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Shilajit heavy metals test results released by the non-profit Consumer Wellness Center: HealthForce shows by far the highest in lead and aluminum among brands tested

9/21/2016 - The non-profit Consumer Wellness Center has just published heavy metals tests results for eight of the most popular brands of Shilajit, a black tar-like substance that oozes out from between the rocks of mountains. See published results here. Many U.S. dietary supplement consumers are eating Shilajit...

STOP THE LEAD POISONING: Health Ranger advises natural products retailers to pull all Shilajit products delivering over 1 microgram of lead per day

9/21/2016 - Following the publishing of accredited heavy metals test results showing the majority of Shilajit products containing concerning levels of lead, a toxic heavy metal, today I am officially urging health product retailers nationwide to pull all Shilajit products delivering over 1 microgram of lead per...

Pepsi admits its soda contains cancer-causing ingredients

9/15/2016 - When the Center for Environmental Health released test results showing that Pepsi intentionally covered up the presence of high levels of 4-Mel in its popular soft drinks in 2013, the company denied both the presence of this chemical in its beverages and the fact that it was dangerous. 4-Mel, which...

General Mills sued for false use of 'natural' claim on Nature Valley Granola Bars, found to contain glyphosate

8/31/2016 - General Mills is being sued for misleading use of the term "natural" on packages of Nature Valley granola bars, which have been shown to contain residues of the toxic herbicide glyphosate (Roundup). The lawsuit, filed by Moms Across America, Beyond Pesticides and the Organic Consumers Association,...

New 'GMO-labeling law' violates state sovereignty, trampling food transparency laws in Vermont and other regions

7/6/2016 - Should the American people compromise their health and future by letting the biotech industry continue to operate in sheer secrecy? The new "anti-GMO labeling law" proposed in the U.S. Senate by Roberts and Stabenow would allow the biotech industry to continue on just as they have – in utter...

Gross scientific misconduct: How GMO scientists lied about GM corn to engineer a fake consumer choice study

6/6/2016 - A study published in 2004 received an award from the British Food Journal (BFJ) as the "most outstanding paper" of the year has been exposed as a total fraud. Authored by biotech hack Shane Morris, the study, entitled Agronomic and consumer considerations for Bt and conventional sweet-corn, used deceptive...

Consumer advocacy groups are taking the FDA to court over genetically modified salmon

4/30/2016 - The FDA is currently being sued by a coalition group made up of environmental, consumer and commercial organizations for approving the farming of genetically engineered (GE) salmon, according to The Hill. The coalition is being represented by a legal counsel from the Center for Food Safety and Earth...

Oregon senator introduces national GMO-labeling law, urges FDA to work with food companies to uniformly label GMOs

3/18/2016 - Consumer demand for clean, healthy, and non-GMO foods has gained unstoppable momentum, causing a major blow to the agrichemical industry, which relies heavily on genetically altered crops and millions of tons of toxic pesticides. Though seed giants like Monsanto and DuPont, as well Big Food companies...

DARK Act defeated in U.S. Senate as lawmakers receive tidal wave of calls from angry food consumers who are tired of being LIED to about GMO in their food

3/16/2016 - The DARK Act was defeated in the U.S. Senate today, achieving a massive victory for consumers and also for the Environmental Working Group, which helped organize large-scale opposition to the bill. The DARK Act would have outlawed state-level GMO labeling laws nationwide, condemning American food...

Campbell's Soup Co. announces GMO labeling for its food products, supports mandatory GMO labeling and consumers' right to know

1/13/2016 - A big THANK YOU goes out to Campbell's Soup Company for taking a step in the right direction and announcing GMO labeling for all their food products. All ingredients in Campbell's food products that contain genetically modified organisms will now be labeled. It's still unclear whether the labels will...

Campbell's calls for nationwide mandatory GMO labeling, revokes support for anti-labeling front groups run by biotech mafia

1/12/2016 - Campbell's just made food history. It announced support for nationwide GMO labeling while revoking its support for biotech front groups that oppose GMO labeling ballot initiatives at the state level. In an announcement on its website, Campbell's CEO Denise Morrison threw down the gauntlet, declaring...

Majority of McCormick spices to be converted to organic, non-GMO by 2016

10/10/2015 - McCormick, the world's largest spice company, has its sights set on going almost entirely organic and non-GMO by 2016. The announcement comes on the heels of many other large food outlets jumping on the organic and non-GMO bandwagon and is also representative of consumers' increased demands for healthier...

Rand Paul begins shilling for Monsanto

9/16/2015 - In a strange twist, Rand Paul has recently allied with Monsanto and has joined the ranks of academic shill Kevin Folta after coming out against GMO labeling, stating that the labeling requirements would push up the price of food for consumers — particularly poor ones. To make matters worse,...

