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Richmond Bans Genetically Modified Plants
Health & Wellness  (tags: GMOs, genetically modified, farmets, garden, great news, health, ethics, food, prevention, interesting, safety, risks, science, society, news, protection, humans )

Elena
- 8 hours ago - theprovince.com
RICHMOND, B.C. -- Richmond City Council says engineered crops and plants have no place the gardens of Metro Vancouver. Councillors have voted unanimously to ban further genetically modified species from Richmond soilalthough the ban is unenforceable ...
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TEPCO: 2-1/2 Times More Fukushima Radiation Released Than Previously Announced
Health & Wellness  (tags: environment, health, illness, investigation, medicine, nuclear, protection, research, science, treatment )

Kit
- 1 day ago - commondreams.org
The nuclear meltdowns at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant released at least 2-1/2 times more radiation than Japan's government had announced last year, the company responsible for the disaster said in a Tokyo news conference today.
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Behind the TIME Cover: Most Human Societies Don't Get Our Breastfeeding Hang-Up
Health & Wellness  (tags: babies, Body-Mind-Spirit, children, diet, disease, environment, food, healthcare, illness, humans, nutrition, prevention, protection, safety, society, study )

Kit
- 1 day ago - blogs.discovermagazine.com
My son will be 3 years old next month and is still breastfeeding. In other words, he is a typical primate. However, when I tell most people about this the reactions I receive run the gamut from mild confusion to serious discomfort.
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Panelists Give Two Cents on Medical Pot Legalization
Health & Wellness  (tags: AlternativeMed, medicine, research, investigation, humans, illness, health, Body-Mind-Spirit, cancer, disease, drugs, ethics, government, news, science, study, treatment )

John
- 1 day ago - athensnews.com
All agreed that marijuana could be beneficial as medicine, but some of the panelists stressed that additional research is needed before it is legalized for medicinal use.
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CONSUMER HEALTH ALERT! Laundry Detergent Pods Poisoning Children
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, health, healthcare, risks, laundry detergent pods, investigation, government, illness, ethics, Body-Mind-Spirit, warning, study, prevention, news )

Cal
- 2 days ago - abcnews.go.com
To some kids, the bright colors and bite-size packaging of single-doss packets of laundry detergent simply look too much like candy. The American Association of Poison Control Centers is reporting a recent surge in calls about the packets making children
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Parents Obsessed With Mobiles and IPads Are Guilty of Child Neglect, Say Doctors
Health & Wellness  (tags: Parents, Mobiles and iPads, Obsessed, Health )

Maria
- 3 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Parents who constantly check and use smartphones and iPads around their children may be driving them into a lifelong dependency on TV and computer screens, according to a leading psychologist.
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ACTION ALERT: Prohibit the Creation of the Largest Farm-Factory in France! PLEASE SIGN !
Health & Wellness  (tags: factory farming, animal suffering, france, risks, enviornment, village, threatened, communiites )

Simone
- 4 days ago - secure.avaaz.org
We live in a village in the Somme, 4 km from Abbeville, and we are frightened. A construction contractor in the North, Mr. Ramery, plans to install a stable of 1,000 dairy cows and 750 calves, and a biogas plant in the communes of-the-Dr
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Tobacco Smoke Harms Kids
Health & Wellness  (tags: health )

Shennando
- 4 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
For more than three decades, researchers have warned of the potential health risks associated with tobacco smoke exposure, especially among children whose parents smoke.
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Spreading Awareness Against HIV
Health & Wellness  (tags: health )

Shennando
- 4 days ago - articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com
A Panjab University assistant professor along with commonwealth youth programme staff on Saturday lit about 700 earthen lamps to mark the eve of International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day.
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Sleep Apnea Tied to Increased Cancer Risk
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, healthcare, safety, study, interesting, Body-Mind-Spirit, protection, prevention )

Cal
- 4 days ago - well.blogs.nytimes.com
Two new studies have found that people with sleep apnea, a common disorder that causes snoring, fatigue and dangerous pauses in breathing at night, have a higher risk of cancer
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Salmon Says: What Kind Is Healthiest?
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, fish, salmon, prevention, risks, environment, disease, health, diet )

Michael
- 6 days ago - huffingtonpost.ca
Good news for consumers: Pink salmon -- yes, the cheap, trash salmon you buy in cans -- is the cleanest of all species, according to research by Dr. Michael Ikonomou of Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
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Add Your Name Before Tuesday May 22nd to Join the Washington Stroller Brigade ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Health & Wellness  (tags: humans, health, protection, safety, chemicals )

Cher
- 7 days ago - secure.nrdconline.org
As part of the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition, NRDC is gathering petition signatures pushing Congress to pass the Safe Chemicals Act. We're bringing them to Washington with a National Stroller Brigade on Tuesday, May 22nd for a rally
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Doctors 'Rewire' Hands of Paralysed Man
Health & Wellness  (tags: science, Washington University's school of medici, new surgery, rewiring nerves, spinal cord injury, possible breakthrough, paralysis )

Judy
- 8 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Surgeons at Washington University's school of medicine said the operation may prove to be a breakthrough for some patients paralysed by spinal cord injuries.
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Tell Congress: Fix the Flaw! ACTION US
Health & Wellness  (tags: medical devices, health, healthcare, treatment, death, surgery, ethics, research )

Nancy
- 8 days ago - secure.consumersunion.org
When the user-fee bill comes up for a vote I urge you to make sure it gives the FDA the authority to require medical device makers to "fix the flaw" when they are applying for approval of a new device based on its similarity to another unsafe device.
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Detroit Mother Who Refused To Drug Her Child---Video   video
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, AlternativeMed, AlternativeMed, children, death, diet, drugs, environment, ethics, family, government, health, humans, interesting, investigation, nutrition, protection, risks, safety, science, society, study, treatment, warning )

Kenneth
- 9 days ago - youtube.com
Maryanne Godboldo is a Detroit Michigan mother who made international press when she faced down a tank and swat team, sent to her house after she refused to administer a powerful and potentially lethal psychiatric drug to her daughter.
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