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Research Reveals Which Conventional Produce Can be Safely Eaten

6/23/2009 - (NaturalNews) The evidence is in. Eating a plant based diet is the key to health and longevity. The only question left is how to get the best value for each dollar you have to spend on fruits and vegetables. The Environmental Working Group, a non-profit...

The Modern Lawn Contributes to Climate Change

5/13/2009 - (NaturalNews) Americans love to have a healthy and beautiful yard. They have adopted and accepted a concept of beauty known as the "lawn." Many people believe that an expanse of short-trimmed grass-covered land is the most desirable look to have in one`s...

Pesticides Shown to be Huge Parkinson's Disease Risk

5/1/2009 - (NaturalNews) According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, most researchers believe exposure to some kind of toxin or toxins in the environment triggers the development of Parkinson's disease (PD) -- the degenerative disorder...

Residential Pesticides Linked to Childhood Brain Cancer

4/29/2009 - (NaturalNews) Children who live in homes where parents use pesticides are twice as likely to develop brain cancer, according to the results of a new study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. The study evaluated more than 800 fathers...

Ginger, Turmeric, Neem Declared "Hazardous" in Thailand After Chemical Companies Try to Protect Pesticide Profits

4/7/2009 - (NaturalNews) The government of Thailand has classified 13 plants - traditionally used as herbal medicines and natural pesticides - as "hazardous substances," causing outrage among farmers and advocates of traditional medicine. The plants - including...

Organic Farming is a Relationship with the Land: Interview with Myra Goodman, Part II

2/21/2009 - (NaturalNews) This is part two of a three-part interview with Myra Goodman, co-founder, along with her husband Drew, of Earthbound Farm, which is perhaps the most well-known name in organic produce in America. With this article, we kick off an exciting,...

Top Six Reasons to Eat Only Organic Fruits and Vegetables

2/16/2009 - (NaturalNews) When you eat organic foods, you provide your body with vitamins, minerals, filtered water, and much more. These provide us with vital foundations for health. Most food sold in stores is grown with pesticides or other toxins. These chemicals...

EPA Sued to Properly Assess Health Risks of Pesticides in the Water Supply

2/11/2009 - (NaturalNews) The nonprofit environmental law firm Earthjustice has sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to properly take into account the health and ecological risks of approved pesticides. "There are several pesticides on the...

Organic Gardening Offers Many Health Benefits and Helps Plants and Animals

2/11/2009 - (NaturalNews) Many scientific studies have begun to conclude that organic gardening is beneficial for every level of life: soil, plants and animals, insects, water and air quality, as well as our own mental and physical health. Certain conventional farming...

Buying Organic is Well Worth the Cost even When Times are Tough

2/10/2009 - (NaturalNews) Organic food is now the fastest growing segment of U.S. agriculture. In 2007, the value of retail sales from organic food was estimated at more than $20 billion. According to the Food Marketing Institute, more than half of Americans now...

Give Thought to Green when Buying a Tree

12/18/2008 - (NaturalNews) According to the New York Times on 12/4/08, the National Christmas Tree Association reported $l.3 billion in Christmas tree sales last year. This amounted to 3l million trees sold. Real Christmas trees bring an appeal that artificial trees...

Bringing the Culture Back in Agriculture

12/2/2008 - (NaturalNews) After the turn of the previous century there was a lot of experimentation with mono cultures. By that is meant growing only one field crop, e.g. corn or wheat. This is a principle that goes against nature, which works with ecosystems based...

Pesticide Exposure Boosts Parkinson's Risk by 60 Percent

11/23/2008 - (NaturalNews) A new study has provided one of the strongest links yet between pesticide use and Parkinson's disease. A team of researchers from Duke University, Miami University and the Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Center of Excellence has found...

There Is No Such Thing as the West Nile Virus

11/9/2008 - (NaturalNews) Do you believe in the Tooth Fairy and Santa Clause? Are they real people flying around performing magical deeds? Hopefully you don't believe this. Yes, they are fun stories, "something to believe in," when you are a child; or possibly they...

Pesticides Make Farmers Literally Depressed

10/26/2008 - (NaturalNews) Pesticides are poison. They are used to kill living creatures. In order to kill those living creatures, humans apply the pesticides. We also eat what`s left of them. We`ve seen handlers of banana pesticide sterilized, a young couple who...

Bayer Pesticide Chemicals Linked to Devastating Collapse of Honeybee Populations

9/30/2008 - (NaturalNews) German government researchers have concluded that a bestselling Bayer pesticide is responsible for the recent massive die-off of honeybees across the country's Baden-Württemberg region. In response, the government has banned an entire family...

