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01/18/2018 / By Lance D Johnson

Total stupidity of online herd mentality on display as teens challenge each other to eat Tide laundry detergent “pods”

Doctors and parents are concerned about a dangerous new trend that is sweeping the internet. Teenagers across the country are daring one another to eat poisonous laundry detergent pods, part of a so-called “Tide Pod Challenge.” In 2017, poison control centers reported more than 12,299 toxic exposures to the liquid detergent. In a culture saturated […]

08/30/2017 / By Russel Davis

Third World farmers are committing suicide by consuming toxic pesticides

Neither using a secured storage nor implementing stricter pesticide access were effective in stemming chemical-related self-poisoning and suicide in rural Asia, two studies revealed. The use of pesticides as an act of self-poisoning remains to be one of the three leading means of suicide worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported. According to the WHO, this accounts […]

08/13/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Corporations saving BILLIONS as Americans are dying younger from toxic effects of medications, pesticides and herbicides

Until recently, the average American life expectancy has gone up. However, it now appears that the toxic lifestyle embraced by much of the country is finally catching up with people, and those life expectancy gains have come to screeching halt. This might be bad news for individuals and their loved ones, but corporations are noting […]

05/26/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Was Soundgarden lead singer killed by FDA-approved prescription drugs?

Fans around the world were shocked and saddened earlier this month by the news that Chris Cornell, lead singer of 90s mega-band Soundgarden, had died at his own hand at the age of 52. Though a full autopsy report was not yet available in the days immediately following the event, the medical examiner was able […]

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