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Common acetaminophen labels being changed to highlight liver damage risks

9/22/2016 - The Canadian government is requiring stricter warning labels on products containing acetaminophen, in the hopes of preventing lethal side effects stemming from consumers unwittingly taking too much of the dangerous over-the-counter drug. Acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, and is highly...

Top 8 labels NOBODY reads even though the products contain neurotoxic and carcinogenic agents that cause severe health damage

8/7/2016 - First, realize that you cannot count all the times you've read the label on food products to check for ingredients you did not want to consume. Some people have severe allergies to nuts, dairy, gluten, MSG or aspartame – and the list goes on. Other people just want to avoid processed and synthetic...

President Obama signs bill that forever exempts Big Food from placing GMO labels on food packages

8/2/2016 - While Americans were bustling about in preparation for their weekend, President Barack Obama quietly signed a bill late Friday afternoon that will likely forever keep people in the dark about the presence of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their food. Drafted by Senate Agriculture Chairman...

Study: Nearly 60 percent of pesticide sprayers don't follow instructions for safe herbicide application, increasing harmful chemical drift

7/21/2016 - Given their highly toxic nature and high potential for causing harm, one would like to believe that the application of pesticides is a very strictly controlled procedure, and that those who carry it out are highly trained. Unfortunately, a recent survey shows that those who apply pesticides are not...

FDA's latest nutrition label 'makeover' warns consumers about calorie counts while ignoring GMOs and toxic chemical additives

6/9/2016 - When will the government of the United States of America ever actually help Americans get healthy, and duly inform consumers about all food ingredients by utilizing honest food labels instead of using trickery and deception? Every year, the FDA and the USDA approve more and more food toxins, while covering...

Parroting Monsanto: Boston Globe says GMO labels are 'misleading,' 'burdensome' and a waste of money

6/3/2016 - Mounting research suggests that human consumption of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) poses innumerable risks, including a proclivity for food allergies, nutritional deficiencies, sex hormone disruption, immune-suppression, cancer and general toxicity. Agriculture reliant on GM crops and their...

WE ARE WINNING the clean food wars: Food and beverage companies ditch HFCS and toxic ingredients in frantic effort to catch up to the clean food movement

10/6/2015 - Note to those who work for large food manufacturers: Yes, this is the article you're supposed to forward to your corporate executives. This is your gateway to the pulse of the rapidly growing clean food movement that has now become unstoppable for reasons explained below... Every time I walk into...

OUTRAGE! Jimmy Kimmel makes fun of vaccine-damaged children, revives hate speech bigotry on national TV

3/2/2015 - Throughout U.S. history, certain selected groups of citizens have been subjected to extreme verbal, judicial and even physical abuse at the hands of bigoted oppressors. The historical abuse of African-Americans -- subjected to generations of abusive language and racism that still lingers today -- was...

Read food labels before eating food? What about vaccine ingredients?

1/26/2015 1:53:25 PM - If you are one of those people who reads most labels on food products before you purchase and eat them, then you are scanning for additives and ingredients that either you are allergic to, are genetically modified, are processed, are dead or are simply not what you prefer to consume. You flip that product...

Reading food labels more important than ever after FDA admits it isn't doing its job

1/21/2015 - The regulatory process that governs the safety of the foods that we eat isn't nearly as stringent as many people believe it is. The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) is on record admitting that it doesn't even know what many food manufacturers are putting in their products, let alone whether or not...

Big Food uses 'natural' labels to trick you into eating GMOs

11/2/2014 - Most Natural News readers are sufficiently wary of the terms natural or all-natural on packaged foods, even in health food stores. Too many who aren't aware think that natural means "organic" or at least "GMO-free." Surprise, not only are they not organic, but they often contain some GMOs. Consumers...

Sodas contain more health-harming fructose than labels lead you to believe

7/13/2014 - High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is used to sweeten many food products, like popular ketchup brands, pancake syrups and barbecue sauces. The grocery store is loaded with HFCS food concoctions, but the greatest concern regarding health is probably sodas, since these beverages are easily consumed en masse. 24-packs...

Bay Area group pushing for global warming warning labels on gas pumps

1/15/2014 - We've all seen or heard about the warning labels on tobacco products that warn of the negative health consequences associated with its use, such as lung cancer and heart disease. Recently, an international group that wants to bring global warming awareness to the world, called 350.org, wants to require...

FDA finally admits cholesterol drugs need warning labels about risk for diabetes and memory loss

3/5/2012 - Nearly 32 million Americans currently take statin drugs to lower their cholesterol levels, but they are probably completely unaware that these drugs can come with side effects like diabetes and memory loss. Why don't they know? Because until this week, the FDA didn't require these drugs to carry a warning...

