Archive for the 'Health' Category
Scientist Warns of Dire Consequences with Widespread Use of Glyphosate (RoundUp)
December 14th, 2010Grim. Via: Organic Consumers: In a paper published in the European Journal of Agronomy in October 2009, Huber and co-author G.S. Johal, from Purdue’s department of botany and plant pathology, state that the widespread use of glyphosate that we see today in agriculture in the United States can “significantly increase the severity of various plant […]
Federal Judge Strikes Down Obama Administration’s Requirement that All Americans Buy Health Insurance
December 14th, 2010Via: USA Today: A federal judge in Virginia has struck down the Obama administration’s requirement that all Americans buy health insurance, a key provision in the landmark health care bill that the president signed in March. Today’s ruling, if upheld, could undercut the entire health care plan, though U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson wrote that […]
CPS Investigated Father Because He Feeds His Children Organic Food, Drinks Non-Fluoridated Water and Has a Bug Out Bag?
December 13th, 2010I have no reason to doubt that this happened, but there’s no way for me to confirm it, either. The U.S. is an open air nut house. What passes for normal over there is unthinkable to me now and I’ve only been out of there for five years. So, buyer beware, your mileage may vary, […]
Haiti Cholera: UN Peacekeepers to Blame
December 8th, 2010Wow. I actually didn’t think much of a cholera outbreak in Haiti. Thousands of people, packed close together in camps without proper sanitation—it’s not much of a stretch to think that cholera could result. Weirdly, though, my dad was cryptically trying to tell me something about cholera on the phone a few weeks ago, but […]
Deadly Medicine: Lethal Profit Machine
December 7th, 2010Via: Vanity Fair: Prescription drugs kill some 200,000 Americans every year. Will that number go up, now that most clinical trials are conducted overseas—on sick Russians, homeless Poles, and slum-dwelling Chinese—in places where regulation is virtually nonexistent, the F.D.A. doesn’t reach, and “mistakes” can end up in pauper’s graves? The authors investigate the globalization of […]
Human Resources
December 5th, 2010If Cryptogon had a “required viewing” list, Human Resources would be at the top. However, this is not a movie for beginners. I’ve been gazing down the barrel of this predicament of ours for twenty years and I felt my pulse quicken and the hair on my arms standing on end as I watched this. […]
Why Farmers Are Flocking to Manure
December 5th, 2010I’d be extremely careful with manure from industrial livestock operations in the U.S. Most or all of what those animals eat is genetically engineered and they are pumped full of antibiotics and injections containing heavy metals. Animal manures can be wonderful fertilizers that build soil structure and increase beneficial biological activity in the soil. Just […]
Outbreak of Unidentified, Ebola-Like Disease in Uganda
December 3rd, 2010Via: ReliefWeb: An unidentified deadly disease broke out in Abim village located in the Karamoja region in northeastern Uganda in late October 2010. Several cases of the disease were reported and several deaths have resulted. The disease then spread from Karamoja to neighbouring districts. On December 1, some cases were also reported in Gulu. The […]
Court Ruling: Monsanto’s Genetically Engineered Sugar Beets Pose Risk of Irreparable Environmental Harm
December 3rd, 2010In case you’re wondering how this is going to wind up (on appeal), here are some hints: Monsanto Wins as Supreme Court Backs Alfalfa Seed Planting Change We Can Believe In: Obama Chooses Monsanto Creature, Tom Vilsack, for Secretary of Agriculture Has Obama Ever Met an Industrial Food Shill He Didn’t Appoint? Obama Gives Key […]
Pedophile Cult Urges Support for Dangerous FrankenpHood Crops
December 2nd, 2010Update: Pedophile Cult Leadership: Pro-GM Statement “Cannot be Considered an Official Position of the Holy See” Via: Catholic News Service: The Vatican did not endorse an 11-page final statement in favor of easing restrictions on and allowing more widespread use of genetically modified crops, especially in poorer nations, said a Vatican official. “The statement is […]
