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20 Natural Health Tips for Cold and Flu Season
Health & Wellness  (tags: colds, flu season, natural remedies, natural health )

Derek
- 16 days ago - naturalpapa.com
Cold and flu season is here, and once it makes an inroad at your house, it may really make life miserable for all of you. If you want to be better prepared for it, set yourself up right with some preventative measures.
Erin Brockovich Speaks Out About Toxic Chemical Policy Reform (Interview)
Health & Wellness  (tags: toxic chemicals, policy, Million Baby Crawl, Erin Brockovich, health )

Derek
- 23 days ago - planetgreen.discovery.com
"The American public took responsibility for electing Barack Obama, and we need to do the same for toxic chemical policy reform." "Some big changes have been made beginning with one pissed off mother. Make a choice - it's that easy."
Statement By Chief Arvol Looking Horse on Recent Deaths in Arizona "Sweat Lodge"
Health & Wellness  (tags: sweat lodge, Sedona, Arvol Looking Horse, James Arthur Ray )

Derek
- 43 days ago - naturalpapa.com
Statement by Arvol Looking Horse: As Keeper of our Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe Bundle, I am concerned for the 2 deaths and illnesses of the many people that participated in a sweat lodge in Sedona, Arizona that brought our sacred rite under fire.
Millions of Babies Crawling to Washington for Toxic Chemical Policy Reform
Health & Wellness  (tags: babies, children, safety )

Derek
- 45 days ago - naturalpapa.com
Exposure to toxic chemicals in everyday household products can impact the health of our children, and we as gatekeepers are responsible for them. But how can we really keep them safe if companies aren't required to label their products truthfully?
Stop Male Genital Mutilation: Circumcision Is Unnecessary, Painful, and Costly
Health & Wellness  (tags: men, circumcision, health, newborn babies )

Derek
- 87 days ago - care2.com
The most common surgical procedure in America, circumcision, is unnecessary, yet millions of newborn boys are still circumcised each year. So why do we still routinely circumcise newborn boys?
Butterfly Stretch: Autistic Boy Shows Improvement, Happiness After Discovering Yoga
Health & Wellness  (tags: yoga, meditation, autism, kids )

Grnolajoe
- 92 days ago - life.gaiam.com
Andrew Benisek is proof that the ancient practice of yoga touches all souls. This 9-year-old autistic boy from DeKalb, Ill., stumbled upon yoga one day while rooting through his mother's collection of yoga VHS tapes, and has never been the same since.
16 First Nations Clinics Under Construction
Health & Wellness  (tags: First Nations, Canada, Health care, health clinics, stimulus money, medicine, swine flu, H1N1 )

Karen
- 93 days ago - cbc.ca
Construction of 16 nursing stations and health clinics in First Nations communities is underway across Canada, thanks to $135 million in federal funding, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq said Tuesday.
Slow Food USA's Time for Lunch Campaign
Health & Wellness  (tags: diet, health, food, kids, school lunches )

Becky
- 95 days ago - greenupgrader.com
Every four or five years, the Child Nutrition Act, which governs the National School Lunch Program, comes up for renewal, and this is one of those years. Slow Food USA wants to send a message to Congress about getting real food into schools.
Buddhas, Bees and Puffer Fish! Things You Can Make With a BalanceBall
Health & Wellness  (tags: exercise, fitness, humor, crafts )

Grnolajoe
- 95 days ago - blog.gaiam.com
You'd be amazed what you can make from an exercise ball. From Peacocks to Puffer Fish, and Dogs to Tootsie Owls, here are funny photos from a balance ball decoration contest.
Atrazine in US Drinking Water Found Widespread
Health & Wellness  (tags: water, risks, health, illness, humans, warning )

Angela
- 98 days ago - enn.com
A widely used pesticide known to impact wildlife development and, potentially, human health has contaminated watersheds and drinking water throughout much of the United States
 
 
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