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WHO Decides Against Scheduling Kratom

December 17, 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided against a critical review and subsequent scheduling of kratom, according to the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) Summary assessments, findings, and recommendations. The ECDD looked at seven substances: Brorphine, Metonitazene, Eutylone, 4F-MDMB-BICA, Benzylone, Kratom, and Phenibut. The first two were added...

NPA: WHO Guidelines on Dementia and Supplements "Misguided"

May 17, 2019

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Geneva, Switzerland—The World Health Organization (WHO) released guidelines for Risk reduction of cognitive decline and dementia, which the Natural Products Association (NPA) is calling incomplete. The document notes that dementia is a rapidly growing global public health problem, but that it is neither a natural consequence of aging nor inevitable.

WHO Withdraws Support of Planetary Health Diet

April 16, 2019

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

The World Health Organization (WHO) has withdrawn its support of the “Planetary Health Diet,” following pressure from an Italian official who raised concerns about the impact of the diet on people’s health and livelihoods, according to the British Medical Journal (BMJ). The Planetary Health Diet is the result of a...

Glyphosate Petition Submitted to EPA

September 28, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

The Environmental Working Group and other food companies sent a petition to the Environmental Protection Agency this week, calling for more stringent limits on the amount of glyphosate residues allowed on oats and a prohibition on the pesticide’s use as a pre-harvest drying agent. In the petition, the group is...