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Richmond Bans Genetically Modified Plants
Health & Wellness  (tags: GMOs, genetically modified, farmets, garden, great news, health, ethics, food, prevention, interesting, safety, risks, science, society, news, protection, humans )

Elena
- 9 hours ago - theprovince.com
RICHMOND, B.C. -- Richmond City Council says engineered crops and plants have no place the gardens of Metro Vancouver. Councillors have voted unanimously to ban further genetically modified species from Richmond soilalthough the ban is unenforceable ...
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CONSUMER HEALTH ALERT! Laundry Detergent Pods Poisoning Children
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, health, healthcare, risks, laundry detergent pods, investigation, government, illness, ethics, Body-Mind-Spirit, warning, study, prevention, news )

Cal
- 2 days ago - abcnews.go.com
To some kids, the bright colors and bite-size packaging of single-doss packets of laundry detergent simply look too much like candy. The American Association of Poison Control Centers is reporting a recent surge in calls about the packets making children
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ACTION ALERT: Prohibit the Creation of the Largest Farm-Factory in France! PLEASE SIGN !
Health & Wellness  (tags: factory farming, animal suffering, france, risks, enviornment, village, threatened, communiites )

Simone
- 4 days ago - secure.avaaz.org
We live in a village in the Somme, 4 km from Abbeville, and we are frightened. A construction contractor in the North, Mr. Ramery, plans to install a stable of 1,000 dairy cows and 750 calves, and a biogas plant in the communes of-the-Dr
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Salmon Says: What Kind Is Healthiest?
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, fish, salmon, prevention, risks, environment, disease, health, diet )

Michael
- 6 days ago - huffingtonpost.ca
Good news for consumers: Pink salmon -- yes, the cheap, trash salmon you buy in cans -- is the cleanest of all species, according to research by Dr. Michael Ikonomou of Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
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Detroit Mother Who Refused To Drug Her Child---Video   video
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, AlternativeMed, AlternativeMed, children, death, diet, drugs, environment, ethics, family, government, health, humans, interesting, investigation, nutrition, protection, risks, safety, science, society, study, treatment, warning )

Kenneth
- 9 days ago - youtube.com
Maryanne Godboldo is a Detroit Michigan mother who made international press when she faced down a tank and swat team, sent to her house after she refused to administer a powerful and potentially lethal psychiatric drug to her daughter.
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Big Agriculture's Big Secrets: 9 Things You Need to Know About the Food You Eat | Personal Health | AlterNet
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, disease, nutrition, risks, warning )

Suzy
- 11 days ago - alternet.org
Food scandals are so costly to Big Food that it has repeatedly tried to kill the messenger rather than clean up its act.
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Please Sign: Praise Poland for Saying NO to Monsanto's Bt Bee-Killing Corn
Health & Wellness  (tags: bee killing, Monsanto, Bt corn, genetically modified, Poland, ban GMO, wildlife, environment, health, Polish Ministry of Agriculture, organic, food, illness, disease, protection, prevention, risks, honey bees, nutrition, news, death, study, safety, scienc )

S
- 14 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Millions must let Poland know we stand behind its decision to ban GMO corn its beekeepers showed was damaging their honeybees. We must stop Monsanto's games and attempts to control future damning research. Tell US and all to get with Poland's program!
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Report Offers a Bit of Good News for American Moms
Health & Wellness  (tags: babies, children, ethics, family, government, health, healthcare, humans, medicine, nutrition, prevention, protection, risks, society, study, women )

Rosemary
- 16 days ago - cnn.com
There is a little good news for mothers in the United States. The U.S. has moved up six places -- from 31st to 25th -- in the annual Save The Children State of the World's Mothers report. That puts the U.S. right between Belarus and the Czech Republic.
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Ask Your Doctor If This Big Pharma Scam Is Right for You: The Dangers of a Drugged Up America
Health & Wellness  (tags: business, corporate, corruption, consumers, americans, health, healthcare, medicine, risks, Body-Mind-Spirit, drugs )

Cal
- 17 days ago - alternet.org
In medicated America, the fix for every problem is just a prescription away. Except that it's not.
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Are There Drugs in Your Chicken Dinner?
Health & Wellness  (tags: food safety, environment, food, health, safety, risks, research, protection, nutrition, GMO, food, organic, healthy, Sustainabililty, home )

Organic
- 20 days ago - organicconnectmag.com
Scientists found evidence of both legal and banned drugs in factory-farmed chickens--including ingredients from Tylenol, Benadryl and Prozac. Farms feed chickens mood-altering drugs so they are not stressed out, making their meat tough.
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ASPARTAME: POISON IN DISGUISE. Ban Artificial Sweeteners From Children's Food Products. SIGN NOW!
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, lies, science, safety, risks, food, medicine, drinks, research, protection, prevention, interesting, health, healthcare, humans, illness, investigation, diet, disease, drugs, ethics, children, study, warning, nutrition, society, government, FDA )

Jim
- 26 days ago - forcechange.com
One would think that artificial sweeteners were originally developed as healthy alternatives to sugar. This is not true at all. Each artificial sweetener that is now on the market(saccharine, aspartame, cyclamate, acesulfame, and sucralose) was discovered
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Why Is Autism So Drastically on the Rise? An Environmental Horror Story
Health & Wellness  (tags: protection, healthconditions, Autism, destruction, health, healthcare, children, protection, prevention, environment, risks, interesting )

Cal
- 30 days ago - alternet.org
An investigation into the relationship between environmental poisons and human health is riveting -- and terrifying.
27 comments
Psychiatry and the DSM----Shredded
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, AlternativeMed, AlternativeMed, babies, children, diet, death, disease, government, drugs, environment, ethics, exercise, family, food, health, healthcare, humans, illness, interesting, investigation, medicine, nutrition, news, prevention, protecti )

Kenneth
- 31 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
An article on the placebo effect of antidepressants and a multitude of quotes by psychiatrists and psychologists who rip to shreds the field of Psychiatry and its billing book, the DSM
65 comments
URGENT! Deny Dow's Petition to Approve 2,4-D Resistant Corn - ACTION!
Health & Wellness  (tags: diet, family, food, government, health, prevention, protection, research, risks, safety )

Elizabeth
- 34 days ago - change.org
Please send comments before April 27 to USDA expressing your belief that the new Dow 2,4-D resistant corn should not be allowed on the market.
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