Most US corn, sugar, canola oil and soy produced and sold in the US is genetically modified. That includes most food for human as well as animal consumption. Monsanto has had patents on GMO wheat since the 1990s. However, wheat is the US’ largest export crop. Rather than being fed to livestock or unwary…
Beginning in April, 2009 we heard from the talking health heads, especially WHO Director General Margaret Chen’s, about the world-threatening pandemic swine flu. Her pronouncements sold a lot of Tamiflu and vaccines. (Probably at least 5-10 Billion dollars’ worth worldwide; anyway, the price tag was so high we never got a straight answer from the…
Neuhaus got in so many great jabs in this piece I was nearly rolling on the floor. Though published in 2002, it is as timely today, and the players are the same, too! Enjoy. The Best BioethicistsThat Money Can Buy Richard John Neuhaus “A bioethicist is to ethics what a whore is to…
From AFP: HELSINKI — Finnish researchers unveiled new data Thursday to link the Pandemrix flu vaccine to a higher risk of the sleeping disorder narcolepsy in adults. Other studies had already shown a link between the drug used in the 2009-10 “swine flu” outbreak and a higher incidence of narcolepsy in vaccinated children, teens and…
Medical research is necessary: there are innumerable unanswered questions about how to best treat patients. When lives are at stake, answering the questions is very important. Modern medicine was built on the back of medical research, built on clinical research that must rely on the goodwill of human volunteers. Volunteers participate as research subjects under…
Two years ago a bill was brought to the Maine legislature asking for a list of ingredients to be provided to parents with each childhood vaccination. I wrote in support of it then. A similar bill was again presented in the legislature, and I have written again in its support. I also enclosed a copy…
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