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When the Catfish Stirs
Offbeat  (tags: Japan, earthquakes, prevention, risks, interesting )

Michelle
- 145 days ago - economist.com
Earthquakes, and the preparations for them, are metaphors for Japan's malaise
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Sign Up: USDA June 29th Deadline to Halt GE, Drug and Industrial Chemicals in Food Crops
Offbeat  (tags: GMOs, GE food, GE crops, Obama, USDA, pollution, politics, science, environment, Sustainabililty, organic, eco-friendly, healthy, food, family, protection, interesting, society, abuse, nutrition, prevention, risks, cancer, NewTechnology, medicine )

Abc
- 169 days ago - examiner.com
Many social welfare, health and environmental organizations are asking Americans to sign up before June 29 to halt the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) proposed rule which will significantly weaken the regulation of Genetically Engineered
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6 Old Wives' Tales Busted!--Wise Answers to Old Wives' Tales
Offbeat  (tags: safety, society, study, treatment, prevention, women, research, interesting, healthcare, health, environment, ethics, food, Body-Mind-Spirit, culture, unusual, off-beat, bizarre, odd, culture )

Suzybell
- 220 days ago - prevention.com
Can cracking your knuckles cause arthritis? Does reading in low light hurt your eyes? When you drop food on the floor, can you eat it if you follow the "5-second rule?" We asked the experts to give us the facts behind the most popular (and persistent) he
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CHINESE ADMIT FEEDING PRISONERS TO TILAPIA
Offbeat  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', freedoms, humanrights, Refugees&Relief, violence, ethics, death, crime, food, illness, prevention, safety, risks, study, treatment, warning, odd, bizarre, culture, food )

Suzybell
- 224 days ago - satirepatch.blogspot.com
THOSE TASTY AND BUDGET FRIENDLY FROZEN TILAPIA PACKS WE ALL GET AT WALMART are the perfect grocery item, it seems. Fish is good for you, and the price is right. However, most people probably do not realize that part of the good deal involves workers at C
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Health Officials Inspect Conover Domino's--VIDEO
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, health, prevention, interesting, protection, illness, environment, government, nutrition, risks, safety, humans, bizarre, crime, culture, odd, unusual )

Suzybell
- 224 days ago - wcnc.com
A Domino's Pizza restaurant in Conover is now open after being closed on Tuesday for sanitization. Health inspectors were back at the restaurant on 10th Street Wednesday morning. Inspectors said all food products that were previously opened and not in
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Do You Snake After Every Meal?
Offbeat  (tags: odd, off-beat, bizarre, food, NOT ME, culture, design, unusual, interesting, health, society, healthcare, prevention, risks, treatment, AlternativeMed )

Suzybell
- 288 days ago - blogs.reuters.com
I know you're an expert on oral hygiene. I brush during every meal, floss all day at my desk and eat only carrots, but I still get cavities. What can I do?How often to you snake?I beg your pardon?I'm asking how often you put a live snake in your mouth to
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Hyannis Leaders Want Help on Homeless Problem
Offbeat  (tags: activists, culture, ethics, freedoms, government, humans, transportation, society, rights, business, consumers, cover-up, dishonesty, politics, society, abuse, prevention, protection, warning, americans, business, culture, ethics, interesting, police, saf )

James
- 391 days ago - capecodonline.com
HYANNIS -- Ongoing concern among Main Street business owners over loiterers and problematic "street people" has opened up discussion about whether Hyannis shoulders a disproportionate share of the Cape's homelessness burdens. Boycott Hyannis Cape Cod Ma
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Medical Pot Smokers Can Light Up at Festival
Offbeat  (tags: AlternativeMed, AlternativeMed, health, interesting, medicine, news, prevention, research, society, americans, GoodNews, health, rights )

Summer
- 427 days ago - foxnews.com
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Medical pot users got a high-five from the Santa Cruz City Council. The city's smoking ban is being lifted temporarily so medical pot patients can light up at a weekend marijuana festival.
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Worth Waiting For-Sex
Offbeat  (tags: children, health, safety, prevention, sexgoodnews )

Katie
- 620 days ago - wkyt.com
Several Eastern Kentucky teens are saying no to sex before marriage. Saturday night, they joined over tens of thousands of other young people across the county who already made the promise.
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Beware of Lemons Slices in Your Drinks When Dining Out!
Offbeat  (tags: americans, healthcare, news, business, consumers, environment, humans, society, safety, environment, pets, protection, death, diet, disease, food, health, illness, medicine, nutrition, prevention, research, safety, science, treatment, warning, investigati )

Susan
- 626 days ago - articles.mercola.com
Two out of every three restaurant lemon wedges in a study were covered in disease-causing bacteria -- incl. fecal bacteria. A tot. of 25 dif,potentially dangerous, microorganisms were discovered.FYI, used to be a cert. restaur.inspector,but 2/3 ratio...!
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Cigarette Toxins Disable Gene Which Slows Aging
Offbeat  (tags: destruction, environment, pollution, research, suffering, propaganda, death, business, corporate, consumers, marketing, safety, rights, cancer, diet, disease, drugs, ethics, health, illness, medicine, prevention, warning )

Susan
- 666 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Toxins in cigarette smoke wipe out a gene that plays a vital role in protecting the body from the effects of premature aging. Rahman has spent years studying how the 4,700 toxic chemical compounds in cigarettes assault lung tissue.
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Kill Germs,Viruses,Mold,Bacteria On Surfaces With The Touch Of A Button
Offbeat  (tags: MRSA, flu, bacteria, mold, healthy living, prevention, safety, nutrition, space, nasa, greenliving, GoodNews )

Grant
- 691 days ago - activepure.com
Nature-based germ-killing, odor reducing technology, kills germs on surfaces you touch, its proven. Viruses on doorknobs, like the flu, die. Bacteria, like E.coli, MRSA and Salmonella on counter tops, are stopped in their tracks. And mold is attacked
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Why Caffeine Won't Sober Up An Alcoholic
Offbeat  (tags: nutrition, Body-Mind-Spirit, risks, health, coffee, tea, safety, illness, prevention, interesting )

Marina
- 730 days ago - truthaboutcaffeine.com
It is not uncommon for someone who spent the evening drinking heavily to settle for a cup of coffee in an attempt to sober up. This is based on folk belief that the stimulating effects of caffeine will counteract the lethargic and drowsy effects
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Pacific Island 'To Pay Smokers To Quit'
Offbeat  (tags: interesting, prevention, concept, environment )

Dianna
- 773 days ago - news.sky.com
A South Pacific island has come up with a radical plan to improve public health - pay smokers to give up.
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Google Is Endangering You and Your Children !
Offbeat  (tags: women, safety, privacy, children, abuse, ethics, freedoms, internet, HumanRights, parents, endangered, prevention, weird, interesting, offbeat )

Marilyn
- 955 days ago - care2.com
If a child gives out his/her phone number, someone can now look it up to find out where he/she lives. The safety issues are obvious, and alarming.
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