Month: March 2019

Chemical Industry Pay-to-Play Regulation Threatens Public Health

User fees create a regulatory system ripe for corruption. Action Alert! We at ANH-USA have written many times before about how the FDA is beholden to the pharmaceutical industry: through drug user fees, Big Pharma pays the FDA to review its products, giving the FDA a bias towards the drug industry. But many Americans may… Continue reading Chemical Industry Pay-to-Play Regulation Threatens Public Health

Frankenfish Coming to a Store Near You

And you might not even realize you are serving it to your family. Action Alert! The FDA has removed the last roadblock to genetically engineered (GE) salmon hitting supermarket shelves. The GE salmon will have to follow the labeling guidelines spelled out in the GMO labeling law passed by Congress in 2016—meaning that the only… Continue reading Frankenfish Coming to a Store Near You

Fracking Fluid Used to Irrigate Organic Crops

A loophole in organic regulations means we’re eating more dangerous chemicals. Action Alert! Oil and gas wastewater is contaminating our crops—even some organic crops. Worse, we don’t even know all of the chemicals that we are eating, since the cocktails companies use in their operations are “proprietary.” We must pressure the USDA to clean up… Continue reading Fracking Fluid Used to Irrigate Organic Crops

Bioidentical Hormones: Some Good News, Some Troubling News

Hormones are safe from one threat, but the danger isn’t over. Action Alert! In 2016, we detailed a new threat to bioidentical hormones, which help with hormonal imbalances, such as menopause or fertility challenges. TherapeuticsMD (TMD), a drug company specializing in women’s healthcare, was developing commercially available bioidentical hormone drugs and had 31 patents relating… Continue reading Bioidentical Hormones: Some Good News, Some Troubling News