Air Pollution Linked to COPD, Decreased Lung Functioning

A new study has linked air pollution to decreases in lung functioning and an increased risk for COPD.

Highly Processed Diet Linked with Lowered Sperm Count: Study

Results from a new study out of Harvard indicate that young men who regularly consume diets of highly processed foods have lower sperm counts than their counterparts who eat healthier, more balanced diets of whole foods.

Triclosan Linked with Broken Bones in Women: Study

A new epidemiological study has linked exposure to Triclosan with broken bones among women.

Highly Processed Meats with Chemical Additives? Americans still say Bring It On

Despite the documented hazards of eating processed meats a new study has found that Americans are eating the same amount of processed meat today as they did eighteen years ago.

Another Cancer-Causing Chemical Discovered in Blood Pressure Meds

Another cancer-causing chemical (DMF) has been uncovered in blood-pressure pills called valsartan.

Potential Increased Lung Cancer Risk Linked to Fracking: Study

A new study has examined a completely different risk to fracking: excessive radon leaching into the airspace of the people whose homes are near fracking wells. This is deeply concerning because radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer.

Stop Exposing the Public to Unnecessary Toxic Chemicals: Scientists

Scientists are calling on corporations and regulators to stop unnecessarily exposing the public to potentially deleterious chemicals like PFAS.

The Junk Food-Food Allergy Link

The results of a new scientific study has researchers now warning of a potential link between highly processed junk food and the spike in food allergies.

Your food and bottled water contain tens of thousands of micro-plastic bits: New study

According to the results of a new scientific study, micro-plastics are pervasive in your food and drink and the average American consumes more than 70,000 particles of “microplastics” every year — and that’s likely an underestimation, say the scientists heading up the research.

Researchers Hide Key Facts from Participants in Another Attitudes about GMO Food Study

Yet another study has just been published that has as its premise, “If we could just get the idiot public to understand science, they would change their negative attitudes about GMO food”. The problem? As with the researchers that came before them did, the researchers in the current replication study neglected to inform study participants of TWO KEY FACTORS SURROUNDING GMO FOOD: (1) High levels of Monsanto’s Round-Up Weedkiller pesticide is present in GMO foods on the grocery shelves, and (2) No safety testing for GMO foods has ever been conducted in the U.S.