
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.
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Read moreProminent Democrats have urged the Biden administration to go easy on certain chemicals and toxics despite the party’s focus on public health and the environment, according to correspondence obtained by E&E News under the Freedom of Information Act. Many Democrats have showered the administration with letters to increase scrutiny of “forever chemicals.”
Read moreThese are the scathing conclusions of a new investigative report into the AND’s operations. It tells a crony story that many of us know all too well: the “experts” who wield considerable power and influence over national food policies are beholden to the junk food companies driving the chronic disease epidemic.
Read moreAvocados have gone from a very popular food that is also good for you, to almost a cult. Sales have soared across the globe, but here's what you haven't been told about this beguiling green fruit.
Read moreThe Indian government is finally ‘satisfied’ formally that the use of glyphosate, a widely used weedicide, involves health hazards for human beings and animals. However, the use is still restricted and not banned. Around 35 brands of glyphosate are available in India, according to a report by the Pesticide Action Network (PAN), a non-profit working on pesticide issues.
Read moreOn Oct. 18, researchers from NC State University announced the results of a multi-year study that involved analyzing blood samples of 1,020 participants across three communities in the Cape Fear Region for GenX. Roughly, half of the participants in the GenX Exposure Study live in the lower Cape Fear region.
Read moreMinnesota is bringing in "state-of-the-art technology" to remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from contaminated water in the east metro, pollution control officials announced Monday. According to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the new tech will be deployed this fall as part of ongoing work to address PFAS contamination, which affects the drinking water for around 174,000 residents.
Read moreToday The Guardian and The New Lede published the third story in the series about paraquat and Parkinson’s disease - a look into why so many independent scientists say there is a clear association between the common weed killer and the dreaded brain disease, but regulators disagree.
Read moreWhatever you may currently think about the SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, it is a fact that more than 5.41 billion people worldwide have received a dose of some type of COVID-19 vaccine, equal to about 70.5 percent of the world population. In the United States as of October 17, 2022, 494.74 million “initial protocol doses” of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine have been administered, together with 138.16 million “booster” doses. 265.59 million US residents have received at least one dose, and 226.59 million
Read moreA recently published, CDC-funded study was conducted in response to a call by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in 2013 for more research into the safety of vaccines, including their use of aluminum as an adjuvant. The results show that children vaccinated with most or all of the recommended aluminum-containing vaccines had a 36 percent higher risk of being
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