Tuna labeled 'dolphin safe' is still caught with practices involving the deliberate and life-threatening harassment of dolphins

1/13/2012 - Starting the late 1980s, cans of tuna sporting "dolphin safe" labels started to appear in U.S. grocery stores. Brands carrying these labels were preferentially purchased by consumers appalled by fishing practices that had led to the death of 8 million dolphins since the 1960s -- namely, the deliberate...

California mandates ridiculous, untrue warning labels on natural bioidentical hormones DHEA and pregnenolone

10/8/2011 - Both pregnenolone and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) are naturally-occurring hormones produced by the human body to regulate cell production, maintain cognitive function, and promote proper bodily growth and sexual function. But a new law recently passed by legislators in California mandates that, in...

Monsanto Nation: Taking Down Goliath

7/27/2011 - "If you put a label on genetically engineered food you might as well put a skull and crossbones on it." - Norman Braksick, president of Asgrow Seed Co., a subsidiary of Monsanto, quoted in the Kansas City Star, March 7, 1994 After two decades of biotech bullying and force-feeding unlabeled and hazardous...

Vitamins: Read the Labels and Make Sure You Get What You Pay For

9/13/2010 - People by the millions are taking vitamins by the handful but they're not improving. Too familiar? Why? Their bodies are not absorbing the vitamins they are taking. They're throwing their money away and not getting the results they are expecting or the conditions they're trying to prevent. According...

Experts say reading food labels leads to healthier eating

8/6/2010 - Two new reports in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association have revealed that people who read ingredient and nutrient labels on food packaging generally eat healthier than those who rarely or never read these labels. While seemingly obvious, the studies' findings illustrate how powerful nutrition...

Critical Information may be Missing from Prescription Drug Labels

11/20/2009 - Prescription drug use, sadly, is rising among people in the United States with one in six using three or more medications. Of special interest then is a recent commentary published last month in The New England Journal of Medicine which states that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has critical...

How partially-hydrogenated oils and trans fats destroy your health

11/10/2009 - Of all the poisons in the food supply, trans fats are perhaps the most frequently overlooked. They're hidden in all sorts of foods, from crackers and baked goods to breakfast cereals. And thanks to intentionally deceptive FDA-approved labeling laws, food products that contain sizable amounts of trans...

FDA Running Extortion Racket: Natural Supplement Companies Threatened with Arrest if They Don't Pay Up

10/21/2008 - NaturalNews has learned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is running a criminal extortion racket designed to drain cash from health supplement companies and shift it into the pockets of top FDA contractors. This organized crime operation has been running for years, and it has operated with impunity...

Reading Food Labels - Ensuring Excellent Nutrition

10/7/2008 - Each and every day, we consume products that have mandatory food labels -- Nutrition Facts. These labels are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and are designed to inform the consumer of the actual components of the foods that they are consuming. Food labeling is required for prepared...

Sticky PLU Labels on Fruit Provide Useful Health Information

7/28/2008 - Who would have imagined that those irritating little labels stuck on fruit would provide helpful information? Their purpose isn't, of course, to help the public. Nonetheless, the codes identify whether fruit is full of pesticides and grown with petroleum-based fertilizers or organic, and even when it's...

Pennsylvania Bans rBGH-Free Labels on Dairy Products

12/13/2007 - Starting January 1st 2008 the state of Pennsylvania will ban labels on dairy products which claim to be rBGH, pesticide and antibiotic free. This means consumers will no longer be allowed to distinguish between dairy products containing hormones, antibiotics or recombinant bovine growth hormone, and...

Understanding food nutrition labels challenging for many people (press release)

11/14/2006 - In one of the most rigorous studies ever conducted to determine how well people comprehend the information provided on food nutrition labels, researchers have found that the reading and math skills of a significant number of people may not be sufficient to extract the needed information, according to...

Food labels should list all fats to help cut heart disease, say experts (press release)

9/28/2006 - Food labels should list trans fats as well as cholesterol and saturated fat to help reduce coronary heart disease, say researchers from the University of Oxford in this week's BMJ. Trans fats (also known as trans fatty acids) are solid fats found in margarines, biscuits, cakes, and fast food. Scientists...

Nutrition labels confuse food shoppers; calls for simpler labels intensify

9/27/2006 - A new study appearing in the November issue of the American Journal of Preventative Medicine shows that consumers may find it difficult to understand and interpret nutrition labels because of low literacy and poor math skills. Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center questioned 200 patients...

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