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Reading Scientific Studies: With a Perspective on a Mock GE Study
There has never been a more important time than the present to understand not only genetically engineered organisms, but the research behind their propagation and promotion. The science of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) or genetic engineering (GE) is rapidly...
Pesticides and the Crisis in Children’s Health
The role of pesticides as a major factor and prime cause in the downward trajectory of our children’s health has been known for decades. There are innumerable studies that have documented how pesticides work and why they are so dangerous for our children. Yet,...
Dr. Michelle Perro on Healing Kids via the Gut Microbiome
Our Executive Director, Dr. Michelle Perro, MD has published a guest blog on the Heartland Health Research Alliance website. Here's an excerpt. During the past several decades, I have observed rapid escalation in rates of chronic disease in my patients, as well as a...
Secret Ingredients Film
Secret Ingredients, is an award-winning film which shares the journeys of individuals who have discovered that the “secret ingredients" in their food were making them sick. Their dietary changes consisted of a trial of going to completely organic food without GMOs...
Stress, the microbiome and pregnancy: The protective role of omega-3 fatty acids
By Rachel Benbrook (Hygeia-analytics.com) 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...
You Are What You Ate
Theresa Marquez, host of Heartland Stories, is in conversation with Dr. Michelle Perro, Executive Director of GMOScience, co-author of “What is Making our Children Sick” and a veteran pediatrician with over thirty-nine years of experience in acute and integrative...
Prepregnancy, GMOs and Glyphosate: The Era of Infertility
"There was a time when couples were actively seeking to prevent pregnancy, having too many kids and deliberately trying to slow down family growth explosions. However, there has been a marked shift in family planning and there is no doubt that we have entered the era...
COVID-19, the Gut Microbiota and Glyphosate: What are the links?
Written by Michelle Perro, MD; Executive Director GMOScience At-a-Glance UK scientists (Prof. Glenn Gibson, Dr. Gemma Walton, Dr. Kirsty Hunter and Prof. Tim Spector) requested that Matt Hancock (the country’s health secretary) call attention to the...