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Research Links Childhood Stress to the Microbiome in Pregnancy, and Suggests Protective Role of Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Posted on December 3, 2020 in Hot Science, Nutrition | 250 Views | Leave a response
By Rachel Benbrook (Hygeia) and Dr. Michelle Perro (GMOScience.org) A multi-disciplinary team of psychiatrists, doctors, and epidemiologists crafted a fascinating study that looked at how adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, impact the gut microbiome and stress response of pregnant women. The paper on their findings, published in 2019 in the peer-reviewed journal Brain, Behavior, and […]

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FAQs re Biden-Harris Ag and EPA Transition Priorities

Posted on December 2, 2020 in Hygeia's Blog | 153 Views | Leave a response
We are getting many questions about President-Elect Biden’s transition priorities. Hygeia has no seat at the pertinent tables, but is in touch with many people that do. What are the most important components of the transition that the Biden-Harris team are focused on now? Easy answer. Combating the pandemic. Bucking up public health science. Getting […]

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Neonic Seed Treatments in the (Science) News

Posted on October 27, 2020 in Environmental Impacts, Hot Science, Pesticides | 374 Views | Leave a response
It appears that scientists, and farmers too, are taking a closer look at the ubiquitous use of neonicotinoid seed treatments in US corn, soybean and other crops. Neonics are powerful insecticides used to coat the outside of a wide variety of seeds including grain and oilseed crops. The brightly-dyed layer of pesticide is designed to […]

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Dr. Benbrook Testifies Before the Philadelphia City Council as they Consider Glyphosate Ban

Posted on October 13, 2020 in In The News, Pesticides | 205 Views | Leave a response
On October 30, 2020 Dr. Benbrook testified via video to the Philadelphia City Council in support of a proposed municipal ban on herbicide application in city parks and other public lands. His written statement accompanying this testimony is shared in its entirety below.  It reviews the key public health implications of rising herbicide use for […]

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Guest Blog: The Big Meat Gang Is Getting Awfully Smelly

Posted on September 23, 2020 in Animals, Hygeia's Blog | 169 Views | Leave a response
Guest Blog by Alan Guebert from farmandfoodfile.com Reprinted by permission of the author.  In a year of too many dark days, Monday, Sept. 14 was a particularly dark day for every American for two reasons. First, on Sept. 14, ProPublica, the non-profit, investigatory news group, published a 3,100-word exposé on how global meatpackers used their […]

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Consumer Reports Takes on Reducing Pesticide Dietary Risks

Posted on August 27, 2020 in In The News, Pesticides | 347 Views | Leave a response
The 10-page cover story in the October, 2020 issue of Consumer Reports provides clear guidance to consumers hoping to reduce their daily dose of pesticides via their diet. CR developed and applied a data-driven system to quantify the risk levels in a serving of 49 different foods. It then applied quantitative risk benchmarks in a […]

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Roundup is Safe Enough to Drink, Right?

Posted on August 18, 2020 in Hygeia's Blog, Pesticides | 821 Views | Leave a response
By: Dr. Chuck Benbrook Many people ask me  — Why the big punitive damage awards in the Roundup-Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma (NHL) litigation? Easy answer — Monsanto’s (now Bayer’s) lousy product “stewardship” behavior. Company representatives and others up and down the herbicide supply chain have been reassuring Roundup users for almost a half-century that Roundup is as […]

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Guest Blog: Bandaids, Immunological Chaos, and Living With COVID-19 in the Neighborhood

Posted on July 27, 2020 in Hygeia's Blog, Nutrition, Pesticides | 142 Views | Leave a response
Note from Hygeia — Dr. Michelle Perro is an integrative physician and healer who works in Marin County, California. She works with children and families facing developmental problems, ill health, and disease, and especially families that intuitively feel treating causes is better than masking symptoms. She is the Executive Director of the science-based website, www.gmoscience.org […]

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Guest Blog by Michael Hansen — A Deep Dive on Effective COVID Interventions

Posted on July 23, 2020 in Hygeia's Blog | 108 Views | Leave a response
Hygeia Note — A lively discussion has unfolded on GM_Ag focused on a novel COVID-19 drug therapy — inhaled budesonide, along with antibiotics and zinc. Many questions arose over the thin and anecdotal evidence suggesting that budesonide-based therapy is the magic COVID-19 cure sought the world over. But the exchanges also yielded a compelling analysis […]

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The Down Side of Dust in the Wind

Posted on July 8, 2020 in Animals, In The News | 549 Views | Leave a response
Thanks to Dan Flynn and Food Safety News for highlighting the likely causes of three E. Coli 0157:H7 outbreaks in romaine lettuce in 2019. These contamination episodes sickened at least 188 people. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), cattle fecal matter from nearby feedlots caused all three of the 2019 E. Coli O157:H7 […]

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