Author: Anne Harvester

Mining Company Named as a Defendant in Talcum Powder Lawsuits

Mining Company Named as a Defendant in Talcum Powder Lawsuits

Posted by | Sep 6, 2016 | , , , |

Since the first talcum powder lawsuit was filed against Johnson & Johnson by a South Dakota woman in 2009, the number of legal actions against the New Jersey-based heath care products manufacturer has grown to over 1200. So far, Johnson & Johnson – once the “most trusted brand in America” – has been ordered to pay a total of $172 million to two women by a Missouri court, and the number of lawsuits over the substance continues to grow. Now, a mining company involved in mining talc is being targeted by plaintiffs who allege that the mineral caused their...

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The Secret Ingredients in Monsanto’s Roundup That May Be Killing Human Cells

The Secret Ingredients in Monsanto’s Roundup That May Be Killing Human Cells

Posted by | Sep 2, 2016 | , |

While Monsanto continues to deny that glysophate, the active ingredient in Roundup, is a carcinogen, the World Health Organization’s cancer research department, the International Agency on Cancer Research (IARC), has classified the substance as “probably carcinogenic.”  In addition, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment now lists glysophate as a “known carcinogen,” while a prominent scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has found it to be “the most important factor in the development of multiple chronic diseases and conditions that have become prevalent in Westernized societies.” But recent research indicates that glysophate may not be the worst...

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Concerta and The Overmedicating of Our Children

Concerta and The Overmedicating of Our Children

Posted by | Aug 23, 2016 | , |

With the dramatic and alarming increase in diagnoses of Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) and corresponding growth in the number of prescriptions designed to treat it, more and more questions are being raised. These questions are not only about the medications themselves – which increasingly are proving to have serious and even deadly side effects – but about whether or not ADHD is even a disorder. These questions come in the wake of numerous reports of children being treated with Concerta (methylphenidate) who display erratic behavior and even commit suicide. The link between Concerta and suicide in young people...

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