By: Renee Pinel A recent opinion article on glyphosate is a classic example of the environmental community’s awkward relationship with science and facts (“Don’t let EPA and Monsanto hide the truth on Roundup,” Viewpoints, Jan. 17). When it comes to climate change, the enviros are all in. But for everything else, science apparently doesn’t matter. […]

Now that recreational marijuana is legal in California this year, some people are wondering what will be the next drug to be decriminalized in the state. Magic mushrooms may be the next drug to be decriminalized with the help of one man who has been pushing for the state to become the first to decriminalize […]

A warning for people that may overly use marijuana, it may lead to a syndrome that causes vomiting. The obscure syndrome is called cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome and it is a condition that has only recently been acknowledged by the medical community. However, it seems to affect a small population of marijuana users who smoke multiple […]

In early August, three friends from Salt Lake City visited San Diego for the Metallica concert at Petco Park and two of them unknowingly went back home with hepatitis A. Mike Johnson, 43, was diagnosed with hepatitis A on Sept. 14th, a little more than a month after his trip to San Diego. His eyes […]

Los Angeles County interim health officer, Dr. Jeffrey Gunzenhauser is acting reckless and seems clueless with the Air Quality Management District’s air monitoring evaluations of hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) in Los Angeles County by blaming a single industry for the problem. Dr. Gunzenhauser recently noted, “Based on recent evaluations of hexavalent chromium [also known as chromium […]

Earlier last month, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 239 (SB 239) that lowers the crime of knowingly exposing a sexual partner to HIV without disclosing the infection from a felony to a misdemeanor. SB 239 will also apply to those who give blood without telling the blood bank that they are HIV-positive. According to […]

By: Hector M. Barajas Might you want to vilify a company, ban their product from the marketplace or force them to re-label a chemical as cancer causing so you can sue the hell out of them? WHO did, so now you can too. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Agency of Research on Cancer (IARC) […]

To gauge the metallic emissions and potential air pollution in Los Angeles County, the Southern California Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) began installing community monitoring devices and found two metals of concern: nickel and hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)). In order to reduce the amount of hexavalent chromium, the SCAQMD decided arbitrarily to set an allowable limit […]

When it comes to our food supply, Americans don’t know how good we have it. A recent piece online – “21 Foods Made In China You Should Never Eat” – offers some grim examples of contaminated food imported from China – everything from chicken and vegetables to fish and fruit juices. Inspections have turned up […]

Over the past year, environmental activists involved with groups such as Safe Ag Safe Schools and Safe Strawberry Monterey County Working Group, have taken up the crusade to ban pesticides in California using missing and incomplete science. One such member, Carole Erickson, a retired and somewhat active Public Health Nurse/Educator, promoted here discredited study to […]