News & Updates
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ACTION ALERT: Petition to ban neurtoxic additive to our water
New York – November 30, 2016 – A coalition of environmental, medical and health groups have served the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with a Petition calling on the Agency to ban the addition of fluoridation chemicals to public water supplies due to the risks these chemicals pose to the brain, reports the Fluoride Action Network (FAN).
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Kid-Friendly Cough Syrup
This Idaho family approved cough syrup is especially helpful with a congestion-related cough. The Components Lemon Juice Lemons are good for detoxing the body, in this case from an illness. They are also high in vitamin C, which is immune boosting. It is naturally anti-viral and anti-inflammatory. It’s also good for breaking up mucous that may
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PANDAS: A Scary and Controversial Disorder
Could a sudden, severe change in a child’s behavior be brought on by something as common as strep throat? Many experts — and distraught parents — say yes. We dig deeper to find out what’s going on, and which children are at risk. PANDAS syndrome sometimes referred to as PANDAS disease is an acronym for
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Fluoride: Just when you thought it was safe to drink the water …
32% of Idahoians have fluoride added to their water. Fluoride the active ingredient in rat poison and Prozac, was in 2015 officially classified as a neurotoxin. Unlike other chemicals added to water, which are intended to treat the water itself, fluoride is intended to treat the people who drink the water, whether they want the
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How a courageous woman took on the chemical industry and raised important questions about humankind’s impact on nature.
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, which in 1962 exposed the hazards of the pesticide DDT, eloquently questioned humanity’s faith in technological progress and helped set the stage for the environmental movement. Carson, a renowned nature author and a former marine biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or FWS, was uniquely equipped to create so
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Five Ways to Reduce Your Exposure to Toxins in Food
Food may go through a lot on its journey to your plate, sometimes in ways that are not beneficial to your health. Some things may occur before food is even planted or harvested. For example, crops can be treated with pesticides and fertilizers or transformed through hybridization or genetic engineering. And then there are toxic