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08/28/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Toxic drug interactions on the rise as pharmaceutical use among U.S. children skyrockets

There’s still a contingent of hardline prohibitionists in this country that worry about how ending state and federal bans on plants like cannabis (marijuana) will impact our nation’s youth. But a new study has revealed that the most prolific threat to children’s health may, in fact, be legally-sanctioned pharmaceutical drugs that are peddled as “medicine.” […]

06/25/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Same liberal media claiming immigrant children held in “cages” say nothing when American children are chemically IMPRISONED with psychiatric drugs

The mass media is once again going nuts over the fact that aliens entering our country illegally from south of the border are being captured and put in detention facilities as they await deportation. Some sources, chomping at yet another opportunity to bash President Trump, are intentionally describing these facilities in the worst jail-like terms, […]

05/17/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Numerous common chemicals found to interrupt thyroid hormones, disrupt brain development in fetuses and young children

Are your children being exposed to toxins that could cause brain development disorders? A review published in Endocrine Connections determined that there could be a link between pregnant women and children who are exposed to common endocrine-disrupting toxins, which may contribute to a higher risk for brain development disorders. According to the review, there are several common chemicals that can […]

05/03/2018 / By Vicki Batts

More than one million children under age 6 are on psychiatric drugs… parents don’t know what they’re getting into

Are children in the United States being over-medicated? According to some recent statistics, it surely looks that way. Over a million children six years of age or under are prescribed a psychiatric medication. Overall, more than eight million kids in America are on some sort of psychotropic drug — and the medical establishment is hardly […]

03/29/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Proton pump inhibitors linked to increased risk of depression due to destructive effects on gut microbiota

New research published in the journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics has identified a strong and seemingly causal link between proton pump inhibitor (PPI) drugs for stomach acid reduction and severe depression, which researchers say is probably a result of the way these drugs severely disrupt the gut microbiome. The study’s comparative analysis looked at 2,366 patients […]

03/29/2018 / By Ethan Huff

BPA may be the cause of the ADHD epidemic: Scientists link the plastics chemical to the condition

Health experts have been digging through the data trying to figure out why so many children these days are suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, and they just may have stumbled upon one of the biggest culprits: the plastics chemical bisphenol-A (BPA). New research published in the journal Environment International highlights the fact […]

10/23/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Over-prescription of antidepressants polluting oceans and threatening sea life

Our actions can affect the environment in many ways, and some are more obvious than others. Throwing garbage into the ocean, cutting down trees, and pumping toxic chemicals into the air out of factory smokestacks are clearly harmful to our planet, but other actions are destroying the earth much more quietly. For example, did you […]

02/04/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Toxic particles from air pollution causing people’s brains to swell… “city life” linked to brain deterioration

It’s no secret that air pollution is on the rise across the globe, especially in cities. In fact, a 2016 report from the World Health Organization indicated that outdoor pollution had risen by 8 percent in just five years. Beyond its environmental effects, air pollution is known for being harmful to the respiratory and circulatory […]

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