Quantcast
Channel: foodconsumer.org
Browsing all 134 articles
Browse latest View live

VICTORY IN WICHITA

NOVEMBER 7, 2012 Dear Readers: It is with great excitement and satisfaction that FAN can report that the people of Wichita, Kansas--the second largest non-fluoridated city

View Article


Public Health Group Adopts Contradictory Positions on Mercury

  Interview with Peter Ward Chief Executive of the British Dental Association aired on the "Tonight Program" in the UK (2009) Visit the Mercola Video Library By Dr.

View Article


Job strain makes high blood pressure worse in men

By David Liu, PHD Tuesday Nov 20, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) -- Unemployment may boost risk of heart attack.  But a stressful job can be bad for blood

View Article

Some Residents Worry about Chloramine’s Usage and Safety

By Dr. Mercola More than one in five Americans are drinking tap water that’s been treated with a derivative of chlorine known as chloramine. This disinfectant

View Article

Flame retardant linked to cryptorchidism in newborn boys

By Jimmy Downs Thursday Nov 29, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) -- Prenatal flame retardant exposure may increase risk of congenital  cryptorchidism in newborn boys, according to a study

View Article


Flame retardant may boost ovarian cancer risk

By Jimmy Downs Friday Nov 30, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) -- Exposure to polybrominated biphenyls (PBB)  - a type of flame retardant may increase risk of ovarian cancer,

View Article

For Best Toilet Health: Squat or Sit?

By Dr. Mercola Is the Western toilet in part responsible for problems like hemorrhoids, constipation, IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease), appendicitis, and even heart attacks? If you examine the

View Article

Alzheimer's disease may be linked to flame retardant chemicals

By Jimmy Downs Thursday Dec 6, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) -- A new study in PLoS One suggests that exposure to flame retardant chemicals like polybrominated bisphenyls and

View Article


Link Between Flame Retardants and Neurodevelopmental Delays in Children

By Dr. Mercola The U.S. implemented fire safety standards in the 1970s that over time has led to more and more products adopting the use of

View Article


Dental x-ray linked to thyroid cancer

By Jimmy Downs Saturday Dec 15, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) -- Dancing with the stars co-host Brook Burke, 41, has reportedy undergone surgery and removed thyroid cancer and

View Article

Pesticides cause Parkinson's disease - PR

Contact: Mark Wheelermwheeler@mednet.ucla.edu310-794-2265University of California - Los Angeles  Pesticides and Parkinson's: UCLA researchers uncover further proof of a link Study suggests potential...

View Article

Counting the cost of mercury pollution - PR

Contact: Hilary Gloverhilary.glover@biomedcentral.com44-020-319-22370BioMed Central  Counting the cost of mercury pollution IMAGE: New estimates suggest that between 1.5 and 2 million children in the...

View Article

hormone disruptors and carcinogens

Dear Readers, Do you think the government is protecting us from harmful chemicals in personal care products? It's not. Right now, cosmetics companies can put almost any ingredient

View Article


Bye-Bye to the Airport TSA Backscatter Machines

Editor's comment: When a non-x-ray based scanner is available, why should the x-ray based machine Rapiscan backscatter screening machines be used along with the non-ray based machine? We all know that...

View Article

Using mobile phones lowers odds of survival from brain cancer - study

By David Liu, PHD Monday Feb 11, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- Dr. L. Hardell from University Hospital in Örebro, Sweden, probably the one and only brilliant epidemiologist

View Article


Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster: What can you do to protect yourself?

By David Liu, PHD Thursday Feb 28, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- The 2011 nuclear disaster in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan or simply called

View Article

BPA boosts risk of childhood asthma

Jimmy Downs Sunday March 3, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- Bisphenol A or BPA, which is commonly used in transparent hard plastic,  may increase risk of another medical

View Article


Today’s Smorgasbord of Ag Chemicals Poses Special Risks to Children’s Health

By Dr. Mercola It can no longer be denied that environmental chemicals are having a significant impact on human health, and that impact even starts while

View Article

Air pollution bad for type 2 diabetes patients

By Jimmy Downs Wednesday April 24, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- A new study in Diabetes Care suggests exposure to outdoor air pollution may increase the risk of

View Article

GE Trees May Be Even More Damaging to the Environment than GE Foods

Story at-a-glance The documentary A Silent Forest: The Growing Threat, Genetically Engineered Trees discusses how genetically engineered (GE) trees may adversely impact ecological systems on a

View Article
Browsing all 134 articles
Browse latest View live