The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) today announced that the District of Columbia Superior Court rejected Smithfield’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit OCA brought against the pork producer in May 2020 under the District of Columbia Consumer Protection …
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Shi Zhengli: Weaponizing Coronaviruses, with Pentagon Funding, at a Chinese Military Lab
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She’s known as China’s “Bat Woman.” Shi Zhengli is a virus hunter and microbiologist, and director of the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Wuhan Institut…
Read morePeter ‘Show Me the Money’ Daszak Pulls in Big Bucks, through EcoHealth Alliance, for Risky Virus ‘Research’
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Peter Daszak, President of EcoHealth Alliance, is a top scientific collaborator, grantwriter and spokesperson for virus hunters and gain-of-function/dual-use researchers, in labs both military and civili…
Read moreFinding Common Ground: Can Vegans, Vegetarians and Meat-Eaters Unite for Change?
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To eat meat, or not to eat meat: It’s probably one of the hottest debates around the dinner table. But can vegans and vegetarians unite behind a campaign to #…
Read moreChristian ‘Risks-Be-Damned’ Hassell: Pushing Dangerous, Taxpayer-Funded Genetic Engineering and Gain-of-Function Research
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Any scientific lab work that involves making pathogens more lethal, contagious, infectious, or resistant to treatment—even when done, ostensibly, for defensive purposes or medical co…
Read moreOrganic Consumers Association Sues Mowi, World’s Largest Producer of Atlantic Salmon Products
Organic Consumers Association (OCA) filed suit against Mowi USA and Mowi Ducktrap for deceptive marketing and advertising of smoked Atlantic salmon products sold under the Ducktrap River of Maine brand.The action was filed by Richman Law Group on behal…
Read morePandemic Reporting—Is the Media Getting It Wrong?
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In an interview conducted on May 21, 2020, Pat Thomas and Sam Husseini discuss the mainstream media’s coverage of the COVID-19 crisis, including the reluctance to explore all reasonable poss…
Read moreDear USDA: What Will It Take?
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The Brave Little State Versus Godzilla. We know how that movie ends. Vermont is the Brave Little State. In this case, Godzilla is Monsanto and the Organic Trade Association.That is an odd pairi…
Read moreOrganic Consumers Assoc. Sues Smithfield for Misleading Consumers with False Claims of Superior Safety
The Organic Consumers Association today announced that it has sued Smithfield Foods for falsely advertising Smithfield pork products as the “safest” U.S. pork products.The complaint was filed on behalf of OCA by Richman Law Group in D.C. Superior Court…
Read moreHow Minnesota’s Food Co-Ops and Farmers Markets Are Rising to the Occasion During the COVID-19 Crisis
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Farmers markets in the Twin Cities and across the upper Midwest will open soon, but as the Minnpost reports, they are definitely going to look different this year.Nearly 30 …
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