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- 02/02/12 - School Lunchrooms Put Planet and Kids at Risk
- 02/01/12 - Why You Absolutely Must Personally Treat Your Own Water
- 01/31/12 - Scientists Want FDA to Ban BPA, Endocrine Disruptors
- 01/31/12 - Monsanto's New Seeds Could be a Tech Dead End
- 01/30/12 - Hidden Risk: Mercury Pollution's Costs to Wildlife and People
- 01/30/12 - Antibiotics Prove Powerless as Super-Germs Spread
- 01/28/12 - Laughing at Pot Advocates? What's so Funny About Drug War?
- 01/28/12 - Can a Strong Coalition of Pot Activists Define Medical Marijuana Regulation -- And Avoid the Feds?
- 01/24/12 - Native Oregonian Robina Suwol Makes a Difference Protecting Health & the Environment
- 01/23/12 - Health Insurance Company Preys upon the Poor with Junk Food Reward Program for Vaccinating your Baby
- 01/22/12 - Warning: Medical Experts Are Now Working for Drug Companies
- 01/21/12 - Does Conflict of Interest Affect New Health Recommendations?
- 01/19/12 - The Cleaner Plate Club: Making Sustainable Food Realistic for Parents
- 01/19/12 - The Indoor Pollution Threat You May Not Have Known Existed
- 01/18/12 - HAPPYBELLIES Organic Baby Cereals Contain GMO DHA (Part 2)
- 01/18/12 - Children with ADHD are "Forced" to Take ADHD Drugs
- 01/17/12 - Dental Patients Beware: FDA Lets Dental Mercury Amalgam Action Deadline Pass Unmet
- 01/15/12 - New Analysis Finds Mammograms only Occasionally Save Lives
- 01/14/12 - Foods to Avoid to Reduce Risks of Breast Cancer
- 01/13/12 - Antiobiotics, Animals and the FDA
- 01/12/12 - Meating Halfway: Americans Opt for Less
- 01/12/12 - Action Alert: Pro-Fluoride Fanatics Pushing Pinellas County, Fla., Commission to Reinstate Water Fluoridation
- 01/12/12 - Study Suggests that Statins Can Be Used for Flu Treatment
- 01/11/12 - New FDA Numbers Reveal Food Animals Consume Lion's Share of Antibiotics
- 01/11/12 - The Very Real Danger of Genetically Modified Foods
- 01/11/12 - The Next Generation of GMOs Could be Especially Dangerous
- 01/11/12 - Can You Imagine a World Without Antibiotics?
- 01/11/12 - Five Packaged Foods You Never Need to Buy Again
- 01/11/12 - Rules Tighten on Use of Antibiotics on Farms Across the Globe
- 01/11/12 - Secrecy Still Protects Genetically Modified Foods from Disclosure
- 01/10/12 - Dr. Joe Mercola’s Health Recommendations
- 01/10/12 - 4 Creepy Ways Big Pharma Peddles its Drugs
- 01/09/12 - Are those Synthetic Vitamins Doing More Harm than Good?
- 01/09/12 - Homeopathic Alternatives to Antidepressant Drugs
- 01/09/12 - Pepsi's Lawyers Say Mountain Dew Can Dissolve a Mouse
- 01/06/12 - Nurses Call for Robin Hood Tax on Wall Street Speculators to Bolster Health Care
- 01/06/12 - Dr. Joe Mercola's Health Recommendations, Pt 1
- 01/05/12 - Colorado Works to Legalize Pot, Hands Over Twice the Signatures Needed for Ballot Approval
- 01/05/12 - Legal Pot? Washington Initiative for Marijuana Legalization Is Likely to Qualify for November Ballot
- 01/05/12 - F.D.A. Restricts Cephalosporin Antibiotics in Livestock, But Critics Point Out This is Only a Tiny Step Forward
- 01/04/12 - Senators Give Supplements a Lifeline
- 01/04/12 - FDA Withdraws Longstanding Petition to Regulate Antibiotics in Livestock Feed
- 01/03/12 - Is Monsanto's RoundUp Destroying Male Testosterone?
- 12/31/11 - Happy Bellies Organic Baby Cereals Contain GMO DHA
- 12/29/11 - FDA Draws Criticism After U-turn on Antibiotics in Animal Feed
- 12/24/11 - New Agtivist: Kandace Vallejo is Working for Food Access in the Heart of Texas
- 12/18/11 - The Dirty Little Secret Hidden in Some Health Foods - Soy Products
- 12/18/11 - Is Journalism the Drug Industry's New Lackey?
- 12/16/11 - Organic Caucus Chair Rep. Farr Investigates GMOs in Organic Baby Food
- 12/15/11 - Are You Eating, Drinking and Breathing Monsanto's New Agent Orange?
- 12/12/11 - Food Giants Fight Proposed Nutrition Guidelines
- 12/09/11 - Eating at Fast Food Restaurants May Lead to Food Poisoning
- 12/09/11 - Beware! USDA Organic Baby Foods Contain GMO DHA and ARA
- 12/08/11 - Cereal Offenders: How Do We Get the Sugar Out of Breakfast?
- 12/05/11 - Food Studies: The Invisibility of Modern Hunger
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Links
- Alliance for Natural Health
- Homeopathy Home
- Natural Herbs Guide
- Natural Medicine
- Holistic Moms
- Agenda for Shared Prosperity Healthcare Page
- The National Center for Homeopathy
- Environmental
Working Group - Natural News
- Flouride Action Network
- American Herbal
Products Association - ABC Homeopathy
- Center for Food Safety
- Consumers Union
- The Weston Price Foundation
- La Leche League
- LessCancer.org
- Mothering
- Mercola
- Citizens for Health
- Prevention Magazine
- American Association
for Health Freedom - HerbMed
- National Center for
Health Statistics - The Worlds Healthiest Foods
Health-Related OCA Campaigns
Coming Clean Campaign:
Organic Integrity in Body Care
Appetite for a Change
Children's Health Campaign
Mad Cow Disease:
Stop the Madness
News & Views on Mad Cow Disease
Nutri-Con
The Truth About Vitamins and Supplements
Swine and Bird Flu Info Page
Video: Mercury in Dental Fillings
Vaccines and Mercury?
Go to the FDA's website see which (surprisingly common) vaccines contain thimerosol, a mercury-containing compound linked to autism in children. Here is a direct link to the spreadsheet.
Resources
- HerbMed
Invaluable tool for researching and discovering herbs and their applications. - The Alternative Health Reporter
In-depth books and reports on alternative medicine solutions to common problems.
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