Archive for the 'Health' Category
Tobacco Farmers Claim Monsanto, Philip Morris and Other U.S. Tobacco Giants Knowingly Poisoned Them, Causing “Devastating Birth Defects” in Their Children
April 11th, 2012Via: Courthouse News Service: Monsanto, Philip Morris and other U.S. tobacco giants knowingly poisoned Argentinean tobacco farmers with pesticides, causing “devastating birth defects” in their children, dozens of workers claim in court. The farmers, on their own behalf and for their injured children, sued Altria Group fka Philip Morris Cos., Philip Morris USA, Carolina Leaf […]
Hack Attacks Warning On Medical Implants
April 11th, 2012Via: Tech Week Europe: Security firms have warned hackers could use radio signals to attack pacemakers and other medical implants, potentially killing people. Researchers from McAfee have shown they can take control of insulin pumps implanted inside diabetes patients, while scientists at the University of Massachussetts have shown they can use radio attacks to turn […]
Radioactive Particles from Fukushima Disaster Were Detected in Kelp Off Southern California
April 10th, 2012Via: San Francisco Chronicle: Kelp off California was contaminated with short-lived radioisotopes a month after Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant accident, a sign that the spilled radiation reached the state’s coastline, according to a new scientific study. Scientists from CSU Long Beach tested giant kelp collected off Orange County, Santa Cruz and other locations after […]
A Fog of Drugs and War
April 9th, 2012Via: Los Angeles Times: More than 110,000 active-duty Army troops last year took antidepressants, sedatives and other prescription medications. Some see a link to aberrant behavior. … In a small but growing number of cases across the nation, lawyers are blaming the U.S. military’s heavy use of psychotropic drugs for their clients’ aberrant behavior and […]
Situation at Fukushima Has Potential to, “Destroy the World Environment and Our Civilization”
April 8th, 2012Via: Akio Matsumura: Japan’s former Ambassador to Switzerland, Mr. Mitsuhei Murata, was invited to speak at the Public Hearing of the Budgetary Committee of the House of Councilors on March 22, 2012, on the Fukushima nuclear power plants accident. Before the Committee, Ambassador Murata strongly stated that if the crippled building of reactor unit 4—with […]
Scientists Rewrite Rules of Human Reproduction
April 7th, 2012Via: Independent: The first human egg cells that have been grown entirely in the laboratory from stem cells could be fertilised later this year in a development that will revolutionise fertility treatment and might even lead to a reversal of the menopause in older women. Scientists are about to request a licence from the UK […]
Majority of Landmark Cancer Studies Cannot Be Replicated
April 6th, 2012Mmm hmm. Via: Slashdot: “During a decade as head of global cancer research at Amgen, C. Glenn Begley identified 53 ‘landmark’ publications — papers in top journals, from reputable labs — for his team to reproduce. Begley sought to double-check the findings before trying to build on them for drug development. Result: 47 of the […]
Poland to Ban Monsanto’s GM Maize
April 6th, 2012Via: AFP: Poland will impose a complete ban on growing the MON810 genetically modified strain of maize made by US company Monsanto on its territory, Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki said Wednesday. “The decree is in the works. It introduces a complete ban on the MON810 strain of maize in Poland,” Sawicki told reporters, adding that […]
Michigan: Owning Certain Kinds of Pigs Could Land You in Jail for 4 Years
April 4th, 2012Via: Alternet: Owning certain kinds of pigs — namely the ones not raised on industrial hog farms — could land you in jail for 4 years. … The traditional white swine favored by Big Ag doesn’t run any risk of falling under the ‘feral’ classification. They’re raised indoors by the thousands, so no need for […]
Newborn Seized in Hospital by Police, Social Worker
April 3rd, 2012Update: Case of Seized Newborn May Now Proceed — Via: HSLDA: Jodi went into labor a bit earlier than she had expected—and the baby was coming rapidly. Given their location and other factors, the midwife they had hoped would deliver the baby at their home encouraged them to get in an ambulance and head to […]