The dark side of libertarianism: Pushing corporate poisons under the false banner of "consumer freedom"

9/11/2015 10:37:08 AM - Most Americans have never heard of a Washington, D.C., lobbyist by the name of Richard Berman, but he is one of the people responsible for all that is wrong in the nation's capital and our political system. According to the web site Consumer Deception, Berman runs a couple of different Washington-based...

Consumer Reports finds hamburger from grass-fed and organic cattle poses fewer health risks

8/27/2015 - Consumer Reports tested 300 samples (458 pounds) of hamburger from 103 stores from 26 cities for bacterial contamination, comparing "sustainable" meat to conventional meat. (Sustainable, in this study, referred to beef from cattle that was not given antibiotics). What they found was both enlightening...

Sorry, Monsanto

3/30/2015 12:21:10 PM - A few weeks ago, I spoke by phone with Cathleen Enright, executive vice president of the Biotech Industry Organization (BIO).[1] (Long story). (Story by Katherine Paul, republished from CounterPunch.org.) During the course of our conversation, when we touched on the subject of the science...

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary fined paltry amount for contaminated infant medicine

3/17/2015 - In May of 2009, a consumer noticed black specks in the bottom of a bottle of Infants' Tylenol, which were found to be nickel and chromium particles. McNeil Consumer Healthcare, of Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, pled guilty to charges of selling contaminated medicines...

FDA refuses to label GMOs despite Americans' overwhelming support for labeling

3/11/2015 - A powerful, knowledge-suppressing lobby exists in the US, and it has a stranglehold on the decision making of government officials who oversee food safety. This powerful industry alters the nature of food, patents the changes, profits en masse and then uses their monetary influence and control over...

GMOs invade fruit industry: Apples, pears, cherries and peaches to all become unlabeled GMO

2/14/2015 - Genetically modified apples have been approved by the industry-corrupted USDA, a federal regulator that accomplishes for the biotech industry the same thing the FDA achieves for Big Pharma: unlimited profits, lax regulation and a ready willingness to accept fabricated "science" as fact. "The USDA's...

Former Forbes writer accuses Consumer Reports of being "radical" for revealing GMO ingredients (UPDATE)

1/27/2015 11:34:04 AM - A recent issue of Consumer Reports (CR) discussing the popularity of processed milk alternatives, and whether or not people should drink them, has drawn the infamous pro-GMO serpent Jon Entine from the depths. The Monsanto-affiliated former shill writer for Forbes spewed a real mouthful in a recent...

Consumer Wellness Center awards eleven grants to help teach food self-reliance, nutrition and healthy food choice to women and children

1/12/2015 - As the Executive Director of the Consumer Wellness Center (www.ConsumerWellness.org), I'm thrilled to announce the 2014 grant recipients who received grant funding from the CWC to promote food self-reliance and nutrition programs all around the world. As Natural News readers know, the CWC is a non-profit...

'Humanely raised' chickens suffer torturous existance, "The consumer is being hoodwinked'

12/23/2014 - Jim Perdue, the self-proclaimed "head cheerleader" for Perdue Farms, proclaims, in a video produced by his company, that he and his company always want to "do the right thing." It's such a catchy phrase to listen to while watching Perdue drive his pick-up truck down a highway, yellow ball cap perched...

Deception: Major tortilla chip brand using 'No GMO' label on contaminated product

12/22/2014 1:35:12 PM - The nonprofit consumer advocacy group Consumer Reports has released a new report on genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) that warns of inadvertent deception and possible outright fraud in non-GMO claims that aren't certified by independent third parties such as the NON-GMO Project. The popular tortilla...

New Consumer Report: Just one weekly serving of rice pasta could put your baby at risk for arsenic poisoning

11/19/2014 12:20:13 PM - A new analysis by Consumer Reports explains how easy it is for infants to consume dangerous amounts of arsenic in common foods like hot rice cereal and rice pasta. Just one serving of rice pasta can put your child over the recommended weekly limit, according to the new report, which also details safer...

Labeling GMO foods would cost consumers less than 1 cent per day, report says

10/29/2014 - As suspected by many health food advocates who are pushing for GMO labeling laws in various states, the alarm that labeling GMOs would drastically increase food prices is bogus. But it works on the unthinking masses who don't really care enough about what they eat to send them to the polls, voting against...

Consumer Wellness Center announces Holly Moran Nutrition Education Grant Program; applications now open for 2014

10/13/2014 - As the executive director of the non-profit Consumer Wellness Center, I'm thrilled to bring you this announcement today: The Consumer Wellness Center (CWC), a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting nutrition as a way to prevent disease and enhance human health and longevity, announces its...

