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Monsanto & CropLife Men Have No Place In Our Government
Health & Wellness  (tags: government, healthcare, health, illness, food, safety, science, GeneticEngineering )

Tierney
- 2 days ago - food.change.org
Islam Siddiqui has been nominated as the Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. If Congress confirms Siddiqui, he will no doubt continue to undermine public health, biodiversity,
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Scientists Claim Junk Food Is as Addictive as Heroin
Health & Wellness  (tags: junk, food, heroin, addiction, drugs, obesity, health, healthcare, humans, research, warning, risks, illness, science, study, medicine, prevention, interesting, disease, diet, investigation, society, government, children, nutrition, family )

Tom
- 6 days ago - grist.org
Junk food elicits addictive behavior in rats similar to the behaviors of rats addicted to heroin, a new study finds. "This is the most complete evidence to date that suggests obesity and drug addiction have common neurobiological underpinnings."
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Scientists Say Curry Compound Kills Cancer Cells
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, healthcare, research, study, medicine, cancer, science )

Maria
- 6 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Researchers at the Cork Cancer Research Center in Ireland treated esophageal cancer cells with curcumin -- a chemical found in the spice turmeric, which gives curries a distinctive yellow color -- and found it started to kill cancer cells within 24 hours.
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Canadian Researchers Pioneer Gene Therapy to Repair Lungs for Transplant
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, science, research, genes, lungs, transplant )

Sigrid
- 7 days ago - ca.news.yahoo.com
In pioneering research, Canadian scientists have successfully used gene therapy to repair damaged lungs from deceased donors, making them potentially suitable for life-saving transplantation
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Scientists Say Curry Compound Kills Cancer Cells
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthcare, food, cancer, research, science )

Sigrid
- 8 days ago - ca.news.yahoo.com
A molecule found in a curry ingredient can kill esophageal cancer cells in the laboratory, suggesting it might be developed as an anti-cancer treatment, scientists said on Wednesday.
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GM Soy Is Toxic Soy - Take Action
Health & Wellness  (tags: GMOs, GM, genetically modified, soya, food, agriculture, farms, farming, farmers, research, safety, science, warning, prevention, protection, food, government, health, environment, ethics, humans, study, risks, nutrition )

Elena
- 14 days ago - toxicsoy.org
Even worse, they legitimise genetically engineered (GE) soy which is designed to be produced with large (and increasing) amounts of agri-chemicals. This is at the cost of people and the environment. This site explains what is wrong with this and questions
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| A Taste for Bold Ideas -- Chewing Gum to Detect Malaria?
Health & Wellness  (tags: treatment, research, science, study, prevention, interesting, health, environment, illness, disease, children, AlternativeMed )

Daphna
- 15 days ago - seattletimes.nwsource.com
Add two new weapons to the potential arsenal against malaria -- chewing gum and chocolate. They are among dozens of unconventional approaches to global health problems that won backing today from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The found
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Victory: South Africa Rejects GM Potato
Health & Wellness  (tags: GMOs. genetically modified, potatoes, prevention, protection, research, risks, safety, health, food, government, science, news, interesting, ethics, diet )

Elena
- 17 days ago - allafrica.com
New Victory for the Potato! October 2009: South Africa's GM body, the Executive Council (EC), has rejected attempts by the Agriculture Research Council (ARC) to bring GM potatoes onto the market.
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Mercury Poisoning Concealed
Health & Wellness  (tags: investigation, health, government, disease, family, safety, science, risks, society, research, humans, illness, interesting, news )

Elena
- 19 days ago - manitobawildlands.org
A Japanese publication about methyl mercury poisoning exposes former Canada Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau blocking publication of studies about mercury problem at Grassy Narrows First Nation in northwestern Ontario
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Take Action - Help Strengthen America's Toxic Chemicals Standards
Health & Wellness  (tags: petition, children, diet, disease, environment, food, government, health, humans, illness, prevention, protection, research, risks, safety, science, study )

Daphna
- 23 days ago - change.org
Of the 82,000 chemicals available for use in the U.S., only about 200 have been required to be tested for safety. In fact, the 33 year-old law that is supposed to protect Americans from exposure to toxic chemicals is so outdated that China le
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month - Learn Your Risks, Responsibilities, and Ways to Raise Awareness
Health & Wellness  (tags: cancer, prevention, research, protection, study, humans, illness, healthcare, disease, investigation, science, society, treatment )

David
- 34 days ago - breastcancer.about.com
Anyone with breast tissue - men and women - is at risk for developing breast cancer. But only one percent of men and one in eight women will develop breast cancer. Knowing your risks - and what you can do to reduce your risks - is a great way to start.
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HIV's Ancestors May Have Plagued First Mammals
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, HIV AIDS, mammals, humans, disease, illness, death, research, science, study )

Dee
- 40 days ago - sciencedaily.com
The retroviruses which gave rise to HIV have been battling it out with mammal immune systems since mammals first evolved around 100 million years ago - about 85 million years earlier than previously thought, scientists now believe.
8 comments
Take Action - Health Care Reform: Scrap GMOs
Health & Wellness  (tags: gmos, petition, healthcare, humans, health, research, risks, safety, prevention, investigation, food, children, nutrition, study, science )

Daphna
- 45 days ago - change.org
An usually-wide array of interest groups that have lined up against Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) hope President Obama's commitment to eradicating health care reform bad habits extends to the nation's de facto investment in genetically modified cro
5 comments
Tell Your Senators: Monsanto Can't Feed the World- Take Action-
Health & Wellness  (tags: monsanto, food, safety, science, warning, research, nutrition, health, family, humans )

Daphna
- 50 days ago - act.credoaction.com
Last year's food riots in Haiti, India, Indonesia and elsewhere sounded the alarm bell for a painful level of global hunger that is only going to increase with a growing population and a changing climate. In a promising move, the G8 -- a group of the worl
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Milk May Endanger Your Health, and the Dairy Industry Knows It
Health & Wellness  (tags: babies, children, death, diet, disease, ethics, food, health, humans, illness, investigation, prevention, research, safety, risks, study, science )

Cowboss
- 57 days ago - thebovine.wordpress.com
A mutant protein linked to major diseases has invaded the world's dairy supply, including, most likely, the jug of milk in your fridge. The protein, called A1 beta-casein, is well known in the scientific community. While most dairy companies, trade
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