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Three easy changes to reduce YOUR environmental toxins TODAY
Written by Yvonne Bishop If we look at what’s happened over the past 20 years we are around an on slot of toxicity like never before. Our genetic buckets are ...
UN agency calls outdoor air pollution leading cause of cancer
* Cancer agency ranks polluted air alongside tobacco smoke * Some 23,000 lung cancer deaths in 2010 due to pollution * Transport and power generation are major air polluters The ...
This Is Your Brain on Toxins
“Lead helps to guard your health.” That was the marketing line that the former National Lead Company used decades ago to sell lead-based household paints. Yet we now know that ...
Target takes serious first step to address toxic chemicals
You spoke up, and Target listened. It was a mere nine months ago that we launched our Mind the Store campaign with the goal of working with, and moving the ...
BPA’s possible role in miscarriages examined
Study shows possible connection between BPA and miscarriages for some women. BOSTON - New research suggests that high levels of BPA, a chemical in many plastics and canned food linings, ...
Breast Cancer & Our Environment
It's difficult to examine the effects of individual chemicals on risk for a disease as complex as breast cancer. The time between exposures and development of the disease may be ...
Women take on cosmetics industry
It began more than a decade ago with four women who wondered whether the hair spray, perfume and shampoo they were using every day were safe. Their quest to find ...
Researchers raise concerns about BPA and breast cancer
A growing number of health advocates are raising concerns about possible links between the estrogen-like chemical BPA and breast cancer. Consumer concern about BPA, or bisphenol A, has led manufacturers ...
Fran Drescher – Cancer Schmancer
In 1998, Fran Drescher seemed to be at the top of her game with her hit sitcom “The Nanny” enjoying strong ratings in its fifth season. But all was far ...
Fall Frenzy: Demystifying Fats
Written by Yvonne Bishop In an attempt to lose weight, people tend to remove the fat from their diets. And why not? There are at least 1500 studies that show ...
Look What Cancer Schmancer Is Doing for October
Hey dolls, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and we're gonna be really busy! We've got so many exciting things happening, and you're going to be hearing all about it ...
Fall Frenzy: Your Health & Visceral Fat
Last Sunday I kept my commitment to myself and set aside time on Sunday, the first day of autumn, to do some fall planning. It could not have been a ...
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