A group from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, has tested the effects of a commonly used herbicide named Roundup on hormonal balance in rats. In a recently published paper in the journal Toxicology Reports, Prof Medhamurthy Rudraiah at MRDG, IISC, and his student Aparamita Pandey say that Roundup can cause imbalances in the […]
Court Rejects USDA Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit on Organic Change Rule
On Thursday September 10, a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, in a bench ruling, rejected the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) motion to dismiss a federal lawsuit (Case3:15-cv-01690) that challenges the National Organic Program’s (NOP) failure to follow proper legal procedures in making a substantial rule change to the […]
Breastfeeding may expose infants to toxic chemicals
A widely used class of industrial chemicals linked with cancer and interference with immune function–perfluorinated alkylate substances, or PFASs–appears to build up in infants by 20%-30% for each month they’re breastfed, according to a new study co-authored by experts from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. It is the first study to show the […]
Manhatten Project landfill fire smouldering in St. Louis
It’s “when” not “if” an underground Manhatten Project fire at the Bridgeton landfill reaches nuclear waste in the nearby West Lake landfill, St. Louis County. For five years, the people of the St. Louis County neighborhoods surrounding the site have endured noxious smells released by the combusting waste. WWII era Manhattan Project atomic weapons production waste has […]
New test detects all viruses that infect people, animals
A new test detects virtually any virus that infects people and animals, according to research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, where the technology was developed. Many thousands of viruses are known to cause illness in people and animals, and making a diagnosis can be an exhaustive exercise, at times requiring a […]
More Dangerous than GMO’s! ~ BioEngineered NanoFoods
For over 15 years dangerous and deadly bioengineered NanoFood has been taken over our commercial and corporate food supplies. Unregulated, untested, Nanotechnology was a $One Trillion dollar market in 2014 while Engineered NanoFoods was said to be at $5.8 Billion in 2012. The nanotechnology in foods has been found in studies to cause entry into […]
Chemical exposure linked to rising diabetes, obesity risk
Emerging evidence ties endocrine-disrupting chemical exposure to two of the biggest public health threats facing society — diabetes and obesity, according to the executive summary of an upcoming Scientific Statement issued today by the Endocrine Society. The statement’s release comes as Society experts are addressing a global meeting, the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM4), […]
Home Pesticide Exposure Tied to Child Cancer Risk
There is an increasing concern about chronic low-level pesticide exposure during childhood and its influence on childhood cancers. A number of studies have found an association between pesticides and certain childhood cancers. Childhood exposure to indoor but not outdoor residential insecticides was associated with a significant increase in risk of childhood leukemia and childhood lymphomas. A […]
Heavy Rains From Typhoon Etau Cause Leaks At Fukushima Daiichi
Heavy rains from Typhoon Etau caused intermittent drainage overflows at Fukushima Daiichi on Sept. 9. The water involved appears to have been tainted. The overflow was from channels that drain surface water from various parts the facility. None of this surface water comes in contact with the more highly contaminated parts of the facility and, […]
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Considers Amending Radioactive Release Regulations
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received three petitions for rulemaking (PRM) requesting that the NRC amend its “Standards for Protection Against Radiation” regulations and change the basis of those regulations from the Linear No-Threshold (LNT) model of radiation protection to the radiation hormesis model. The radiation hormesis model provides that exposure of the […]