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Why Does the US Keep Poisoning Our Children?
Health & Wellness  (tags: hazardous pesticide endosulfan, pesticides, toxic, chemicals, risks, safety, children, humans, illness, health, warning, research, protection, prevention )

Elena
- 1758 days ago - ufwaction.org
Deadly pesticide endosulfan banned in the European Union and 20 nations, but in the United States the EPA allows its continued use.
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When You Smoke a Cigarette, What Are You *Really* Smoking??
Health & Wellness  (tags: cigarettes, chemicals, big tobacco, tobacco, health, cancer )

Kristy
- 1885 days ago - realage.com
In addition to highly addictive nicotine, cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals. Here's what you're inhaling with each puff:
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What's in Your Soap?
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, healthcare, safety, risks, soap, chemicals, ingredients, beauty, beauty )

Shannon
- 1892 days ago - carefair.com
Do you really know what's inside that little fragrant bar of soap you use daily? You may be surprised.
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Campaign For Safe Cosmetics: Latest Press Releases
Health & Wellness  (tags: chemicals, babies, health, risks, safety, phthalates, Birth Defects )

Terri
- 1910 days ago - safecosmetics.org
New study suggests that chemical linked to reproductive harm is getting into babies from shampoo, lotions and powders.
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Lasers Detect Disease in Patient Breath
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, detection, disease, illness, breath, scientists, news, research, laser, technique, preventative, technology, chemicals )

Dr Kathi
- 1910 days ago - dsc.discovery.com
Some health conditions/diseases show up in breath of a person, according to scientists; through chemicals released by the lungs. By using a laser detecting certain compounds in breath by chemical release, early detection of disease may be easier shortly.
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The Ten Nastiest Fish of All Time
Health & Wellness  (tags: pesticides, chemicals, artificial coloring, cancer-causing toxins like PCBs )


- 1943 days ago - articles.mercola.com
Farm-raised fish, with their rampant disease and unprecedented amounts of waste, are now even threatening wild fish populations. This entirely man-made creation has no place in nature, which is why I'd label all farm-raised fish truly nasty.
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Medical Plants 'Face Extinction' - UK/England
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, cures, plants, extinction, medicinal plants, chemicals )

Chrissy
- 1951 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Hundreds of medicinal plants are at risk of extinction, threatening the discovery of future cures for disease, according to experts. Over 50% of prescription drugs are derived from chemicals first identified in plants.
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Organic Makeup Gets a Closer Look
Health & Wellness  (tags: organic, chemicals, toxins, health, interesting, prevention, protection, risks, safety, science, women )

Elena
- 1955 days ago - clarionledger.com
Animal byproducts weren't something Holly Tashian wanted to smear on her face. But it was hard to get away from lanolin, a fatty substance secreted by sheep, which was in many of the cosmetics in her makeup bag.
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38 Non-Organic Ingredients Found in 'USDA Organic' Foods
Health & Wellness  (tags: Health, foods, organic, chemicals, poisons )


- 1965 days ago - thedailygreen.com
The Department of Agriculture has proposed 38 ingredients which could be put in `USDA Organic` labeled foods even though they are not grown organically.
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Industrial Chemicals Lead To A Toxic Body Burden
Health & Wellness  (tags: chemicals, toxins, research, interesting, health )

Jamie
- 2013 days ago - newstarget.com
There's a new wave in testing people for a so-called "body burden" of industrial chemicals in their blood stream. The results are shocking.
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The Dirty Dozen Chemicals in Cosmetics
Health & Wellness  (tags: beauty, cosmetics, chemicals )

Jamie
- 2033 days ago - thegreenguide.com
Beauty is only skin deep, but the products we use to attain it contain chemicals that may penetrate far deeper.
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Tests Reveal High Chemical Levels in Kids' Bodies
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, chemicals )

Mai
- 2038 days ago - edition.cnn.com
Michelle Hammond and Jeremiah Holland were intrigued when a friend at the Oakland Tribune asked them and their two young children to take part in a cutting-edge study to measure the industrial chemicals in their bodies. But that fascination soon changed..
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FOXNews.Com - Nicaragua Seizes 6,000 Tubes of Contaminated Toothpaste From China - International News | News of the World | Midd
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, world, contamination, toothpaste, chemicals )

Jacki
- 2187 days ago - foxnews.com
Nicaraguan police seized 6,000 tubes of a Chinese-made toothpaste suspected of containing a chemical that killed at least 51 people in nearby Panama last year, the health minister said Sunday.
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Chemical Linked to Birth Defects Found at Unsafe Levels in Canned Food
Health & Wellness  (tags: babies, chemicals, children, food, food safety, health, risks )

Veronique
- 2263 days ago - ewg.org
WASHINGTON, March 5 -- In the most comprehensive U.S. tests for an industrial chemical used to line cans of foods, an independent laboratory found a compound linked to birth defects in more than half of the samples of canned fruit, vegetables, soda, and ba
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Common Household Chemicals Linked to Cancer
Health & Wellness  (tags: chemicals, cancer, health, household cleaners, pets )

June
- 2279 days ago - environment.about.com
Fluorinated polymers may not be a household name, but they show up in a lot of household products--from microwave popcorn bags and fast-food wrappers to stain-free carpets and windshield washer fluid. Unfortunately, they are also showing up in
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