Posted on March 27th, 2008 by blogger
A small child receives cough medicine - but the treatments contain ingredients that could be fatal in high doses (picture posed by model)
Cough and cold remedies for children under two are to be pulled from the shelves immediately amid safety fears.At least 100 products will be put under the counter as parents [...]
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Posted on March 17th, 2008 by blogger
Blood sucker: The tick is spreading rapidly across Europe and carries a virus which causes swelling of the brain, hallucinations, fits, paralysis and even death
A deadly disease spread by blood-sucking ticks is spreading rapidly across Europe.
Rising temperatures have helped tick-borne encephalitis take hold in 27 European countries - 16 more than [...]
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Posted on March 12th, 2008 by blogger
As doctors struggle to eradicate polio worldwide, one of their biggest problems is persuading parents to vaccinate their children. In Belgium, authorities are resorting to an extreme measure: prison sentences.
Two sets of parents in Belgium were recently handed five month prison terms for failing to vaccinate their children against polio. Each parent [...]
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Posted on March 11th, 2008 by blogger
At least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease, or more than 3 million teens, according to the first study of its kind in this age group.
A virus that causes cervical cancer is by far the most common sexually transmitted infection in teen girls aged 14 to 19, [...]
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Posted on February 12th, 2008 by blogger
Two controversies are swirling in the autism world. The first is over the safety of vaccines as they may relate to the cause/onset of this life altering disorder. The recent airing of ABC’s Eli Stone episode about a woman who sued a pharmaceutical company (and won) on behalf of her autistic son brought the vaccine [...]
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Posted on December 26th, 2007 by blogger
Taxpayers are subsidizing the use of genetically modified seeds through a strange arrangement between the Department of Agriculture and chemical giant Monsanto that was enthusiastically endorsed by Congress in 2000, the Chicago Tribune exposed in a report today.
The corn seeds are manipulated so they produce pesticides that ward off insects, or resist herbicides so farmers [...]
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Posted on December 6th, 2007 by blogger
What is the relationship between the mass production of synthetic chemicals, workplace chemical exposure, environmental pollution and rising cancer rates in the 20th and 21st centuries? In her new book, The Secret History of the War on Cancer, Devra Davis, director of the Center for Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, [...]
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Posted on October 11th, 2007 by blogger
The Belmont City Council on Tuesday night adopted a landmark ordinance regulating secondhand smoke in the city.
SLIDESHOW: Celebrity Ex-Smokers
The ordinance passed on a 3-2 vote and will go into effect in 30 days, according to City Manager Jack Crist.
The ordinance was introduced by the City Council on Sept. 11, and then [...]
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Posted on October 5th, 2007 by blogger
Topps Meat Company, one of the country’s largest manufacturers of frozen hamburgers, said today it was going out of business after it recalled more than 21.7 million pounds of ground beef products last month.
The company, based in Elizabeth, N.J., said a few of its 87 employees will remain at the plant to help the United [...]
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Posted on August 29th, 2007 by blogger
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Mercury as a toxin is old news. We’ve been alerted: it’s in our fish, in our water, and in our air. It’s been removed from paint. Mercurial chrome is no longer used to heal cuts. When an old thermometer breaks, or a high school science lab has an accidental spill, the area is treated like [...]
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