
Health Issues
Big Ag and Big Pharma are interested in profit, not public health, and their lobbyists fight to protect their corporate interests, not consumer interests. OCA advocates for a sustainable, integrative healthcare system with an emphasis on prevention, nutrition, wellness promotion, and freedom of choice in healthcare for everyone.
There's a mountain of evidence, including the testimonies of those who have been harmed, to show that these injections are not fit for purpose: they do not work, they are not safe, they systematically destroy our immune system, and they contain secret ingredients that have not been disclosed to the public, purportedly to protect pharmaceutical manufacturers’ commercial interests.
Read moreThe United States is experiencing an extreme teenage mental-health crisis. According to a new CDC study, from 2009 to 2021, the share of American high-school students who say they feel “persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness” rose from 26 percent to 44 percent. This is the highest level of teenage sadness ever recorded.
Read moreIn this entertaining and educational presentation, we will take you on a journey. We'll go back in time and discover how our food lost its nutritional value, how the food and chemical industries used clever advertising, propaganda and persuasion to not only influence the public’s perspective but to also control public health policies.
Read moreA recent study by ÖKO-TEST (the German equivalent of Consumer Reports) found trace amounts of glyphosate in beer for 12 of the 50 German beer brands they tested. Only the organic brands showed no detectable levels.
You can read details from the ÖKO-TEST study here, but it's in German, so keep reading as we analyze the findings.
Read moreA California judge has ruled that a state pesticide spraying program must end because it did not fully consider the impacts on public health or warn people of those risks.
The ruling was issued by the Superior Court of California – County of Sacramento May 19 in response to a lawsuit brought by the City of Berkeley and 11 environmental and public health groups.
Read moreMicroplastics used to make surgical masks were found in 11 of 13 patients undergoing lung surgery.
Read moreWe are increasingly living on a plastic planet. Due to the explosion in plastic production and use, plastic pollution has grown exponentially in recent years. Tiny particles of plastic — or microplastic — are accumulating across the planet in even the most remote areas, in the air, in water, in soil, in plants, and in animals, including in our bodies. Humans are ingesting and breathing plastics and the toxins they contain through this continued environmental exposure.
Read moreTips for mothers on how to manage during the infant formula shortage.
Read moreYour ability to detoxify is in grave danger as the FDA threatens to ban compounded glutathione. Help us protect access. Action Alert!
Read moreA bad supplement policy is moving forward on multiple fronts now. This is the biggest threat to supplements in over a decade. Action Alert!
This week the Senate HELP Committee released its draft of the must-pass FDA user fee legislation, and unfortunately our greatest fear has been realized: it includes Senator Durbin’s (D-IL) mandatory product listing for dietary
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