Organic Diets Keep Kids Pesticide Free
Researchers have shown that children who switch their diet for just a few days to organic food from non organic food lowered the levels of pesticides in their bodies dramatically and...
Environment
New Study: GM Corn Causes Cancer
A new study recently (circa Sept 20120) published in the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology, researchers from The Committee for Research & Independent Information on Genetic Engineering...
Enviro Chemicals And Obesity Link
Is the obesity epidemic something more than mass gluttony, or mass brainwashing? What if alterations in people's DNA caused by environmental toxins was responsible? Chemicals called obesogens, found in everyday things like our cars, our homes and...
Are there enough fish in the sea?
Beaches, BBQs and seafood are all a part of Australia’s holiday pastime. Protecting it means learning to think sustainably about the seafood choices we make, writes Australian Marine Conservation Society’s Craig Bohm. First published in...
Pesticides And ADHD Link
A study published in May 2010 in the US Journal Pediatrics, shows that children exposed to pesticides found in commercially grown fruit and veggies, in particular organophosphates (an ingredient in Monsanto's notorious RoundUp) were more likely to...
Chemicals Destroying Male Fertility
According to a report released on 2009 by the UK non profit CHEM Trust hormone disrupting chemicals that are found in everyday consumer products are destroying male reproductive health. An ever increasing number of chemicals found in plastics,...
Stomach bacteria and your health
Many theories have emerged about stomach bacteria and your health with modern-day hygiene actually reducing the strength of our immune systems because we are not exposed to so many bugs...