Gone are the days when animals raised for food live out their lives on family farms. Today’s demand for meat, eggs and dairy products has made that impossible.  Instead, the “animal agriculture industry” has turned into a veritable machine with a goal of producing more, at a faster pace, and for a cheaper price.

Today, animals are raised in huge facilities, deemed “factory farms” or “CAFO”s (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations), facilities that are just as horrid as they sound.  There is little regulation in this industry, thanks to the ability of corporations to pull out stops such as, ag-gag laws — the result of this is vast expanses of facilities that are dirty and dangerous places for humans and animalsalike. This is all without even mentioning the damage done to the environment through contamination of the earth, water and air — contamination that is destroying our planet and making us sick.

...Continue Reading

Bad reactions to psychiatric drugs result in nearly 90,000 emergency room visits each year by U.S. adults, with anti-anxiety medicines and sedatives among the most common culprits, a study suggests.

A drug used in some popular sleeping pills was among the most commonly involved sedatives, especially in adults aged 65 and older.

...Continue Reading