Health Issues

Lawyers involved in U.S. litigation accusing Syngenta AG of spending decades selling an herbicide that causes Parkinson’s disease are moving toward selection of a bellwether trial to be held roughly a year from now, according to the federal judge overseeing the litigation.

The following editorial is a summary statement of the main factors affecting the well-being of our children, and not meant to provide an all-inclusive list.  Whilst it is known that children are inundated with over 100,000 chemicals according to the European Environment Agency (EEA), as well as other environmental insults, there are clearly priorities that must be principally showcased and addressed.  Six major areas that require urgent attention are

Corporate Dems are trying to prevent the government from securing lower prices for drugs that the government already funded.

Researchers stressed the need for future studies to assess the risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon chemicals, inhaled by people grilling burgers, waiting in traffic or breathing smoke from a wood fire, noting that the total toxicity might not always be as simple as just adding up the toxicity of the individual compounds.