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Health

Rocket Fuel Found in Infant Formula

Rocket Fuel Found in Infant Formula

Fifteen brands of powdered infant formula were found to contain trace amounts of perchlorate, a...
» read full story April 04th, 2009 - 20:55
Teething Pain Medicine Kills 84 Kids in Nigeria

Teething Pain Medicine Kills 84 Kids in Nigeria

The number of children who died from a contaminated baby medicine sold in Nigeria has increased...
» read full story February 07th, 2009 - 13:32
Bisphenol A Stays in the Body Much Longer than Thought

Bisphenol A Stays in the Body Much Longer than Thought

The highly debated subject of the plastic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) is not over yet. A new study...
» read full story January 30th, 2009 - 16:07
Bisphenol A Remains In Our Body Long After Intake

Bisphenol A Remains In Our Body Long After Intake

There has been a long debate on whether bisphenol A, an organic compound used in many food and...
» read full story January 29th, 2009 - 14:24
A New Disadvantage For Smokers: Third-Hand Smoke

A New Disadvantage For Smokers: Third-Hand Smoke

  A recent study has revealed a disturbing fact: fewer than half of smokers know that poisons...
» read full story January 06th, 2009 - 15:57
Research Panel Calls for EPA Assessment of Phthalates

Research Panel Calls for EPA Assessment of Phthalates

A panel from the independent National Research Council urged the U.S. Environmental Protection...
» read full story December 20th, 2008 - 15:30

National Research Council asks EPA to Assess Phthalates

 A panel from the independent National Research Council urged the U.S. Environmental...
» read full story December 19th, 2008 - 16:41
FDA Criticized By Its Scientific Advisers In BPA Case

FDA Criticized By Its Scientific Advisers In BPA Case

The Food and Drug Administration was recently criticized by its own scientific advisers, and...
» read full story December 16th, 2008 - 13:31
Rain and Autism Linked: Counties with More Rainfall Have Higher Autism Rates

Rain and Autism Linked: Counties with More Rainfall Have Higher Autism Rates

The results of a new study confirm the findings of a controversial 2006 paper entitled “Does...
» read full story November 05th, 2008 - 13:40
Heavy Rainfall Might Explain High Rates Of Autism In Some Areas

Heavy Rainfall Might Explain High Rates Of Autism In Some Areas

Children living in regions with higher levels of annual rainfall may be more predisposed to...
» read full story November 04th, 2008 - 13:31
Update: FDA Needs To Reconsider Its Tolerance Regarding BPA

Update: FDA Needs To Reconsider Its Tolerance Regarding BPA

The FDA was urged by a scientific panel to rethink a recent conclusion that a chemical used in baby...
» read full story November 03rd, 2008 - 11:22
FDA Findings On BPA Are Misleading, Experts Claim

FDA Findings On BPA Are Misleading, Experts Claim

An FDA advisory board voted unanimously Friday to say that the agency disregarded significant...
» read full story November 01st, 2008 - 16:40
Panel Questions FDA’s Report on BPA Safety

Panel Questions FDA’s Report on BPA Safety

This week, a scientific panel issued a report that questioned the Food and Drug Administration’s...
» read full story October 30th, 2008 - 18:41

Dallas Lawyer, Fred Baron, Obtains Experimental Cancer Drug

Frederick Martin Baron, one of America’s most prominent trial lawyers, obtained an experimental...
» read full story October 17th, 2008 - 15:00
Thailand Initiates Product Tests In Melamine Scandal

Thailand Initiates Product Tests In Melamine Scandal

The Asian country is taking every measure of protection against the melamine spread in a number of...
» read full story October 04th, 2008 - 04:07
Birth Size Increases Breast Cancer Risk

Birth Size Increases Breast Cancer Risk

British researchers have recently revealed that women who are both longer and heavier at birth...
» read full story September 30th, 2008 - 21:11
Plastic Chemical Linked To Diabetes And Heart Disease

Plastic Chemical Linked To Diabetes And Heart Disease

Although 9 out of 10 Americans have Bisphenol A in their bodies, the Food and Drug Administration...
» read full story September 22nd, 2008 - 14:00
BPA Affects Health

BPA Affects Health

A study in the September 17 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) showed...
» read full story September 20th, 2008 - 13:15
FDA Says Plastic Chemical Is Safe, Studies Say It Poses Health Risks

FDA Says Plastic Chemical Is Safe, Studies Say It Poses Health Risks

A preliminary report by the FDA declared the levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles and other...
» read full story September 18th, 2008 - 14:30
Scientists: Bisphenol A Is Harmful, FDA: BPA Is Safe

Scientists: Bisphenol A Is Harmful, FDA: BPA Is Safe

While study after study raise questions about the safety of bisphenol A (BPA), the U.S. Food and...
» read full story September 17th, 2008 - 21:22
BPA Is Harmful After All

BPA Is Harmful After All

According to a study in the September 17 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association...
» read full story September 16th, 2008 - 21:48
Plastic Chemical Linked to Heart Disease and Diabetes

Plastic Chemical Linked to Heart Disease and Diabetes

British researchers have revealed that, for the first time, a connection between a chemical used...
» read full story September 16th, 2008 - 20:12
Study Warns about Threatening Levels of Fire Retardants in Kids’ Blood

Study Warns about Threatening Levels of Fire Retardants in Kids’ Blood

A study of chemical fire retardants in parents and their children conducted by the Environmental...
» read full story September 08th, 2008 - 16:18

Final Report On Bisphenol-A

A final report on bisphenol-A, a chemical usually used in polycarbonate plastics, has been released...
» read full story September 07th, 2008 - 14:30

Does Bisphenol-A Harm Infants’ Health?

