Valencia Porter, MD, MPH

10/13/2026

10/10/2026

SIGN THE PETITION: tinyurl.com/ReverseSupremeCourt -- We’ve beaten Bayer-Monsanto before. We can do it again.

On June 25, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) threw Americans under the bus, siding with Bayer-Monsanto in Monsanto v. Durnell, further shielding pesticide manufacturers from liability when their products cause harm.

In the majority were Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh (author of the opinion), Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, John Roberts, Samuel Alito, and Sonia Sotomayor. The dissenting justices were Ketanji Brown Jackson and Neil Gorsuch.

This ruling is a travesty of justice and a slap in the face of all of Bayer-Monsanto's Roundup cancer victims. Our U.S. Representatives and Senators can and must reverse the ruling.

In the House of Representatives, a bipartisan bill sponsored by Reps Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) would do just that.

"In wake of SCOTUS's terrible ruling last week in favor of Bayer/Monsanto, Rep Thomas Massie and I just introduced the People Over Poison Act to protect Americans' right to hold pesticide manufacturers accountable under state law when they fail to warn consumers about the risks of their products. Federal pesticide law was never supposed to be a liability waiver for corporations, and not a permission slip to hide behind insufficient labels while people get sick. Enough with the empty slogans and broken promises. If this Administration won't put people's health over corporate profits, Congress must. The right to seek justice in court is one of our most foundational freedoms. We must ensure that every American has a fair chance to be heard and hold powerful interests accountable," wrote Rep Pingree.

In the Senate, Senator Cory Booker sponsored S.2324, the Pesticide Injury Accountability Act in July 2025, a bill that is still active and would ensure that pesticide manufacturers can be held responsible for the harm caused by their toxic products.

Sign the petition to your U.S. Representatives and Senators to urge them to protect our constitutional right to sue when harmed by pesticides and pass these bills now. tinyurl.com/ReverseSupremeCourt

10/09/2026

This is what happens when you kill the soil - now more than ever, regenerative, sustainable organic agriculture is needed!

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/vegetables-nutrition-soil-quality-decline-b3063325.html?fbclid=IwdGRjcAU1MdVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mBWZkaWQWUP9oFlmzj-HbrJ42A-eQqGxQL4zwUXNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR7pNcDlJzlOxJ5ggq5W2JszcwBWPCxJFZGqKdqqi3A8qow9hZd3sIcVpdIgtg_aem_O6FBHZ3dIQghoBFO1n_VhA

Fewer than a third of wheat varieties used in bread released since the 1960s meet the recommended zinc target, due to poor soil quality

09/25/2026

Sauerkraut, kimchi….wow!

09/23/2026

Dr Horowitz is the real deal and I am grateful that he has done so much work for the Lyme and tickborne illness communities.

Investigative journalist Mary Beth Pfeiffer, long respected in the Lyme community for her groundbreaking reporting and her book Lyme: The First Epidemic

09/23/2026

A few years back, I was in the small rooms with the big names. What I saw and heard completely turned me off. I am and will always be people & planet over profits. I choose integrity over going along. Maybe that doesn’t make me a great businessperson, but at least I can sleep at night.

09/22/2026

Planetary health is important for human health! Our planet’s pressure is now dangerously high…

“We do not have the luxury of time, but we do have the knowledge, capacity and solutions to change course,” said Johan Rockström, PIK’s director and a co-author of the report, in a statement. “Accelerating action to return to the safe operating space across all Planetary Boundaries is essential to protect lives and livelihoods, and to deliver on the promise of shared future prosperity.”

Humans are continuing to push Earth beyond livable levels of heat, pollution and other conditions—both for us and for millions of species.

That’s the upshot of the annual Planetary Health Check, released on Monday by the Planetary Boundaries Science Lab.

The report shows that seven of the nine chemical and physical “boundaries” we need to stay within to keep the planet habitable are at their worst recorded values since scientists first conceived of them in 2009. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/9-boundaries-keep-earth-livable-weve-breached-7-of-them/

09/15/2026

More reason to advocate for pesticide regulations to protect people. And in my opinion, organic food should be the norm and pesticide laden foods should be labeled with whatever was used on them.

Look, everyone knows that eating a diet full of healthy fruits and vegetables is a win — but what if it could also be increasing your risk of lung cancer? A new study suggests pesticide exposure could be a risk factor of lung cancer for non-smokers.