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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...
You Asked! We Answered! Do Carbon Filters Eliminate Glyphosate?
Reader Kathryn L. asks whether carbon filters can eliminate glyphosate from her drinking water. Good question! This is what we found out As per the EPA, studies show that glyphosate is effectively removed with activated-carbon methods, as well as chlorine and ozone. There are more than 750 glyphosate-based herbicides on the market, (Roundup being the most renowned), so this is a commonly used and ubiquitous herbicide. How does glyphosate get into your water, Kathryn? Run-off and erosion...
GMO Myths & Facts: A Summary
The following article summarizes the recent publication, GMO Myths and Facts, by Claire Robinson. GMO Myths & Facts: A Summary By Melissa Diane Smith For the past several decades, the public has been fed the rhetoric that genetically modified (GM) crops and foods...
It’s Time: A Children’s Environmental Health Bill of Rights
It’s Time: A Children’s Environmental Health Bill of Rights Globally, the health of our children is under assault. Chronic disease amongst our most vulnerable is rampant. The main drivers of this present health disaster are environmental toxicants. Californian...
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...
Episode 4: Emerging Infections in Children
Moms Across America Guest Panel
https://vimeo.com/593539624/eb9c4e14df
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...