claims, Continue reading
In draft guidanceissued Tuesday, FDA outlined how drugmakers and medical device makers should highlight the benefits and risks of their products via social media and how they should address and correct misinformation regarding their products posted by third parties, the New York Times reports (Tavernise, New York Times, 6/17). Continue reading
Heavy metal poisoning is becoming a very serious issue in America today, as toxins in groundwater and soils, some of which have persisted there for decades, are increasingly turning up in both drinking water and the general food supply. All across the country, residues of arsenic, lead and other heavy metals have been detected in well water, crop soils and even foods marketed Continue reading
Do you chew gum? Which kind – the pesticide corn syrup kind or the nervous-wreck, sugar-free kind? Do you like breath mints? Which kind – pesticide corn syrup or agitated, sugar-free? How do you feel about food agents that are toxins and cause nervous disorders? Do you feel that it is fair that food companies can put just about anything they want in products we consume? America is the land of the free, home of the… chronic sick care scams and shams. Every time you check out at Continue reading
Not content with just hiding unlabeled genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the general food supply, the biotechnology industry now wants to freely add GMOs to food products bearing the “natural” label as well, according to new reports. The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) back in December reportedly Continue reading
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Antibiotic-resistant disease is a major threat to public health, and the primary cause for this is the widespread misuse of antibiotics—primarily in agriculture
According to a landmark report by the CDC, Continue reading
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The health dangers of genetically engineered (GE) foods are masterfully presented in this documentary by Jeffrey Smith, one of the world’s leading authorities on GE foods Continue reading
The news blackout and disinformation campaign of natural cures has been so effective since WWII that Continue reading
Thousands of family dogs across the USA have been sickened by pet jerky treats made in China, and nearly 600 dogs have died. The FDA has issued a warning over the deadly jerky treats but has not forced any sort of product recall. Continue reading
Did You Know…that one-third of fish in the United States is mislabeled and rife with health threats?
Who knew fish fraud was such big business? The nonprofit ocean protection group Oceana genetically tested 1,215 fish samples taken from 674 retail outlets in 21 different states across America. Continue reading
A shocking new report reveals that receiving blood donated from someone vaccinated with Gardasil, the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine, may be downright dangerous to your health.
S.A.N.E. Vax, Inc., contracted with an independent lab which tested 13 Gardasil vials from 13 different lots from all over the world Continue reading