Environmental Toxins

also known as environmental toxicants

RNA Spray Crops vs. GMOs:  A Physician’s Warning on Terrana Biosciences

RNA Spray Crops vs. GMOs: A Physician’s Warning on Terrana Biosciences

Terrana Biosciences, launched by Flagship Pioneering, the creator of Moderna, received a $50 million initial investment and government approval for experimental-use authorizations, raising ethical and public health alarms. The company pioneers RNA-based agricultural traits throughout a “proprietary technology platform”.  The company claims that their approach will empower farmers with “…precise, adaptive solution to combat threats to crops in fields and orchards and enhance resiliency,...

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Medical Genetic Engineering and Our Children’s Safety

Medical Genetic Engineering and Our Children’s Safety

As a pediatrician and advocate for children's health, I recognize that gene therapies for rare conditions like spinal muscular atrophy or Duchenne muscular dystrophy are often held up as evidence of the promise of genetic engineering. While some of these therapies have shown potential in some rare clinical conditions, they do not justify the uncontrolled expansion of genetic manipulation across medicine, agriculture, and biotechnology. These technologies remain largely experimental, with...

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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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Secret Ingredients Film

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...

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You Are What You Ate

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...

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Webinar: New Techniques, Same GMOs

Webinar: New Techniques, Same GMOs

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 was awarded to the developers of CRISPR-Cas9, the gene-editing tool that promises to "rewrite the code of life". In this webinar, hosted by Rachel Parent, Director of Social Media for GMOScience, and organized by the Non-GMO Project,...

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Prepregnancy, GMOs and Glyphosate: The Era of Infertility

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...

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