Tag: Toxins & Pollution

According to a recent study,  most popular aids to smoking cessation, particularly Nicotine Replacement Therapies, are quite useless.

Two new studies, just published in The Archives of Internal Medicine, reveal that air pollution can trigger strokes and rapid cognitive...

Researchers have found that one out of every four teens and young adults up to age 34 admitted to binge...

Research published in BMJ Open last November, strongly suggests that there may be a link between synthetic estrogen from oral...

In a recent study of 40 women who were being treated for breast cancer and having mastectomies, at least one paraben was...

Jon examines the validity of a recently released study that claims that at least 14,000 people (with a special focus on...

New studies on BPA have found that it may be particularly detrimental for pregnant women because it can adversely affect the...

The chemical bisphenol A (BPA) is commonly used in much of the plastic manufactured for food containers and in the...

In the near future, instead of being subjected to electronic scanners at airports, you may be searched by mice.

In mid-September, Dr. Oz, announced on his nationally syndicated show that apple juice imported from China may be slowly poisoning children...

Pending legislation would force tobacco companies to attach very graphic warning labels, including disturbing images, to cigarette packages.

As of this morning, 16 people around the United States have died from eating listeria infected cantaloupes and 72 have...

60 percent of the more than 150 2011-model car seats tested by the non-profit group Healthystuff.org contain "chemicals of concern."...

A study from the University of Washington has found yet another strike against substances that launder your clothing. It turns out...

Once the body has adapted to regular, large quantities of alcohol over the course of months or years -- or...

International conglomerate Cargill Inc. has recalled almost 36 million pounds of ground turkey that was identified as the source of...

A recent study at the University of Cordoba in Spain found that a group of by-products of chlorine called haloacetic...

Lots of people like to relax occasionally after work or on the weekends with a glass of wine…or three.  There's...

While plastic wrap doesn’t usually contain BPA, it typically contains the carcinogen chlorine plusa substance called DEHA, which acts as an...

Why is it that in the world of "scientific" medicine, deeply ingrained beliefs (e.g. flu shots, statin drugs, antidepressants, hormone...

The Fukushima Daiichi plant that was so badly damaged is now beleaguered by a tremendous amount of dangerously radioactive water....

Most plastic wrap contains a substance called DEHA, which has properties similar to phthalates—those nasty components in BPA plastics. Like...

E. coli is back in the news and once again causing hysteria beyond its actual threat. Yes, this latest outbreak...

The chemicals used as flame retardants have long been known to be dangerous, most likely even cancer causing. Back in...

According to a study published in Pediatrics in 2010, 15 percent of American girls now reach puberty by age seven....