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Fluoride and Other Chemical Risks
New research finds exposure to fluoride in drinking water and several other common chemicals in early life diminishes brain function in children. Study lead author, Philippe Grandjean, tells host Steve ...
Planned food safety rules rile organic farmers
Local growers are discovering that proposed FDA regulations would curtail many common techniques, such as using house-made fertilizers and irrigating from creeks. HUSTONTOWN, Pa. — Jim Crawford was rushing to ...
Fran Drescher Talks About Her Broadway Debut This Week on ‘CBS Sunday Morning’
ACTRESS FRAN DRESCHER TALKS ABOUT LIFE, LOVE AND HER BROADWAY DEBUT - THIS WEEK ON “CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES OSGOOD” DRESCHER TELLS TRACY SMITH: “EVERYTHING HAS LED ME TO ...
Yellow pigments in clothing, paper contain long-banned PCB
New, unpublished research has found that polychlorinated biphenyls – banned in the United States 35 years ago – are leaching out of clothing and printed materials from around the world. ...
Walmart And Target Take Aim At Hazardous Ingredients
Big retailers formulate policies to regulate the chemicals that go into the products they sell Megaretailers Walmart and Target announced last fall that they would reduce or eliminate ingredients in ...
New test suggests antidepressant Paxil may promote breast cancer
A team of researchers from the City of Hope in Duarte has developed a speedy way to identify drugs and chemicals that can disrupt the balance of sex hormones in ...
5 Foods That Turn Off Cancer Promoting Inflammation
There is a major pro-inflammatory gene lurking inside the center of every cell. When this gene gets turned on the stage is set for the development of cancer. You can ...
Cancer Prevention: WHO Report says diet is critical
The World Health Organization caused alarm for some recently by releasing a report showing that we’re woefully unaware of the link between cancer and diet or lifestyle. In the WHO ...
Pesticides may be more dangerous than testing reveals, study finds
Mesnage, R, N Defarge, J Spiroux de Vendômois, and G-E Séralini. 2014. Major pesticides are more toxic to human cells than their declared active principles. BioMed Research International 2014 Article ...
Could Your Protein Shake Be Causing You More Harm Than Good?
Written by Yvonne Bishop Meal replacement shakes & meal supplements can be very convenient and cost effective – but beware as not all shakes are created equally! Many companies have ...
Johnson & Johnson Cleans Formaldehyde Out Of Baby Products, Moving To Adult Goods
Washington, D.C. – EWG executive director Heather White said that personal care products giant Johnson & Johnson has taken a major step forward by reformulating about 100 of its baby ...
Walking ‘cuts breast cancer risk’
"We know that the best weapon to overcoming breast cancer is the ability to stop it occurring in the first place.” Post-menopausal women who walk for an hour a day ...
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