Asthma epidemic at Pittsburgh elementary school linked to pollution from nearby coke plant

(Natural News) According to a report, the Clairton Coke Works Plant in Pennsylvania has been linked to an alarming “asthma epidemic” at an elementary school in Pittsburgh. Researchers revealed that constant toxic pollution, coming from a neighboring coke plant, is the major cause of the almost doubled asthma rates of children at an elementary school. Clairton Elementary… … Read more

The U.S. hasn’t learned its lessons from the toxic mining of uranium

(Natural News) As the U.S. moves closer towards increasing domestic mining operations of uranium, an EcoWatch article warned that bitter lessons about unreliable regulation and volatile economic patterns will be forgotten. Inevitably, the public will end up paying for the profits of the uranium industry. In the past, the U.S. mined and milled radioactive uranium within its borders…. … Read more

New study confirms: Facebook’s algorithm change is boosting liberal news sites while destroying traffic to conservative media

(Natural News) For weeks now conservative and independent media outlets have been screaming that Facebook and other social media giants were deep-sixing their content and dramatically curbing their reach to just a small fraction of their followers. In every case, this has led to drops in Facebook-driven traffic by high double-digit percentages. The decline in… … Read more

Study shows that a loss of biodiversity can put an entire ecosystem at risk of extinction

(Natural News) Between the natural order of things and the way that humans have seemingly taken over much of nature, lots of different animal species have already gone extinct. Why exactly this has happened isn’t entirely up to humans, but perhaps more could be done about what happens after an animal species does go extinct…. … Read more

New treatment for Parkinson’s is nonsurgical AND reduces need for meds; focused ultrasound will treat symptoms noninvasively

(Natural News) The treatment of Parkinson’s disease can be highly problematic. More often than not, those who are suffering from Parkinson’s need to be subjected to surgical forms of treatment and take a number of different meds that can help keep things under control. But it looks like things might change soon if a newly-devised method… … Read more

Daycare founder convicted of drugging little children, but parents and teachers do much the same thing with ADHD drugs

(Natural News) An Oregon woman who was caught running an unlicensed daycare center has been sentenced to 21 years and four months in prison for reportedly giving the children in her care melatonin, a hormone supplement that induces sleep, while she skipped off to go tanning and take Cross Fit workout classes. According to The… … Read more

GreenMedInfo blows the lid on SOYLENT, a cocktail of GMOs, chemical “vitamins” and questionable ingredients

(Natural News) As a general rule, anything promoted by the status quo is probably toxic to your mental or physical health. At the same time, natural health solutions that really work — herbal medicine, Chinese Medicine, superfoods, etc. — are systematically attacked and smeared. That helps explain why the status quo is promoting Soylent, a… … Read more

Different paths to the same goal: Vegetarian and Mediterranean diets both proven to prevent heart disease

(Natural News) Heart disease claims more American lives than any other disease. A quarter of all deaths in our country are caused by heart disease. Close to 800,000 people have a first heart attack each year, and it kills over half a million people annually. There are many theories about how best to prevent coronary… … Read more