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Investigation Reveals Massive Uranium Poisoning From Waste Ash Crippling Punjabi Children, Contaminating India's Granary
Health & Wellness  (tags: India, Punjab, coal, power plants, waste ash, uranium, radioactive contamination, massive levels, children, babies, mothers, ground water, land, scandal, birth defects, physical, mental, abnormalities, cancers, govt, cover-up, threats, Observer )

Alba
- 89 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Link between dramatic rise in birth defects & pollution from coal-fired power plants. Clinics' staff threatened with closure if they spoke out. S African scientist exposed scandal. They can't just detoxify these kids, they have to detoxify all of Punjab
Minnesota's Law Enforcement Community Are Lying in Order to Kill Medical Marijuana Bill
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, AlternativeMed, AlternativeMed, Body-Mind-Spirit, cancer, death, diet, disease, drugs, ethics, family, government, health, healthcare, humans, illness, interesting, investigation, medicine, news, prevention, protection, research, risks, safety, sci )

Michael
- 583 days ago - minnesotacares.org
This small but vocal contingent is claiming that marijuana has no medical value, that every prosecutor in every medical marijuana state opposes its use, that you can overdose on marijuana, and more than a dozen other outrageous lies. We are fighting back
Exercise Really Can Make You Younger, Study Shows
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, exercise )

Isabel
- 674 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
People who take exercise are biologically younger - by up to nine years - than those who don't.
French Cancer Patients - Radiation Overdose Victims From 1989 To 2006- Battle For Justice
Health & Wellness  (tags: France, Epinal, cancer patients, radiation overdoses, criminal charges filed, involuntary homicide and injuries )

Alba
- 726 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Major scandal ! Radiotherapy units accidentally gave 700 - 5,000 patients too high doses of radiation. 5've since died & many others left in crippling pain. 64 have filed charges. Health minister now offers EUR10,000 for Christmas if proof given.
War Illnesses Fester!
Health & Wellness  (tags: US Department of Veterans Affairs, military, troops )

Kemsa
- 821 days ago - truthout.org
Ever since the Persian Gulf War 15 years ago, countless spokespersons for the US Department of Defense and the US Department of Veterans Affairs have insisted they are intent upon giving hundreds of thousands of soldiers, veterans and war veterans.......
Deodorants 'May Be Linked to Breast Cancer'
Health & Wellness  (tags: cancer, research, risks, women )

Amy
- 822 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
High levels of aluminium, which makes up 90 per cent of the anti-perspirant part of most products, were found in the breast tissue of cancer patients who had undergone mastectomies.
Sugar Found to Be More Addictive Than Cocaine
Health & Wellness  (tags: humans )

Amy
- 828 days ago - netscape.com
We've known for years that sugar isn't good for us. It promotes tooth decay, provides quick highs and lows and offers nothing but empty, nutritionless calories that pack on the pounds. However, it appears that it is even worse than we previously thought.
Dietary Changes That May Be Helpful for Cancer Prevention
Health & Wellness  (tags: cancer, prevention )

Amy
- 829 days ago - ehealthandwellness.net
In one report, high consumption of hot dogs was associated with an almost tenfold increase in the risk of childhood leukemia when compared with low consumption.
Iraq Vets: Unusual, Fast-Growing Lethal Cancers Afflicting Many, Young and Old
Health & Wellness  (tags: Iraq, Iraq veterans, cancer, depleted uranium, US Army )

RC
- 829 days ago - azstarnet.com
Iraq troops are exposed to toxins both on site and carried by desert winds. The Walter Reed cancer wards are full or very young troops suffering from cancer. Older troops suffer as well. Is depleted uranium the culprit? The Army says there's no evidence.
Teen Alcohol
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, humans, healthcare )

Michael
- 842 days ago - abc.net.au
new evidence mounts of the long term damage to vulnerable brains and lives. In this must see episode of Catalyst, we take you through the latest research on alcohol's impact on the still developing adolescent brain
 
 
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