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75 PlayGround Hazards: Sand and Pressure Treated Lumber Health & Wellness (tags: cancer, children, death, government, ethics, health, treatment, risks, humans, environment, safety ) Electra - 12 days ago - ecochildsplay.com Written by Jennifer Lance Just like many other products designed for children we have discovered, there are potential health hazards on the playground. Play sand, contains carcinogenic dust, etc... 15 comments \| visit site \| problem?
41 Responsibility of the FDA and National Cancer Institute for Cosmetics Related Escalating Cancer Rates Health & Wellness (tags: abuse, cancer, death, disease, drugs, environment, health, healthcare, humans, illness, interesting, investigation, medicine, news, prevention, research, safety, science, society, study, treatment, warning, women, protection, risks ) Club - 18 days ago - healthinformer.net In November 1994, the Cancer Prevention Coalition and the Center for Constitutional Rights submitted a Petition to the FDA calling for "Cancer Labeling of Talc Products." Talc products are regularly used by up to 17% of women for genital hygiene. add a comment \| visit site \| problem?
84 Charles Warns GM Farming Will End in Ecological Disaster Health & Wellness (tags: Alternative, diet, farming, food, environment, food, genetic, genetic modification, GMO, government, health, humans, interesting, investigation, news, nutrition, prevention, protection, research, risks, safety, science, society, study, warning ) Todd - 21 days ago - guardian.co.uk Prince Charles has warned that the adoption of genetic modification in farming has set the world on course for "the biggest disaster, environmentally, of all time". 19 comments \| visit site \| problem?
80 New Research Shows One in 200 People Born With DNA Mutation That Can Lead to Devastating, Often Fatal Disease Health & Wellness (tags: children, death, disease, drugs, environment, health, healthcare, humans, illness, interesting, investigation, medicine, news, prevention, protection, research, risks, safety, science, society, study, treatment, warning ) Club - 23 days ago - healthinformer.net Mutation Causing Mitochondrial Disease More Common Than Previously Believed 11 comments \| visit site \| problem?
60 Weakening US Economy Takes Its Toll on Americans Health Health & Wellness (tags: disease, environment, ethics, exercise, family, food, health, healthcare, humans, illness, interesting, investigation, medicine, news, nutrition, prevention, protection, research, risks, safety, science, society, study, treatment, warning, women, governme ) Club - 24 days ago - healthinformer.net To save money, many Americans are cutting back on medical care -- potentially putting their health at risk 2 comments \| visit site \| problem?
35 38 Dead After Being Bitten By Vampire Bats Health & Wellness (tags: health, disease, death, rabies, research, risks, safety, study, warning, investigation, environment ) Susie - 27 days ago - cnn.com At least 38 Warao Indians have died in remote villages in Venezuela, and medical experts suspect an outbreak of rabies spread by bites from vampire bats.Laboratory investigations have yet to confirm the cause, but the symptoms point to rabies, according 3 comments \| visit site \| problem?
49 To Be Old, Frail And Evicted:Patients at Risk --As Nursing Homes Shift FocusTo Short-Term Rehab Care, Families Must Look Elsewhe Health & Wellness (tags: abuse, elderly nursing homes, health, healthcare, humans, interesting, protection, prevention, study, treatment, society, government, environment, safety, warning ) Susie - 28 days ago - online.wsj.com Since Jasmine Nguyen collapsed nine years ago, apparently from a seizure, the 32-year-old has lived in a nursing home in Lodi, Calif., dependent on a ventilator to breathe and the facility's staff for her daily needs But since early this year, the nursin 6 comments \| visit site \| problem?
51 Patient Safety Authority Supports National Patient Safety Day Health & Wellness (tags: Body-Mind-Spirit, health, healthcare, government, illness, interesting, investigation, medicine, news, prevention, protection, research, safety, risks, science, society, study, treatment, warning, humans, family, disease, drugs, environment ) Club - 39 days ago - healthinformer.net The Authority offers patients consumers tips and encourages them to 'Speak Up'(TM) for improved patient safety add a comment \| visit site \| problem?
51 Autopsy: Blood Clots Caused Waiting Room Death Health & Wellness (tags: healthcare, environment, ethics, death, abuse, medicine, safety, society, treatment, risks ) Susie - 55 days ago - cnn.com NEW YORK (CNN) -- Blood clots from a long period of inactivity killed a woman who died last month on a waiting room floor at a New York hospital, the state's medical examiner said Friday.The death of Esmin Green attracted media attention worldwide when 12 comments \| visit site \| problem?
58 Invest in Water for Farming, or the World Will Go Hungry Health & Wellness (tags: health, environment, protection, study, water, food ) Cal - 56 days ago - enn.com The world's population is projected to grow from 6 billion to 8.5 billion by 2030 and unless we change the way we use water and increase water productivity -- ie. produce more 'crop per drop' -- we will not be able to feed them. That is the conclusion of th 2 comments \| visit site \| problem?
52 Flooding, After the Deluge, and the Politics of Toxic Mold Health & Wellness (tags: health, healthcare, environment, pollution, risks, protection, warning ) Cal - 60 days ago - enn.com With an estimated 11 million people and nine Midwestern states impacted by the floods, the severe weather preceding them, or both, toxic mold questions have assumed new significance. A reading of the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) mold concern 1 comment \| visit site \| problem?
46 Disabled Soldier Returning to War, Facing "Stop Loss" Health & Wellness (tags: abuse, americans, bush, bushadministration, candidates, cheney, cia, congress, constitution, corruption, cover-up, crime, democrats, dishonesty, economy, elections, ethics, freedoms, government, Govtfearmongering, healthcare, housing, iraq, lies, media, m ) Kathleen - 75 days ago - truthout.org WE MUST SHOW SINCERE COMPASSION FOR OUR TROOPS AND BRING THEM HOME!!! Besides, our own nation is in dire need of MUCH infrastructure & disaster assistance!!! 2 comments \| visit site \| problem?
79 Pesticide Dangers to Human Health Carry Through Multiple Generations Health & Wellness (tags: pesticides, agriculture, research, risks, health, humans, children, environment, food, warning ) Holly - 77 days ago - naturalnews.com A recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Texas at Austin has uncovered evidence that the damage done by pesticides may last for four generations or more. 8 comments \| visit site \| problem?
126 TAKE ACTION: Urge Japanese Govt. to Place Warning Labels on Poisoned Dolphin Meat Health & Wellness (tags: science, prevention, health, humans, safety, society, warning, family, children, government, food, nutrition, risks, study, research, ethics, death, diet, environment ) BiLL - 97 days ago - thepetitionsite.com Laboratory tests show that much of this meat is contaminated with dangerously-high levels of mercury, a poison that can cause permanent neurological damage and even death. 27 comments \| visit site \| problem?
54 Lifelong Illnesses Feared for Children in Katrina Trailers Health & Wellness (tags: abuse, americans, bush, bushadministration, candidates, cheney, congress, constitution, corruption, cover-up, crime, dishonesty, elections, economy, democrats, ethics, freedoms, government, Govtfearmongering, healthcare, housing, lies, media, news, politi ) Kathleen - 98 days ago - truthout.org "The anguish of Hurricane Katrina should have ended for Gina Bouffanie and her daughter when they left their FEMA trailer. But with each hospital visit and each labored breath her child takes, the young mother fears it has just begun." 1 comment \| visit site \| problem?

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