Environmental Toxins

also known as environmental toxicants

An Indigenous Woman Fights Back Against Monsanto and Wins

One person can make a difference! A 55-year-old native Mayan beekeeper, Leydy Pech, has won out against Monsanto in a grassroots effort to protect her precious bees from glyphosate poisoning. Mexico is the sixth largest honey-producing country in the world, and the indigenous communities are major producers of honey from the Mayan stingless bees native to the area. When her bees became threatened by Monsanto's pesticides used on neighboring GMO soy crops, Pech led a lawsuit against the Mexican...

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...

Herb/Homeopathy Workshop

From Pharma to Farm, join local natural healers for a day of education, followed by an organic meal in Petaluma, CA.

Dr. Perro’s Guiding Philosophy to Health and Healing

Each of us has the divine gift for self-healing. But often the body’s attempts for realization of this principle is thwarted by infection, toxicants, emotional traumas and our own unique genetic make-up. My approach to healing focuses on the following approach:...

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...

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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...