Environmental Toxins

also known as environmental toxicants

Guest blog: Glyphosate/AMPA and Asthma in Argentina

Note from GMOScience: Chuck Benbrook, PhD in agricultural economics, (https://hygeia-analytics.com/about/who-we-are/) writes about the publication of a recent shocking study from Argentina exposing the explosion of asthma in the Argentinian city of Monte Maiz from pesticides (1).  Glyphosate/AMPA and Asthma in Argentina; reflections on a concerning new study  “This is why glyphosate joins a relatively few pesticides as an essentially unavoidable, ubiquitous global pollutant of the human body...

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The State of our Children’s Health

The State of our Children’s Health

Rhetoric, regulatory capture, and the lack of governmental action have created and fueled one of the greatest crimes of the times which is the allowance and acceptance of the chronic poisoning of our children.  Although the root causes of this health-crisis-tsunami can be blamed on many factors, the overarching culprit began with the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the 1990s, developed with their associated pesticides.  The usage of a greater variety of GMOs in...

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GMO Science Receives 2023 Best of Oakland Award

GMO Science Receives 2023 Best of Oakland Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GMO Science Receives 2023 Best of Oakland Award Oakland Award Program Honors the Achievement OAKLAND September 3, 2023 -- GMO Science has been selected for the 2023 Best of Oakland Award in the Environmental health service category by the Oakland...

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OverSanitized

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...

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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...

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Floating Wetlands: A Possible Solution to Urban Pollution

Floating wetlands are man-made artificial platforms that support the growth of aquatic plants in water that is typically too deep for them. There is an expanding technology that is gaining popularity in urban areas that involves installing multiple floating wetlands...

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