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02/19/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Produce suppliers are now using a chemical “freshness preserver technology” on your fruits and vegetables … but is it SAFE?

You may want to reconsider biting into that fresh apple. A GreenMedInfo article sounded the alarm about a cancer-causing, gene-damaging chemical liberally used by suppliers as a “freshness preserver technology” for fruits and vegetable. Used by the U.S. and more than forty countries, the carcinogenic and genotoxic chemical is made by AgroFresh Solutions, Inc., and it goes […]

02/11/2018 / By Earl Garcia

Green leafy vegetables irrigated with wastewater may contain high levels of toxic heavy metals

A study published in the IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology showed that irrigating agricultural fields and green leafy vegetables with wastewater may result in potentially hazardous buildup of heavy metals including copper (Cu), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn), as well as nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr) and cadmium (Cd). “On the survey of study […]

07/25/2016 / By JD Heyes

What you’re not supposed to know about sunscreen and sunlight exposure

What do you think you would hear if you were to ask someone what they knew about sunscreen? If you’re like most people, you’re liable to hear lots of disinformation from someone who has been repeatedly misinformed by so-called health authorities and the mainstream media. Since nearly nothing you would hear about sunscreen from traditional […]

03/14/2016 / By Chris Draper

How food affects your mood

Mental illness is one of the greatest epidemics of modern times and is on par with cancer, diabetes and heart disease. Instead of seeking a cure, however, Big Pharma treats mental illness as just another disease, which can be mitigated by mind altering drugs. Meanwhile, effective nutritional and environmental therapies for mental illness are ignored. […]

03/07/2016 / By Tara Paras

Want to get rid of mosquitoes? Yarrow herb is a healthier, safer alternative to DEET

Many conventional bug sprays nowadays use DEET, a slightly yellow, oil-based neurotoxic chemical, as their active ingredient. While it may seem to work well against annoying critters at home, DEET has also been shown to cause skin allergies, fatigue, muscle pain and even memory loss for some! If you really want to protect yourself and your family against […]

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