Environmental Toxins

also known as environmental toxicants

Exposure to Imidacloprid and Glyphosate: Effects on Vertebrates

Exposure to Imidacloprid and Glyphosate: Effects on Vertebrates

Judy Hoy is a scientist, wildlife biologist, and educator, who taught elementary school for 12 years, rehabilitated wildlife for 50 years, continuously documented the birth defects that began occurring on wildlife in spring of 1995 and has co-authored several scientific papers on animals and plants. Specific birth defects are relatively high in prevalence on both wild and domestic animals, and even more concerning, on newborn children. Newborn children are approximately the same size as...

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OverSanitized

OverSanitized

The Clean Hand Obsession From supermarkets to schoolyards, it is hard to travel more than ten feet without running into a bottle of hand sanitizer!  Since the beginning of the COVID era, the usage of sanitizing products has expanded, particularly in areas that interface with children.  Of concern are the many compounds in these products that are antimicrobials.  Clearly, there is an obvious need for disinfection.  However, the potential toxicity of the various compounds in these products on...

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Pesticide Regulation:  We Can Do Better

Pesticide Regulation: We Can Do Better

 GMOScience Editorial mini review on the recent publication:  Novel strategies and new tools to curtail the health effects of pesticides; Benbrook C, et al. Environmental Health: volume 20, Article number: 87; 2021. Despite decades of research in the area of...

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Pediacide – An editorial by Drs. Seneff and Perro

Pediacide – An editorial by Drs. Seneff and Perro

The following article is a joint collaboration between Michelle Perro, MD (Executive Director) and Stephanie Seneff, PhD (MIT Research Scientist). In 2017, Dr. Perro and Dr. Adams produced the highly acclaimed book, What’s Making our Children Sick? with a focus on the...

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The Monsanto Papers

The Monsanto Papers

Deadly Secrets, Corporate Corruption, and One Man’s Search for Justice By Carey Gillam Island Press, March 2021 Press Release When global conglomerate Bayer AG paid $63 billion in 2018 to buy Monsanto Company, the deal was seen as a boost to Bayer’s wealth and power....

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Dr. Michelle Perro on Healing Kids via the Gut Microbiome

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...

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