Organic Consumers Association News Headlines

Tax on Junk Food Can Help Pay the Costs of Diet-Related Diseases

Sat, 19 May 2012 14:26:13 CST

]]>America's industrial food and farming system - dominated by fast-food restaurants and processed, chemical-laden food - has precipitated a public health crisis. Although nutritionists recommend that consumers avoid eating unhealthy junk foods, every day 75 million Americans "supersize" themselves and damage their health by eating at fast-food restaurants.]]> Click here to read this article

Why Do Conservatives Hate Freedom?

Wed, 16 May 2012 12:06:47 CST

]]>Since World War II, mainstream conservatives have opposed every expansion of personal liberty in the United States. ]]> Click here to read this article

Organic Food, Delivered Fresh to Your Door

Wed, 16 May 2012 12:03:07 CST

]]> Anyone who prides themselves on purchasing whole, organic food and products knows very well how costly it can be, and that's not just on the bill alone. After factoring in sky-high gas expenses, potential babysitter fees, chaotic aisles, long lines and precious personal time, that $300 receipt can feel quite daunting. ]]> Click here to read this article

Syngenta Celebrates Earth Day by Ladling on the Pesticides

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:48:11 CST

]]> Herbicide manufacturer Syngenta had an interesting way of celebrating Earth Day this year, touting the joys of pesticides.]]> Click here to read this article

Is the Federation of State Medical Boards Behind the Brutal Attacks on Integrative Medicine Practitioners?

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:33:18 CST

]]> Each of the fifty states, as well as the District of Columbia and the US territories, has laws that define the practice of medicine; each one delegates the authority to enforce those laws to a state medical board. ]]> Click here to read this article

Newly Discovered Homeland Security Files Show Feds Central to Occupy Crackdown

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:26:37 CST

]]> A new trove of heavily redacted documents provided by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) on behalf of filmmaker Michael Moore and the National Lawyers Guild makes it increasingly evident that there was and is a nationally coordinated campaign to disrupt and crush the Occupy Movement.]]> Click here to read this article

Moms, Doctors Take Aim at MRSA, Other Superbugs

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:13:53 CST

]]> As 1 1/2-year-old Simon Sparrow lay dying in a hospital in April 2004, doctors were perplexed as to what was causing his illness.]]> Click here to read this article

How Occupy the Farm Gave a Breath of Fresh Air to the Occupy Movement and Asserted its Right to Reclaim the Commons

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:04:23 CST

]]> When hundreds of people took up the banner of "Occupy the Farm" on April 22nd and laid claim to a patch of urban farmland owned by UC Berkeley, it was not the first time this 5-acre parcel had become the flashpoint of a struggle between the University and local communities. But it was the first time anyone had done something as brash as simply taking the land without asking.]]> Click here to read this article

Ethanol Distillers Grain May Contain Antibiotic Residues

Wed, 16 May 2012 10:02:47 CST

]]> As the battle wages on over the safety of feeding antibiotics to livestock for growth promotion, a new report reveals yet another source of unregulated antibiotics in American animal feed--spent ethanol grain.]]> Click here to read this article

GMO Labeling Panel Discussion

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:49:41 CST

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Another Way to "Kill" Small US Farmers

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:31:11 CST

]]> In its latest move against small farmers who dare to operate outside the umbrella of CAFOs (confined animal feeding operations) and Monsanto-dominated crops, the U.S. government has seized $70,000 from a small dairy farmer in Maryland.]]> Click here to read this article

Big Agriculture's Big Secrets: 9 Things You Need to Know About the Food You Eat

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:12:21 CST

]]>Thanks to factory farming's massive economies of scale, a lot of food today is disgusting or cruel or disgusting and cruel. Just when people stopped talking about cantaloupes with deadly listeria, "pink slime" hit the news. And just when people stopped talking about pink slime, ground beef treated with ammonia to kill germs, mad cow hit the news. Does anyone even remember the arsenic in the fruit juice?]]> Click here to read this article

Leaked Letters Suggest Maryland's Governor is Henpecked by the Chicken Industry

Tue, 15 May 2012 10:51:46 CST

]]> The Gulf of Mexico dead zone seems to get all the attention. Yes, the low-oxygen area that forms every year in the waters surrounding the Mississippi Delta is the largest dead zone - currently around the size of Massachusetts - but it's not the only one in U.S. waters.]]> Click here to read this article

Colonized by Corporations

Tue, 15 May 2012 10:31:28 CST

]]> In Robert E. Gamer's book "The Developing Nations" is a chapter called "Why Men Do Not Revolt." In it Gamer notes that although the oppressed often do revolt, the object of their hostility is misplaced. They vent their fury on a political puppet, someone who masks colonial power, a despised racial or ethnic group or an apostate within their own political class.]]> Click here to read this article

Vioxx: This Pharmaceutical Drug Killed Over 60,000 People

Mon, 14 May 2012 13:13:27 CST

]]> What would you say if you knew someone had killed 60,000 people? Would you call it a felony of the worst kind, times 60,000? If you totaled up the value of all those lives in criminal court, what would you say they're worth?]]> Click here to read this article

Meet the Multi-Billionaire Out to Frack Our World

Mon, 14 May 2012 13:06:13 CST

]]>Philip Anschutz is involved in a lawsuit trying to overturn a fracking ban. ]]> Click here to read this article

Vandana Shiva: Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity and Sustainable Living

Mon, 14 May 2012 12:43:27 CST

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Farming Groups Supporting Dow's Controversial Genetically Modified Corn Have Financial And Executive Backing From Agricultural Biotech Industry

Mon, 14 May 2012 12:13:38 CST

]]> Dow is taking this step to counter claims that the new corn, called Enlist, could encourage the use of a powerful herbicide found in the Vietnam War defoliant Agent Orange, because Enlist is designed to be resistant to this chemical. ]]> Click here to read this article

How Our Demented Capitalist System Made America Insane

Mon, 14 May 2012 11:36:30 CST

]]>When civilizations start to die they go insane. Let the ice sheets in the Arctic melt. Let the temperatures rise. Let the air, soil and water be poisoned. Let the forests die. ]]> Click here to read this article

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin Calls for Reform on Flame Retardant Chemicals

Mon, 14 May 2012 11:27:57 CST

]]>Reacting with outrage to the Chicago Tribune's investigation of deceptive tactics that have fueled the rise of toxic flame retardants in American homes, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on Thursday demanded answers from two federal agencies, urging them to act aggressively to rid homes of chemicals that pose health risks but don't stave off fires.]]> Click here to read this article