Why boys are turning into girls

Gender-bending chemicals are largely exempt from new EU regulations, warns Geoffrey Lean. "Here's something rather rotten from the State of Denmark. Its government yesterday unveiled official research showing...

Japan’s dolphin tragedy

Mercury Contamination Found In Stranded Victorian Dolphins ScienceDaily (June 11, 2008) — Monash University research into heavy metal contaminant levels in dolphins from Port Phillip Bay and the Gippsland Lakes...

Mercury Found In All US Fish

All wild fish in the United States contain mercury, according to a federal survey released August 19. The survey looked at over 1,000 fish from nearly 300 streams around the U.S, and found that they were all...

Ecuador: Chevron Named in $27 Billion Contamination Case

Chevron is facing a $27 billion bill in an environmental contamination case involving dumping of toxic waste into Amazon waterways.  Chevron lawyers and former Ecuadorian offiicials face fraud charges over the...

Canadian farmers take on Monsanto over GM alfalfa

The Monsanto Corporation wants to introduce it's genetically modified form of alfalfa into Canada.  These crops are designed to work effectively with Monsanto's herbicide Roundup.  If Monsanto is...

Mexican Farm Co-owned by Smithfield Swine Flu's 'ground zero'

Finger pointing is starting in Mexico's Veracruz district over the outbreak of swine flu.  A young boy who recovered from this strain of swine flu is the only one in the small town of La Gloria, population 3...

Got Milk?

The milk scandal in China, still reads like a horror story. Six babies poisoned and dead, 300,00 thousand babies still critically ill and grieving mothers crying at their precious baby's death beds. The poisonous...

Exotic Diseases in the U.S. May Rise

We know about Dengue Fever, West Nile Virus and Lyme Disease - but have you heard of Leishmaniasis Disease, Chagas Disease and/or Chikungunya Virus? Probably not, unless you've been to places outside of the U.S....

Enoki Mushrooms Recalled on Fears of Listeria Contamination

Enoki mushrooms from the Phillips Mushroom Farm in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania have been recalled on fears of listeria contamination.  The potentially contaminated enoki mushrooms were shipped throughout...

China Milk Scandal Companies Text Message Apology to Millions

In the wake of a guilty plea by 66-year-old Sanlu chairwoman Tian Wenhua in Chinese courts, the 22 companies involved in the melamine milk scandal apologized to millions of mobile users on January 1st via text...

Halloween Breakdown: The Melamine Trick AND Treat

Did you hear about the melamine warnings? Sure, Health Canada has issued a few on a handful of products and recalled some others. But Mark Kastel, co-director of The Cornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin-based...

E. Coli Outbreak at Harvey's Sickens 50 at First, 209 Now Affected (Updated)

UPDATES follow in chronological order at the end of this story.An E. coli outbreak which has sickened over 50 people has been traced to a Harvey's restaurant in Ontario, and health officials expect more people...

Canada's Food Has Recall Problems - Flour That Can Sicken

While our recent focus has been on the Listeria contamination of meats and China's milk scandal, we now have a recall of flour.  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency(CFIA) has issued a recall notice for...