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The Apocalyptic Drought in the Western U.S. is Causing Widespread Crop Failures on a Massive Scale

Posted July 23, 2021
At a time when food prices are already rising aggressively, agricultural production in the United States is being absolutely devastated by a drought that many are calling “the worst” in American history.  Once again this week, the latest U.S. Drought Monitor map has extremely bad news for us.  In all the years that I have been writing, we have never experienced anything like we are experiencing right now.  As I write this article, 100% of the state of California is in a state of drought, and you should care very much about that because California produces about a third of our vegetables and about two-thirds of our fruits and nuts.  Read more. 

Pfizer Plan for COVID Booster Shot Raises Safety Concerns

Posted July 23, 2021
Pfizer’s proposal for a booster dose came on the heels of a finding by Israel’s Ministry of Health that BNT162b2 has proven to be only 64 percent effective in preventing symptomatic infections of COVID-19. The 64 percent rate is much lower than the 95 percent efficacy rate reported by Pfizer during the clinical trials for its product last year. This would, at least in part, explain why nearly half of the people in Israel being infected with coronavirus are those who have been fully vaccinated. The Pfizer/BioNTech shot is simply not providing the kind of high level of protection that was initially advertised.  Read more.

GMO Purple Tomato Takes Centre Stage in Deregulation Push

Posted July 23, 2021
For those who wondered whatever happened to Cathie Martin’s GM purple “anti-cancer” tomatoes that were hyped to the skies more than a decade ago, they’re back – and taking centre stage in an article published in the New York Times Magazine, titled Learning to love GMOs and with the subhead, “Overblown fears have turned the public against genetically modified food. But the potential benefits have never been greater”.  Read more.

Bayer Gets Lift in Pre-Trial Ruling Ahead of Roundup Cancer Trial

Posted July 23, 2021
A California judge gave Monsanto and its German owner Bayer AG a pre-trial boost in a ruling issued Monday, a week before the scheduled start of a new courtroom challenge to the safety of Monsanto’s Roundup herbicides.  Judge Gilbert Ochoa of the Superior Court of San Bernardino County in California agreed with Monsanto that federal law regarding pesticide regulation and labeling preempts “failure to warn” claims under state law, and the plaintiff in the trial set to start next week will not be allowed to pursue such claims.  Read more.

Five Top Uses for Apple Cider Vinegar

Posted July 23, 2021
There isn’t a shortage of stories around the therapeutic effects of apple cider vinegar (ACV), from weight management to disease prevention and treatment. This popular home remedy has also been used for hundreds of years in the kitchen as a cooking ingredient.  Vinegar, after all, has had colorful uses recorded throughout history. Hippocrates used it medicinally for wound healing, while Hannibal of Carthage used it to dissolve boulders blocking the path of his army.[i] Sung Tse in the 10th century wasn’t any different: he was said to promote hand washing with sulfur and vinegar to prevent infection during autopsy. Let’s dig deeper into the science backing the benefits of apple cider vinegar.  Read more. 

Stine Says Dicamba Has Damaged U.S. Agriculture More Than Anything in his Lifetime

Posted July 23, 2021
“In my opinion, dicamba has caused more damage to American agriculture than anything I have witnessed in my lifetime.  (And I am old :)),” writes the founder of the Stine Seed Company, Adel, Iowa, in an e-mail. “I told Robb Fraley (retired chief technology officer) of Monsanto (bought by Bayer in 2018) this in the late summer of 2017. The vast majority of dicamba damage goes unreported as farmers do not want to upset their neighbors and they have learned that reporting dicamba damage accomplishes absolutely nothing.”  Read more. 

Vaccine Laws

Posted September 30, 2019
Welcome to NVIC’s webpage on vaccine laws. Here you will be able to access resources that will assist you in making educated vaccine decisions. For example, you can learn about the  differences between vaccine requirements that govern being able to attend school or daycare and a federal vaccine recommendation. There are also resources below that will help you find out which types of vaccine exemptions are available in your state, how to protect and expand vaccine exemptions, and much more.  Read more.