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Disinfecting could make you sick
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
By KIM KNIGHT – Sunday Star Times Advertisers cashing in on a newly germ-phobic nation may be doing more harm than good, say public health officials. “We don’t live in a sterile world and nor should we endeavour to do so,” said Greg Simmons, Ministry of Health chief adviser for population health. At the height [...]
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Food packaging leaks BPA, phthalates
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
Martin Mittelstaedt Environment Reporter From Tuesday’s Globe and Mail Monday, Jul. 06, 2009 Most people don’t worry about what’s in food packaging, but the cans, boxes and bottles used as containers for everything from pop to microwave popcorn are an underappreciated route of exposure to synthetic compounds able to disrupt normal hormone functions, according to [...]
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Six Sources of Air Pollution in Home
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
Indoor Air Pollution Can Kill The most widely quoted statistic about air quality is this: The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that indoor air can be two- to five-times more polluted than the air outdoors. And while the EPA is responsible for cracking down on outdoor pollution — the smog, ozone and other chemicals that spew [...]
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How Environment Effects our Health
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
So, why could fish be at risk from algae blooms? As the extra population of plant and algae material dies, more bacteria are required for decomposition. During this process, the bacteria take precious oxygen away from the water. Consequently, fish and other marine life suffocate and can die from the lack of oxygen. A primary [...]
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Arsenic Linked to Increased Diabetes Risk
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
In a groundbreaking study, researchers have found that exposure to arsenic, a toxic substance which is often present in low concentrations in United States drinking water supplies, may be associated with an elevated risk of getting diabetes. Details and Findings of Study The said study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, [...]
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Wasted money, wasted health
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
It is no secret that bottled water is a cash cow for big business and industry. Incredibly, it often sells for three times the price of gasoline, and more and more of us are guzzling it at an increasing rate. Already worth over $500 billion, the bottled water industry is 30 percent larger than the [...]
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Universal Vaccine for the Flu?
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by admin.
The mainstream media is ablaze today with talk of an important new discovery that could lead to a “universal vaccine” that ends all colds for a lifetime. This universal vaccine, researchers say, would target a common configuration of proteins that occurs in virtually all cases of influenza, including H5N1 (bird flu), the Spanish flu strain [...]
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Relief for a Common Skin Condition
Posted on 17. Feb, 2010 by admin.
Skin affected by eczema might seem to be crying out for creams and salves to ease itching and inflammation, but what’s on the inside might be more important than what’s on the outside. A new study found that supplementing with the omega-3 fatty acid DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) helped relieve symptoms in people with eczema. In [...]
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Product May Improve Alzheimer’s
Posted on 17. Feb, 2010 by admin.
Supplementing with Chinese club moss (Huperzia serrata) may improve brain and behavioral functioning in some people with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new Cochrane Review . The herbal Chinese club moss product, called Huperzine A, has been shown in to have positive effects on the central nervous system. This review, which included six Chinese trials [...]
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Do I need an organic crib mattress?
Posted on 17. Feb, 2010 by admin.
Young children are extremely vulnerable to toxic exposures. From the largest retailer of crib mattresses website: The Crib Mattress’s top inside layer is Fireblocker, providing gentle sleeping and safety.We disagree on safety. We know this system contains 10% Boric Acid and 2.4% Antimony. European researchers measured and proved Antimony leaches through vinyl on crib mattresses, [...]
