By Heather Callaghan, Editor No matter what happens in life, we are guaranteed some consistent beauty in this world. A blue sky unless it’s cloudy or artificially shrouded. And lush greenery, for the most part. The world is bursting with vibrant color and the greens in particular…
By The World Mercury Project Team Download and print our flu vaccine brochure. Share with your family, friends, doctors and community leaders. Visit our flu vaccine web page. It’s full of flu facts to help you make informed decisions about your family’s healthcare. You want to…
By Mae Chan The ready availability of technology may make the children of today faster at configuring a new smartphone, but does all of that screen time affect the development of their eyes? While conventional wisdom dictates that children should do less up-close viewing, sit…
We’ve entered a new era, the Imagination Age, so why are we still schooling kids like we did in the 19th Century? (FEE) — Our current compulsory schooling model was created at the dawn of the Industrial Age. As factories replaced farm work and production moved swiftly…
By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Every year, the President of the United States issues a proclamation in honor of Child Health Day (the first Monday of October), which in turn launches Children’s Health Month. President Calvin Coolidge was the first president to dedicate a special day to children’s…
By Augustina Ursino Warning: Some people may find the information in this article disturbing and the images graphic. Every year, some infants are circumcised. During this surgical procedure, part of the child’s protective penile tissue is removed. This tissue removed from his penis may be sold to…
By Joanne O’Sullivan Things Narcissists Say Below is a list of things a narcissist might say to anyone – Friends, Family or even their own Children. “After all the money I have lent you” To change the subject of the argument, this is to make…
By Jon Rappoport The string of abuses laid on citizens of Australia by their government grows almost week by week. Now, parental rights to raise children, without interference from the State, is under a new form of attack. This must be resisted. Schools are bringing…
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. World Mercury Project A “silent pandemic of neurodevelopmental toxicity” is disabling a generation of children around the world. This is the verdict of neurology experts Philippe Grandjean and Philip Landrigan in a 2014 report in Lancet Neurology. The staggering tsunami of developmental disabilities now…
By Catherine J. Frompovich In July of 2017, the Republic and Canton of Geneva, Department of Public Instruction, Culture and Sport, Office for Children and Youth, Child and Youth Health Service of Switzerland did something rather unusual, but extremely proactive, to enforce the “Precautionary Principle.”…
By Alex Pietrowski Mental health in America is in decline, and while there is no one-size-fits-all reason for this, doctors and psychiatrists do offer a one-size-fits-all solution: antidepressants. The number of people who have taken antidepressants has soared some 65% in just the last 15…
By Dawn Luger For families of children with debilitating disorders, all hope is pinned on cannabis oil, and not pills. At Cook Children’s Hospital, cannabis is being given a fair chance at helping kids who suffer from a wide range of ailments. One such family is…
By Jay Syrmopoulos Los Angeles, CA – A report of a missing teenager in Tulare County, California, in late 2016 culminated into the uncovering of one of the largest sex trafficking rings in the Western United States, according to an announcement by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s…
By Catherine J. Frompovich EMFs (electromagnetic frequencies) and RFs (radio frequencies) contribute to Electrosmog; both frequencies affect and compromise the human organism, especially children’s. I’ve been a consumer health researcher since the late 1970s. I was one of the few healthcare professionals to learn and…
By Ariana Marisol Are iPads, smartphones and Xboxes a form of digital drug? Recent brain imaging research is showing that they affect the brain’s frontal cortex exactly like cocaine. The frontal cortex controls executive functioning, including impulse control. Technology is so hyper-arousing that it raises…
BY ANH-USA Government lies and lack of profit incentive are both leading to lack of treatment. Action Alert! A new report published in Pediatrics estimates that the overall number of children with elevated lead levels in the US for the period 1999 to 2010 was 1.2 million—double what the Centers for…
By Jay Syrmopoulos Gardendale, AL — A regular summer right of passage for motivated teenagers across the United States in search of some extra spending money has always been cutting the neighbors’ grass. However, teens in Gardendale, Alabama, and many other cities across the United…
By Catherine J. Frompovich Recently, the ‘City Fathers’ in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, according to radio news reports, are going after chemically-flavored tobacco products, which are marketed and positioned in convenience stores so as to attract youngsters who are smoking them. KYW radio reports claimed Philly’s…
By Karen Foster Fruit juice has been marketed (and in some cases, recommended by physicians) as a healthy, natural source of vitamins and calcium. Kids like the way it tastes — in fact, children and adolescents continue to be the highest consumers of fruit juice…
By Kevin Currie-Knight As a rule, I no longer ask school age-children how they’re doing in school. Let me explain why. Recently, my wife and I took a trip to see family and friends, several of whom have school-age children. I noticed that when adults interact…