Whole Foods' Greek yogurt has 6 times more sugar than label claims, says class-action lawsuit

9/6/2014 - Engrossed in yet another legal battle, Whole Foods is being accused of falsely labeling the ingredients in the grocer's 365 Everyday Value Plain Greek Yogurt, according to a report by Courthouse News Service. The same lawyers who sued Subway over the lengths of their foot-long sandwiches have filed...

Consumer groups can reduce prices and improve free market without government bureaucracy

8/16/2014 - When the free market fails or becomes corrupted, many people's first instinct is to call on the government to intervene and make things right. But a new study out of the UK has found that ordinary people can bring about real change when they simply band together with one another and use the power of...

Make your Amazon.com purchases count: Click this link to support the Consumer Wellness Center

8/10/2014 - To their credit, Amazon.com has rolled out their "smile" program which donates 0.5% of qualified purchases to the non-profit charity of your choice. All you have to do is click a link before you shop at Amazon.com, and the rest is automatic. That's why today, I'm asking all Natural News fans, readers...

The Oregonian opposes GMO food labeling because they think you're too stupid to understand

7/11/2014 - The editorial board for The Oregonian is against GMO food labeling, justifying their position by saying that the FDA feels that "there is simply no scientific or nutritional basis to do so." Once upon a time, the federal government said that lead-based paint and leaded gasoline were safe, only to...

Non-GMO soybean oil announced by Cargill as consumer demand for non-toxic food skyrockets

7/2/2014 - Agri-giant Cargill is responding to market pressure and will be introducing a soybean oil made from identity-preserved (IdP), conventionally bred soybeans (these are non-GMO) for customers who are considering shopping for products with a "non-GMO" sticker on their label. "Despite the many merits...

The Great Boycott: Monsanto and the GMA

5/15/2014 4:17:40 PM - Defying repeated threats of a lawsuit from Monsanto and the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), on May 8, Peter Shumlin, Governor of Vermont, signed a historic bill requiring food manufacturers to label genetically engineered (GE) foods, and to drop the practice of labeling GE foods as "natural"...

Safeguard Organic Standards: 10 Reasons Consumers Buy Organic

5/6/2014 - The Organic Consumers Association (OCA), in a series of action alerts over the past month, has criticized the gradual erosion of organic standards by vested corporate interests in the organic products industry. OCA, a nationwide watchdog organization set up to safeguard organic standards 16 years...

Monsanto and Big Food Losing the GMO and 'Natural' Food Fight

4/18/2014 - After 20 years of battling Monsanto and corporate agribusiness, food and farm activists in Vermont, backed by a growing Movement across the country, are on the verge of a monumental victory - mandatory labels on genetically engineered foods and a ban on the routine industry practice of labeling GMO-tainted...

Corporate Clout Chips away at Organic Standards

4/6/2014 - Co-authored by Alexis Baden-Mayer and Ronnie Cummins. The Organic Consumers Association has a long history http://organicconsumers.org/articles/article_21845.cfm of defending the integrity of organic standards. Last September, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), under pressure from corporate...

Harmful chemicals in consumer products could be banned in Vermont thanks to new bill

4/3/2014 - It's always refreshing to learn about legislation actually designed to protect the public. A recent move by Vermont is attempting to do just that after the state Senate voted 17-11 to require harmful chemicals found in consumer products to be labeled and/or regulated. Last week, state officials gave...

California seeks to remove toxins from consumer goods

3/25/2014 - California is ripe for its share of disbelief and criticism over some offbeat policies and social mandates, but one thing that residents of the state are consistent about is their attempt to identify and rid themselves of harmful substances. Regular readers of Natural News may recall that we supported...

No consumers allowed at biotech industry's secret 'GMO consumer benefit'

3/4/2014 - The biotechnology industry has proven that it will stop at nothing to get genetically engineered foods into Europe, even if this means holding secret meetings with politicians and policymakers to scheme ways to thrust the technology onto an unwilling public. The independent research group Corporate...

Why Dr. Oz was right to warn consumers about lead in Shakeology Greenberry protein powder

3/3/2014 - The health industry is suddenly buzzing with more findings about heavy metals in protein products, and Dr. Oz is beginning to warn viewers about lead in some products. This is on top of Natural News finding substantial concentrations of the heavy metal tungsten in organic vegan rice protein products...

UPDATE: Garden of Life, SunWarrior, Natural News reach industry-leading agreement for the future of brown rice protein

2/4/2014 - UPDATE: The story which originally appeared here is now irrelevant and has been replaced with this groundbreaking, history-making announcement: I'm thrilled today to be able to announcing a groundbreaking "industry accord" agreement which will have dramatic, positive ramifications for the future...

Why isn't the FTC prosecuting Healthcare.gov for false advertising and consumer fraud?