Ecologist Jim McMahon Talks About Water Reports and Filters

9/3/2008 - (NaturalNews) This interview is an excerpt from Kevin Gianni's Renegade Water Secrets, which can be found at (http:// www.renegadewatersecrets.com) . In this excerpt, Jim McMahon shares on water reports and water filters. Renegade Water Secrets with...

Germany Bans Eight Pesticides Linked to Honeybee Population Collapse; Clothianidin Chemical Found Contaminating Dead Bees

8/29/2008 - (NaturalNews) The German government has provisionally banned a family of pesticides conclusively linked to the massive dieoff of honeybees in a southern state. "It's a real bee emergency," said Manfred Hederer, president of the German Professional...

Colony Collapse Disorder Debunked: Pesticides Cause Bee Deaths

7/22/2008 - (NaturalNews) The great mystery of bee deaths has been solved. Colony Collapse Disorder is poisoning with a known insect neurotoxin. Clothianidin, a pesticide manufactured by Bayer, has been clearly linked to die offs in Germany and France. Although...

The Poisoning of America's Water Supplies

7/3/2008 - (NaturalNews) Every day in the United States more than 240 million people turn on their faucets in order to drink, bathe, and cook, using water from public water systems. But more people are arriving to the point where they will not let a drop of water...

Organic Produce vs. Conventional Produce: Which Is Best to Buy?

6/9/2008 - (NaturalNews) Because we advocate so highly that at least 70% of your diet by volume should be fresh, live produce --high water content vegetables and fruit -- this is a question we get asked a lot. We'd like to go over the pros and cons of both, so that...

Bush Administration Sued for Allowing Continued Use of Four Pesticides

5/10/2008 - (NaturalNews) Environmental and farm worker groups have now sued the Bush administration for allowing the continued use of four pesticides. They claim that the government brushed aside its own evidence that the chemicals are toxic to workers, children,...

Think That Your Gift Is Pesticide-Free? Give Organic Flowers and It Will Be

5/10/2008 - (NaturalNews) Did you know that in a 1997 study, the Environmental Working Group found that conventionally-grown flowers may be laden with up to 50 times the amount of pesticides allowed for food? And that these pesticides can easily enter your body through...

Study Links Parkinson's Disease With Chemical Exposure

5/2/2008 - (NaturalNews) Scientists have now discovered additional evidence of a connection between Parkinson's disease and long-term exposure to pesticides. Parkinson's disease strikes movements like walking, talking and writing. Symptoms of the disease first tend...

Lawsuit Filed to Halt Use of Dangerous Pesticides

4/16/2008 - (NaturalNews) A 1996 federal law required the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study the safety of all pesticides and to rule by 2006 whether they could be used on foods safely. The EPA found four pesticides posed risks to human health but decided...

Dr. Gabriel Cousens on Diabetes, Cell Memory and Reducing Blood Sugar

4/14/2008 - (NaturalNews) This interview is an excerpt from Kevin Gianni's Raw Summit Teleseminar program which can be found at (http://www.rawsummitarchives.com) . In this excerpt, Dr. Gabriel Cousens shares important information regarding diabetes and how we can...

First It Was Bees, Now It's Bats That Are Dying

4/11/2008 - (NaturalNews) Though bats are a bit spooky looking, inviting thoughts of Dracula, the real horror story is that bats are becoming sick and perishing. A massive bat die-off is happening. Their extinction in the United States is threatening -- and no one...

The Organic Advantage: A Nutritional Edge

4/3/2008 - (NaturalNews) A recent UK government report found that chickens raised in the widespread, non-organic fashion, have a 23.4% chance of being contaminated with salmonella, a bacteria responsible for food poisoning. The chance of an organic flock having...

Tracing Pesticides in Children From Ingestion to Elimination

3/28/2008 - (NaturalNews) If a child eats conventionally grown produce, will it affect his or her health? Recent research revealed that pesticides do show up in the urine of children after consuming non-organic foods. Though the study did not look at whether or not...

Want a Nutritional Edge? Buy Organic

3/24/2008 - (NaturalNews) A recent UK government report found that chickens raised in the widespread, non-organic fashion, have a 23.4% chance of being contaminated with salmonella, a bacteria responsible for food poisoning. The chance of an organic flock having...

Plan To Spray Toxic Biological Chemicals Over San Francisco Announced

3/11/2008 - (NaturalNews) People of the world, the US Government is planning to poison more than two million people, in California, using an untested biological "pesticide" this summer. The chemical to be sprayed is classified by the EPA as a "pesticide" and the...

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