Archives for 2011
Pharmacies Vs. Health Food Stores (cartoon)
January 4, 2011 by
The drug industry is constantly trying to convince you that drugs are good for your health while nutritional supplements and healthy foods are somehow bad for you. This same line of nonsense…
The Secret History of Lead
January 3, 2011 by
The next time you pull the family barge in for a fill-up, check it out: The gas pumps read “Unleaded.” You might reasonably suppose this is because naturally occurring lead has been thoughtfully removed from the gasoline. But you would be wrong. There is no lead in gasoline unless somebody puts it there.
Switzerland considers reducing the taboo on incest
January 3, 2011 by
A bill under consideration in Switzerland would decriminalize incest. Switzerland already allows marriage between second-degree relatives (aunt/uncle, niece/nephew); the new measure would overturn the ban on consensual sexual relationships between siblings, and between parents and their adult children.
Why you’ve never heard the truth about Vitamin D (cartoon)
January 3, 2011 by
There is an epidemic of vitamin D deficiency sweeping across our modern world, and it’s an epidemic of such depth and seriousness that it makes the H1N1 swine flu epidemic look like a case…
