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AAAS: Remdesivir and interferon fall flat in WHO’s megastudy of COVID-19 treatments

Coronavirus, Health, News / January 9, 2023

“In a U.S. trial with more than 1000 COVID-19 patients published last week, those who received remdesivir had a shorter recovery time than patients in the control group, but there was no significant difference in mortality.” Remdesivir and interferon fall flat in WHO’s megastudy of COVID-19 treatments: Science Magazine AAAS   Patients get tested for …

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Glyphosate—It’s What’s for Breakfast: Study Finds Cancer-Causing Weedkiller in Popular Oatmeal, Cereals, and Snack Bars

Food, Health, News / August 15, 2018

Glyphosate is also being used to desiccate grains right before harvest for years now so does the residues surprise anyone? Here’s the scoop: Glyphosate is applied directly to dozens of nonGMO food crops, in many cases, right before they are harvested. This is the worst possible time to apply a herbicide because it causes the glyphosate to …

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Pesticide Forum on Wednesday April 4th at 7pm

Big Wine, Health, News / March 30, 2018

“According to the most recent data available, Napa County has the highest cancer rate for white women in the state and the fifth highest childhood cancer rate.  In addition, among Latinos, Napa County has the third highest rate of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the cancer most associated with glyphosate and farmworkers.”  Pesticide Forum on Wed. April 4th at 7 …

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From our friends at GMWATCH: German toxicologist accuses EU authorities of scientific fraud over glyphosate link with cancer

Health, News, Uncategorized / October 21, 2017

German toxicologist accuses EU authorities of scientific fraud over glyphosate link with cancer Dr Peter Clausing says the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have twisted scientific facts to give glyphosate a clean bill of health. Report by Claire Robinson The German toxicologist Dr Peter Clausing has …

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California EPA Becomes First U.S. Agency to Declare That Roundup Causes Cancer

Health, News / June 28, 2017

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2017/06/27/california-epa-becomes-first-us-agency-declare-roundup-causes-cancer California EPA Becomes First U.S. Agency to Declare That Roundup Causes Cancer SACRAMENTO, CA – The state of California announced today that as of July 7 it will list glyphosate, the main ingredient in the pesticide Roundup and the most common pesticide in the world, as a known human carcinogen under the state’s Proposition …

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Toxic weed killer (glyphosate) and now deadly arsenic found at unsafe levels in wine

Big Wine, Health, Video / August 4, 2017

Ring of Fire (Freespeech TV, Monday April 25th, DirecTV channel 348) broadcast a sit down interview with the lead lawyer Mike Burg on the first case to be tried under Prop 65, the law that requires labeling of toxics in California. The judge dismissed the case because he did not understand the complexities of the …

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