A study out of Denmark published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology showed a link between the use of hormonal contraception (“the Pill”) and a type of brain tumor called glioma. The study found that women who have taken birth control pills at any point had a 50 percent higher chance of developing a tumor in their lifetime.
Brittany Maynard, who became known last year for her advocacy for assisted suicide and eventual death, was stricken with a tumor in the glioma family.
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Modern “food” science, processed food and the chemical medicine industry all thrive on one theory: If something doesn’t make you sick or kill you within 24 hours, then it’s “safe.”
This is simply not true. If you eat some fast food and get deathly sick 48 hours later, from food poisoning, E. coli, Salmonella or artificial hormone overload, it is becoming increasingly difficult to sue a company, corporation or even government entity that is responsible for controlling, manufacturing or regulating the safety of its production. The direct correlation between food-borne and chemical-medicine-borne disease and disorder seems to only boil down to whether or not your insurance covers the catastrophe.
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A class action lawsuit was filed Tuesday in the Ontario Supreme Court on behalf of all Canadian Beekeepers. The claim is seeking over $400 Million in damages from Bayer Cropscience Inc., Syngenta Canada Inc., and their parent companies, makers of a widely used pesticide blamed for massive bee deaths
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Big wins can happen in small places. The West Virginia State Supreme Court finalized a big blow to the biotech giant Monsanto this month, finishing a settlement causing Monsanto to pay $93 million to the tiny town of Nitro, West Virginia for poisoning citizens with Agent Orange chemicals.
The settlement was approved last year, but details were worked out only weeks ago as to how the funds were to be spent.
$9 million will be spent to clean dioxin contaminated dust from 4500 homes.
Read MorePeople in the UK are among the most prolific drinkers in the world, according to a report released by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Britons over the age of 15 on average drink 11.6 litres of pure alcohol a year, according to the “Global status report on alcohol and health 2014”.
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