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August 14, 2018 - Issue 4383


The European Union Versus US Food and Drug Administration — One Protects Consumers; the Other Ignores Them

EU bans dental amalgam use in children

August 14, 2018

It took years to accomplish this across the pond, and as a result, millions will not have to endure the pernicious threat to their health like those living here. Protected by government agencies, practitioners here can continue to rake in fast profits at the expense of their patients' well-being.

The Organic Corporate Takeover

organic label

August 14, 2018

The Organic Trade Association (OTA), a leading organization dedicated to promoting and protecting the organic label, is filled with corporate members that produce toxic pesticides and genetically engineered (GE) foods. With mega-corporations increasingly taking over organic, can the organic label really be trusted?

How Factory Farms Pump, Poison and Pollute the Earth

factory farms pollute earth

August 14, 2018

Industrial agriculture, including concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), or factory farms, receive some negative attention for their role in pollution and mistreatment of animals, but their crimes go even further, from poisoning non-farmland with toxic chemicals to draining underground water supplies that may never be replenished.