In the days following the massive Deepwater Horizon oil disaster that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico back in April 2010, BP and federal authorities began dousing Gulf waters with secret dispersant chemicals designed to break up oil and prevent it from reaching shores. But a new investigation into the specific contents of these chemical […]

So what, exactly, is in the vitamins, herbs and superfood supplements that we buy? When these are sold most of us automatically assume they are safe. And while the natural products industry actually does have a good safety record, especially when you contrast it with all of the people killed by Big Pharma every year […]

Novartis AG, one of the world’s biggest of the Big Pharma companies, said in 2010 that it planned to begin embedding microchips in its medications as a means of creating “smart pills.” The technology was licensed from Proteus Biomedical of Redwood City, Calif., and is activated by stomach acid. After activation the embedded chip begins […]

Millions of packages of frozen fruit and vegetables were recalled nationwide earlier this month, but authorities are concerned that people still have the offending products lurking in their freezers. The recall dates back to food sold since May 1, 2014, and involves more than 300 products sold under 42 different brand names. The recall includes […]

There are increasing concerns these days about scientific misconduct. Hundreds of papers are being pulled from the scientific record, for falsified data, for plagiarism, and for a variety of other reasons that are often never explained. Sometimes it’s an honest mistake. But it’s estimated that 70 per cent of the retractions are based on some […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The number of pregnant women in the United States infected with Zika virus is suddenly tripling, due to a change in how the government is counting cases. Previously, officials had reported how many pregnant women had both Zika symptoms and positive blood tests. In a change announced Friday, the Centers for […]

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently admitted that neonicotinoids – a class of insecticides – can harm honeybees when used on cotton and citrus, according to an environmental risk assessment study. It’s no secret that bees are essential to the food supply. They are responsible for 80 percent of pollination, which is necessary for plant […]

A recent national survey including almost 600 doctors claims that most physicians don’t urge the HPV vaccine on pre-teens, even though more than 80 percent of pediatricians frequently discuss it with their patients. The HPV vaccine, Gardasil, was licensed in 2006. It was manufactured to protect against only four of the more than 100 different […]

NASA has detected oxygen in the upper Martian atmosphere with the help of an instrument on board the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). Oxygen had been discovered on the red planet before; however, this is the first time its presence has been verified in wake of the Viking and Mariner missions more than 40 […]

Children residing in a region of New York State that uses aerial pesticides to maintain mosquitoes have an increased risk for autism in comparison to children living outside the area, according to a new study. In the recent study, presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies 2016 meeting, the researchers reviewed autism rates and developmental delays […]