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Way To Go CostcoIt’s now confirmed that Costco will stop selling RoundUp and glyphosate-based herbicides this Spring. This is huge news and we are hopeful that Lowe’s and Home Depot will be next. Costco’s is the largest buyer of organic foods in the country and in making this move to stop sel...
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What the Heck is in Our Water?Most of us realize that there are contaminants in our water. We are aware of the chlorine and fluoride in most of this country’s water supply. What you may not know it that there are more harmful contaminants like pharmaceuticals, hormones, herbicides, pesticides, BPA, mercury, le...
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Gene Editing – Really Scary Technology?What is all the fuss about CRISPR-Cas9 technology and gene editing? Genome editing (also called gene editing) is a group of technologies that give scientists the ability to change an organism’s DNA. These technologies allow genetic material to be added, removed, or altered at particular loc...
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Arsenic in RoundUp. It’s Not Just the Glyphosate.We know that glyphosate the active ingredient in RoundUp, and the many other glyphosate-based herbicides, have been found to have many detrimental health effects to humans, animals, and the environment. What happens when you throw arsenic and other heavy metals into that mixture? Professor Gilles...
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It’s Not All Bad NewsIt’s been an interesting week in the news and for a change some of it is good news. Recently, the trial of Dwayne “Lee” Johnson v. Monsanto awarded the plaintiff, Lee Johnson $289 million in damages ($250 million in punitive damages). During the trial, the first of its kind, t...
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What is Making Our Kids Sick? A Panel DiscussionThe National Heirloom Expo took place in Santa Rosa, California last week. I had the the honor of moderating a panel at this event with the esteemed, Dr. Don Huber a scientist, Zen Honeycutt of Moms Across America, and Dr. Michelle Perro, a pediatrician from Marin County. The title of our talk wa...
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Johnson Wins in Johnson v MonsantoWe are so happy to announce that the verdict was just read in the Johnson v. Monsanto case. After an 8 week trial, the jury returned the verdict and Johnson WON! Plaintiff DeWayne Lee Johnson sued Monsanto for damages and negligence for failing to properly warn about its weedkiller RoundUp and Ra...
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Plaintiff Johnson Testifies in Landmark Monsanto TrialOn Monday morning, July 23, the jury in Johnson vs. Monsanto heard testimony from Dr. Ope Ofodile, the Plaintiff Dewayne “Lee” Johnson’s dermatologist. Dr. Ofodile described beginning her treatment of Lee in 2014, shortly after Lee was diagnosed with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Her affection for L...
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Trial of The Century: Johnson v. MonsantoMonday, July 9, 2018 in the San Francisco County Superior Court, opening arguments were presented in the Johnson v. Monsanto trial. Dewayne “Lee” Johnson, 46, a former groundskeeper for the Benicia Unified School District, is accusing Monsanto of hiding evidence over the past two decades that gly...
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Tell USDA We Want Real GMO Labels: Deadline July 3DEADLINE JULY 3: Tell the USDA Consumers Want Real GMO Labels Do these suggested labels look something that would warn people about a toxic food ingredient? This is what the proposed labels for GMO foods will look like if we allow it. This is what our USDA is proposing for how food companie...
