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Three Mutations Away from a Flu Pandemic

The way to hell is paved with good intentions. This is the least that can be said about the creation of the most virulent form of H5N1 flu virus in two labs in the US and Holland. It is one of those cases where the medicine is worse than the disease.

Obesity Nation: America’s Growing Obesity Crisis

Food additives in raw and prepared foods and unlabeled GMO ingredients will dramatically increase the number of fat people to almost half of the population.

Fear Sells: Studies on Mutant H5N1 Virus Finally Published

Scientists who created a mutant virus to explore a key aspect of influenza published their research Wednesday after a four-month storm that brewed fears of bioterrorism and accusations of censorship.

The Cholesterol Myth that is Harming Your Health

Cholesterol could easily be described as the smoking gun of the last two decades. It’s been responsible for demonizing entire categories of foods (like eggs and saturated fats) and blamed for just about every case of heart disease in the last 20 years.

Codex Alimentarius: An Introduction to Soft Kill Eugenics

The world as we once knew it is gone. The rosy cheeked children, bursting with energy, that once climbed trees and got up to mischief, are extinct. The people are still here, but they are pale, lethargic and slowly dying.

Pesticide exposure linked to Lower Intelligence

A new study published on the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that when pregnant women are exposed to moderate levels of a common pesticide knows as Chlorpyrifos or CPF, their children tend to experience changes in the structure of their brains. These changes, the study says, are long lasting and often result in lower levels of intelligence.

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