List/Grid Tag Archives: USA
USDA Forces Whole Foods To Accept Monsanto
In the wake of a 12-year battle to keep Monsanto’s Genetically Engineered (GE) crops from contaminating the nation’s 25,000 organic farms and ranches, America’s organic consumers and producers are facing…
FDA’s New Claim: “Your Body Is a Drug and We Have the Authority to Regulate It!”
In another outrageous power-grab, FDA says your own stem cells are drugs and stem cell therapy is interstate commerce because it affects the bottom line of FDA-approved drugs in other…
3 Approved GMOs Connected to Organ Damage
In what is being described as the first ever and most comprehensive study of the effects of genetically modified foods on mammalian health, researchers have linked organ damage with consumption of…
Marijuana USA – CNBC Feature
Marijuana often seems almost incidental in drug discussions these days, but as CNBC’s Trish Regan persuasively argues in this new special, that assessment would be incorrect. While pot at one…
Americans Getting Fatter and Loving It, New Survey Shows
Americans are getting fatter and accepting their fatness in record numbers, according to a new poll. Compared with 1990, Americans on average are 20 pounds (nine kilograms) heavier now and…
BP Gets OK to Dump Mercury into Lake Michigan
A BP refinery in Indiana will be allowed to continue to dump mercury into Lake Michigan under a permit issued by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. The permit exempts…
Why Your Stitches Cost $1,500 – Part One
The United States has fallen behind other nations, failing to provide affordable healthcare to its citizens. Americans spend $477 billion a year MORE on healthcare than in other advanced countries….
Drug Deaths Now Out Number Traffic Fatalities In U.S., Data Show.
Propelled by an increase in prescription narcotic overdoses, drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in the United States, a Times analysis of government data has found. Drugs exceeded motor vehicle…
U.S. Germ Warfare Research Pushes Treaty Limits
Over the past several years, the United States has embarked on a program of secret research on biological weapons that, some officials say, tests the limits of the global treaty…
