Category: Studies

Researchers at University of Washington conclude: glyphosate significantly increases the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma

CNN SAYS:  Researchers from the University of Washington evaluated existing studies into the chemical — found in weed killers including Monsanto’s popular Roundup — and concluded that it significantly increases the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), a cancer of the immune system. THE NEW META REPORT SAYS:  Using the highest exposure groups when available in each study, we report the […]

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Category: Media Watch, Studies

Health Canada acknowledges “troubling allegations” regarding approval of Roundup herbicide

Gil Shochat of the CBC has written about Health Canada reviewing hundreds of studies used during the approval process for glyphosate. Health Canada says in light of “troubling allegations,” its scientists are reviewing hundreds of studies used during the approval process for glyphosate, the active ingredient in Canada’s most popular herbicide, Roundup. These have never been publicly available AND its […]

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Category: Legislation, Media Watch, Studies

More gluten consumption associated with a lower risk of heart disease

Interesting post on Gizmodo about a study from Andrew Chan from Harvard Medical School on health impacts of removing gluten from your diet.  I cant find the study itself, but found some similar ones over at Eureka Science News. From the Gizmodo article: more gluten consumption was associated with a lower risk of heart disease—possibly because people weren’t getting the […]

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Category: Media Watch, Studies

A walk through of the molecular activity in your body

The Nature of Things episode titled “it Takes Guts” about the gut biome is good science, but its a little “light”.  Its a TV show, what do you expect? Some of Dr. Seneff’s previous experiments have been torn apart, but to a layperson like me, her video walking us through the molecular activity in your body seems legit.  I would be […]

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Category: Studies