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An alternative look at cancer awareness

This is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and for years now America has turned pink in October and we see the famous ribbon all around...
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Pesticides linkd to ADHD in children and other health problems

Summertime in the Chicago area is time for sprucing up lawns and landscaping for many Chicago area homeowners, as it is across the Midwest. For...
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World's most common pesticide suspected in bee die-off

Scientists have been baffled by the phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), which has caused bees to disappear on a global level by the...
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Do Your Part: Top 5 Easiest Foods to Grow at Home

Want to join the grow-your-own food movement but just don’t know where to start? Don’t fear. Spring is here and it’s the perfect...
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That wool sweater is not worth a lethal closet

Wool clothing keeps us toasty warm during the winter months, but now that spring is upon us, that means packing our wooly items away until next...
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Apple Cider Arsenic Risks?

  • Apple Cider Arsenic Risks
  • December 2, 2011
A Consumer Reports investigation released on Wednesday found arsenic and lead levels that exceeded federal drinking-water or bottled-water...
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Bedbug solution may be dangerous

Many people have been alarmed by the recent public release of a report which has associated the use of bedbug solutions with health problems and...
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EWG Shopper's Guide to Pesticide in produce

Environmental Working Group has released the seventh edition of its Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce with updated information on 53...
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The "Dirty Dozen" of contaminated produce to stay away from

  • pesticide contaminated produce
  • June 14, 2011
Buyer beware of the "Dirty Dozen" of pesticide contaminated produce!If the recent e coli outbreak in Europe taught us anything it is that...
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Pesticide residues found in blood samples of 95% of Americans

According to the FDA,In blood samples of children ages two to four years of age, concentrations of pesticides are six times higher in children...
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