All posts tagged with environmental toxins

(Natural News) Over the course of the next year, more than 60 million acres of the monarch butterfly’s natural habitat are expected to be sprayed with dicamba herbicide. The shocking report from the Center for Biological Diversity, a U.S. environmental group, explains that the widespread use of this toxin spells big trouble for the butterflies. […]

(Natural News) It’s been a long-known fact that certain chemicals pose a threat to nature and the environment – a major contributor of which are consumer products and agriculture. While experts can assess the risk that each product poses, there are some exceptions that cause challenges in determining the harmful effects of these chemicals. This phenomenon is […]

(Natural News) Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease plaguing people today, with an estimated 1 million Americans are battling this illness – more than Lou Gehrig’s disease, muscular dystrophy and multiple sclerosis combined. Parkinson’s causes certain nerve cells in the brain to die, affecting movement and causing worsening tremors and stiffness. The […]

(Natural News) The green energy “run of river” dams that have been gaining in popularity could have a very serious downside. This type of dam diverts a part of a stream though a set of turbines before feeding it back into the stream downriver. While proponents say this type of hydro project is desirable because […]

(Natural News) How you live your life affects your health, either positively or negatively. Having a healthy lifestyle is a must if you want to be free from diseases. Studies reveal that food, obesity and cancer are related to each other. Obesity is caused by the kind of food you eat. Mounting evidence has shown […]

(Natural News) Imagine for a moment if an online news media outlet that supposedly inspires citizen action on the environment and human rights was espousing that every American – man, woman or child – should be extra careful not to eat, drink or touch some specific poison that was spread around the land, but at […]

(Natural News) Allowing farmers to use raw sewage sludge or biosolids from wastewater treatment plants as a fertilizer is one of the greatest environmental crimes many people have never heard of, according to Mike Adams, an award-winning investigative journalist, internet activist, and science lab director known as the “Health Ranger” and founder and editor of […]