11/22/2013 - Say you were the CEO of a corporation who had spent years pitching a new product in development. Say you promised that the product would do certain things, would not do other things and would work a certain way. Say you build a website that would serve as the portal for your new product or service....

U.S. government may force doctors to accept Obamacare and Medicare patients, eventually at gunpoint

11/4/2013 - The primary tool of socialism is force, and while that force usually begins with good intentions codified into law, it inevitably ends up with the kind of force used by Mao Zedong to murder millions of his own citizens. "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun," he famously stated, and Obama-supporting...

Millions against Monsanto: 5 Lessons from the Battle against GMOs

11/2/2013 - Twenty years after the controversial introduction of unlabeled and untested genetically engineered foods and crops, opposition to GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) and Monsanto has created one of the largest netroots-grassroots movements in the U.S. There are arguably more important issues facing...

Cell phone radiation safety standards must be strengthened, claim 12 leading public health and consumer safety groups

9/20/2013 - Twelve leading public health and consumer groups are calling on the U.S. government to review the current outdated and inadequate wireless safety standards to better protect both young people and adults from electromagnetic field exposures (EMF) from devices like cell phones, cordless phones, WiFi and...

Federal consumer 'protection' bureau caught data-mining the private financial records of millions of Americans

9/17/2013 - The very nature of the Obama administration is an exercise in Orwellian theory. The president claims that his administration will be the "most transparent" in U.S. history but covers up everything. He claims to want to "help working class families," but he directs his bureaucracy to unleash a...

Toxic, cancer-causing arsenic found in rice products -- even organic rice milk

9/9/2013 - As a follow-up to an investigation it conducted earlier in the year on arsenic levels in popular fruit juices (http://www.consumerreports.org), the consumer advocacy group Consumer Reports has released a new report about arsenic levels in rice and rice products, the findings of which may come as a surprise...

Pedigree dog food may be endangering your pet, yet no recall despite over 300 complaints from customers

8/20/2013 - If you own pets, it is probably worth your while to take a closer look at what you are feeding them to determine whether or not it is actually safe. A recent review of the consumer watchdog website, ConsumerAffairs.com, reveals that popular dog food brand Pedigree has received hundreds of complaints...

Millions against Monsanto: On the Road to Victory

7/19/2013 - "The harder they come the harder they fall, one and all." Jimmy Cliff, reggae classic After enjoying a year of maximum profits, record stock prices, the defeat of a major GMO (genetically modified organism) labeling campaign in California, pro-industry court decisions, and a formidable display of...

Massive government program uncovered that monitors all your personal financial data

7/14/2013 - A noted legal watchdog group says records it has obtained from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reveals that the federal agency has spent millions on warrantless collection and analysis of Americans' financial data and transactions, and that CFPB contractors may also be required to provide that...

How the Farm Bill could undermine the future of GMO labeling by individual states

6/21/2013 - The Republicrats in the U.S. Congress have once again betrayed their constituents by voting down an amendment to the upcoming Farm Bill that would have openly recognized the right of individual states to choose whether or not to label genetically-modified organisms (GMOs). And even though the federal...

Europe rejects GMO crops; kinder gentler America seeks labeling

6/4/2013 - It's a scandal. Monsanto has just announced it's giving up on most of Europe: people there don't want GMO food. In America, the struggle is for labeling GMOs. This is some kind of "fairness doctrine." Let the US consumer decide what kind of food to buy. Choice. It's the American way, right? No,...

Analysis: Rand Paul's response to GMO labeling and the proper role of limited government

5/31/2013 - Like many Natural News readers, I was astonished when Sen. Rand Paul voted against a recent amendment that would have allowed states to enact their own local laws regarding GMO labeling. Rand Paul's answer to why he voted against the amendment, however, is a coherent argument that deserves additional...

3D printers may revolutionize more than just consumer products - Scientists can now print human 'tissue' and functional artificial ears

5/24/2013 - The age of 3D printing is here - and not only for common household products. Scientists have discovered a way to print a tissue-like material as well as an artificial ear, potentially revolutionizing how physicians approach the replacement of damaged areas of the body. Still in its infancy, 3D printing...

Consumer group urges Trader Joe's to stop selling meat from animals raised on antibiotics

5/12/2013 - There is a very real public health crisis looming on the horizon, and its origins stem from the common food industry practice of force-feeding antibiotic drugs to cattle in order to bulk them up and rush their meat to market as quickly as possible. And a major consumer advocacy group is calling on the...

Shifting from being a consumer to a producer

5/3/2013 - Confucius said that the health of a nation could be determined by the integrity of its homes. If we apply that standard, we're in trouble. Culturally, most Americans don't even have homes anymore. They have houses, not homes. Homes are something that are made, not bought. And, homes, thus, require homemakers....

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