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Health & Wellness News tagged with chemicals

Chemicals That Stick Around
Health & Wellness  (tags: chemicals, environment, diet, food, humans, illness, investigation, prevention, protection, safety, warning )

Daphna
- 67 days ago - naturalhomemagazine.com
This year, the savvy consumer's list of top toxins to avoid should include a chemical compound known as perfluorooctanic acid (PFOA), a likely human carcinogen widely used to make nonstick cookware, fast-food packaging and fabric treatments. PFOA is one o
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It's Time to Learn From Frogs
Health & Wellness  (tags: research, risks, information, deformities, chemicals, warning, iteresting, opinion )

Michelle
- 148 days ago - nytimes.com
Some of the first eerie signs of a potential health catastrophe came as bizarre deformities in water animals, often in their sexual organs.
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Natural Instinct - Personal Care Products - My Favourite!
Health & Wellness  (tags: natural instinct, personal care, cleaners, shampoos, australia, chemicals, natural, products, herbs )

Chrissy
- 239 days ago - naturalinstinct.com.au
Natural Instinct provide a range of hair and skin care products that contain the nourishing goodness of pure essential oils and organic herbs that may nourish and cleanse your body. Also available are a range of natural baby care & household cleaning prod
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US Lags Behind Europe in Regulating Toxicity of Everyday Products: Award-Winning Investigative Journalist Reports
Health & Wellness  (tags: chemicals, neurological toxins, everyday products, toxicity, assessment, regulation, Europe, revolution, shifting global dynamic, US industry, flooding Brussels, US lobbyists, aggressive campaign, withholding, critical data, public, Mark Shapiro, FDA )

Alba
- 271 days ago - democracynow.org
Author of 'Exposed: Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products/What's at Stake for US Power' says Europe-led chemical regulation revolution requires thous of chemicals finally be assessed for toxic effects & signals end of US industry withholding critical data
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EPA Against Limiting Rocket Fuel Ingredient In Water
Health & Wellness  (tags: u.s., epa, water supply, health, humans, safety, risks, protection, news, government, family, environment, study, chemicals )

SirRobert
- 426 days ago - cnn.com
The Environmental Protection Agency has decided there is no need to rid drinking water of a toxic rocket fuel ingredient, that has contaminated water supplies around the country.
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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
- 483 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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Chemical Additives and Their Effects on Children
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, chemicals, additives, safety, diet, food, warning, risks, nutrition, humans, health, family )

Holly
- 561 days ago - naturalnews.com
Infants and young children have higher nutritional requirements than older people. Their smaller body mass as well as the fact that their diet has less variety contributes to their increased susceptibility to toxic reactions.
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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
- 609 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
- 617 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
- 634 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
- 635 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 )


- 667 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
- 675 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
- 680 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 )


- 690 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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