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U.S. Senate: We Don't Like Toxics! ACTION
Health & Wellness  (tags: toxins, TSCA, children, health, family, prevention, Safe Chemicals Act )

Nancy
- 23 days ago - action.momsrising.org
Here's what is happening right now: Our current chemicals legislation, the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), has not been updated since 1976. Back then, we didn't know as much about how toxic chemicals can migrate from the materials and products in...
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Tell the USDA to Deny Approval of 2,4-D-Resistant GMO Crops. ACTION
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, family, agent orange, toxins, world, environment )

Nancy
- 38 days ago - sumofus.org
I am writing today to urge you not to approve Dow's genetically engineered corn (DAS-40278-9) out of concerns that it will dramatically increase the use of 2,4-D (Docket No. APHIS-2010-0103), a major component of the chemical Agent Orange, specifically,
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Tell USDA To Reject "Agent Orange" Corn ACTION
Health & Wellness  (tags: food safety, corn, GE, Dow, USDA, herbicides, toxins, health, food )

Nancy
- 107 days ago - salsa3.salsalabs.com
Agent Orange was the chemical defoliant used by the U.S. in Vietnam, and it caused lasting ecological damage as well as many serious medical conditions in both Vietnam veterans and the Vietnamese.
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Are Toxins in Seafood Causing ALS, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's?
Health & Wellness  (tags: Seafood, Parkinson, Alzheimer, Toxins, Disease )

Katie
- 334 days ago - discovermagazine.com
What started as the discovery of an unknown disease in Guam has spread to a line of ominous findings about some of our most debilitating conditions and potential toxins lurking in bodies of water around the world.
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Replacing Mother: Imitating Breast Milk in the Laboratory TAKE ACTION
Health & Wellness  (tags: babies, toxins, synthetic breast milk )

Nancy
- 399 days ago - organicconsumers.org
Organic foods provide a refuge from the toxins, synthetics, and chemically processed ingredients that masquerade as food in the conventional food supply. Through corruption at the USDA some questionable 'nutrient' ingredients have found their way into...
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Tell the EPA: Ban Toxic Triclosan! Deadline Friday.
Health & Wellness  (tags: triclosan, toxins, water, cancer, prevention, family )

Nancy
- 416 days ago - act.credoaction.com
Triclosan is a germ-killing chemical used in a stunning array of consumer products. I recently discovered it in my own hand soap. It's likely in yours, too -- or in your toothpaste, deodorant, dish soap or even tissues.
29 comments
Poisoned Food in Shops for THREE WEEKS: Supermarkets Clear Shelves of Cakes and Quiches Containing Contaminated Eggs From German
Health & Wellness  (tags: Poisoned food, shops, British families, toxins, Supermarkets )

Anna
- 504 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
British families have been eating food tainted with poisonous toxins for at least three weeks.Supermarkets are now stripping shelves of the children's cakes, sponges and quiches made with contaminated German eggs.
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25 Toxic Ingredients :: What To Avoid
Health & Wellness  (tags: beauty, toxins, beauty products, safe cosmetics, health, safety, warning )

Becky
- 630 days ago - feelgoodstyle.com
Learn this checklist and eliminate these 25 toxic chemicals from your beauty arsenal, and you'll be off to a flying start with making safer, healthier choices.
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Born Pre-Polluted
Health & Wellness  (tags: Canada, chemicals, children, environment, health, pesticides, pollution, protection, toxins )

Julie
- 650 days ago - davidsuzuki.org
A U.S. Environmental Working Group study looked at the umbilical cords of 10 babies back in 2004. They detected on average 200 industrial chemicals and pollutants which included pesticides, plasticizers, PCBs, lead, mercury and dioxins.
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Eight Potentially Poisonous Personal Care Products [SLIDESHOW]
Health & Wellness  (tags: Toxins, Toxic products, health, cosmetics, personal care products, warning, women, risks, protection )

Roseann
- 665 days ago - grist.org
Here we've sniffed out some of the shocking potential toxins hiding in your bathroom cabinets and makeup collections.
7 comments
9 Unexpected Things in Drinking Water
Health & Wellness  (tags: safety, water pollution, EPA, toxins )

John
- 762 days ago - waterman99.wordpress.com
An analysis of federal data from the last five years revealed that more than 20 percent of the nation's water-treatment systems have broken provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act,19 million sickened each year
12 comments
A New Cigarette Hazard: 'Third-Hand Smoke'
Health & Wellness  (tags: tobacco, cigarettes, smoking in presence of children, third hand, toxins, poisons )

Green Roa
- 1235 days ago - nytimes.com
Parents who smoke often open a window or turn on a fan to clear the air for their children, but experts now have identified a related threat to children's health that isn't as easy to get rid of: third-hand smoke.
5 comments
Campaign for Safe Non-Flouridated Water
Health & Wellness  (tags: Pure Water, Fluoride dangers, Toxins, warning, protection, illness, risks, disease, cancer )

Elderberr
- 1260 days ago - npwa.org.uk
Death in the Air : The accounts given here are taken directly from written testimonies, medical records and interviews with phosphate fertiliser workers. This story has been updated from the original that appeared in the 1998 Suncoast ECO Rep
2 comments
Tainted Food Alert
Health & Wellness  (tags: US food supply, China tainted food alert, melamine, toxins, FDA )

Marion
- 1304 days ago - brasschecktv.com
Melamine may be in US food supply
9 comments
Taking Common Painkiller (Acetaminophen) With Coffee Is Extremely Toxic to the Liver
Health & Wellness  (tags: liver disease, caffeine, tylenol, toxins, prevention )

Maryann
- 1494 days ago - naturalnews.com
Combining caffeine with the active ingredient in Tylenol (acetaminophen) MAY be extremely dangerous for the liver, according to new research conducted at the University of Washington and reported in the journal Chemical Research in Toxicology.
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