NaturalNews: Natural News fans reshape the superfood industry‏ and more

Dear Lisbon Reporter and NaturalNews readers,

Today we made history together.

Natural News fans and followers helped achieve an historic milestone -- the first voluntary heavy metals limits ever announced in the natural products industry.

And more companies are instantly joining the effort! A few hours ago, Boku Superfood announced they intended to meet or exceed the new limits LONG BEFORE the 18-month timeline that was announced.

Here's the latest:
http://www.naturalnews.com/043792_rice_protein_heavy_metals_industry_agreement.html

The U.S. government is now seeking to use human beings as guinea pigs in influenza medical experiments:
http://www.naturalnews.com/043805_flu_virus_human_medical_experiments_US_government.html

What if food ads had to list side effects like drug ads?
http://www.naturalnews.com/043806_food_advertisements_side_effects_prescription_drugs.html

When it comes to organic food, who can we really trust?
http://www.naturalnews.com/043801_organic_food_cornucopia_Mark_Kastel.html

P.S. We have a few hundred of these amazing raw chocolate truffles in stock for Valentine's Day! Grab 'em while they last:
http://store.naturalnews.com/Organic-Raw-Chocolate-Truffle-Dessert-_p_244.html

More news continues below...


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- How to survive when modern medicine fails
- Detecting hearing loss in infants
- Constantly sick? Maybe it's your adrenals

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