According to a report released Wednesday by government experts, exposure to bisphenol-A, a chemical...
» read full story September 05th, 2008 - 12:58
Fire Retardant Chemicals Detected In Children’s Blood

Fire Retardant Chemicals Detected In Children’s Blood

According to The Environmental Working Group, a fire retardant chemical employed in electronics,...
» read full story September 04th, 2008 - 16:48
Baby Bottle Chemical Bysphenol A Not So Safe Anymore, Report Says

Baby Bottle Chemical Bysphenol A Not So Safe Anymore, Report Says

Following the release of a report conducted by the Food and Drug Administration showing that the...
» read full story September 04th, 2008 - 14:30
Government Toxicologists Claim Bisphenol Might Be Harmful

Government Toxicologists Claim Bisphenol Might Be Harmful

Scientists with the National Toxicology Program have again voiced concerns that the controversial...
» read full story September 03rd, 2008 - 21:24
Study: Free Radicals-Carrying Air Pollutants Linked to Lung Cancer

Study: Free Radicals-Carrying Air Pollutants Linked to Lung Cancer

A new study carried out by a team of researchers led by H. Barry Dellinger from Louisiana State...
» read full story August 18th, 2008 - 21:29
FDA Rules That Bisphenol A In Plastic Bottles Is Safe

FDA Rules That Bisphenol A In Plastic Bottles Is Safe

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday declared the levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in baby...
» read full story August 16th, 2008 - 12:48
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U.S.

Chemical Exposure Scare Shuts Down San Jose Medical Center

Chemical Exposure Scare Shuts Down San Jose Medical Center

Authorities announced that some parts of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center from San Jose were...
» read full story February 13th, 2009 - 18:49
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Science

Third-Hand Smoke: Dangerous For Health

Third-Hand Smoke: Dangerous For Health

  A recent study has revealed a disturbing fact: fewer than half of smokers know that poisons...
» read full story January 06th, 2009 - 20:40
Heavy Rainfall Might Explain High Rates Of Autism

Heavy Rainfall Might Explain High Rates Of Autism

Children living in regions with higher levels of annual rainfall may be more predisposed to...
» read full story November 05th, 2008 - 11:38
Update: NASA Says No To Martians, Maybe To Life

Update: NASA Says No To Martians, Maybe To Life

There have been a lot of assumptions lately about what the latest chemical discovery on Mars means...
» read full story August 07th, 2008 - 15:30
Rice Professor: Granite Countertops Emit Dangerous Radon and Radiation

Rice Professor: Granite Countertops Emit Dangerous Radon and Radiation

Rice University physics Professor W.J. Llope alleges that according to his yet unpublished...
» read full story July 27th, 2008 - 19:21
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Specials

Update: Report Seriously Questions FDA Ruling On BPA Safety

Update: Report Seriously Questions FDA Ruling On BPA Safety

An expert panel asked by the Food and Drug Administration to review its way of handling of the...
» read full story October 30th, 2008 - 13:30
Bottled Water – No Safer than Tap Water, Just More Expensive

Bottled Water – No Safer than Tap Water, Just More Expensive

Most people live under the impression that bottled water is safer and healthier than tap water,...
» read full story October 17th, 2008 - 14:30
FDA Says Plastic Chemical Is Safe, Studies Claim It Poses Health Risks

FDA Says Plastic Chemical Is Safe, Studies Claim It Poses Health Risks

A preliminary report by the FDA declared the levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles and other...
» read full story September 19th, 2008 - 14:04
Chemical In Plastics Could Cause Heart Disease, Diabetes

Chemical In Plastics Could Cause Heart Disease, Diabetes

Bisphenol A (BPA), the synthetic hormone used in baby bottles, toddler cups, water bottle and...
» read full story September 17th, 2008 - 14:01
Baby Bottle Chemical Bisphenol A Once Again under Fire

Baby Bottle Chemical Bisphenol A Once Again under Fire

The Department of Health and Human Services’ National Toxicology Program on Wednesday released a...
» read full story September 08th, 2008 - 14:31

Does Bisphenol A Harm Infants’ Health?

According to a report released Wednesday by government experts, exposure to bisphenol-A, a chemical...
» read full story September 06th, 2008 - 12:36

Baby Bottle Chemical Bysphenol A Is Safe, FDA Report Says

Bisphenol A, the chemical found in polycarbonate plastic, including baby bottles, is safe at...
» read full story August 17th, 2008 - 15:53
Report Warns on Serious Health Problems Linked to Bisphenol A

Report Warns on Serious Health Problems Linked to Bisphenol A

A U.S. government report revealed Tuesday that a dangerous chemical called bisphenol A (BPA),...
» read full story April 16th, 2008 - 15:41
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World

12 Firefighters Injured in Anaheim Blaze

12 Firefighters Injured in Anaheim Blaze

A fire broke out Sunday at a commercial building in California injuring 12 members of the fire...
» read full story March 24th, 2008 - 09:32
Pentagon Says Satelite Shootdown Complete Succes

Pentagon Says Satelite Shootdown Complete Succes

The shoot-down of the failing spy satelite by the US Navy last week was officialy declared a...
» read full story February 25th, 2008 - 18:46
FEMA Trailers Had High Levels of Formaldehyde Fumes

FEMA Trailers Had High Levels of Formaldehyde Fumes

Newly released tests results show dangerous levels of formaldehyde fumes in many of the trailers...
» read full story February 15th, 2008 - 22:12
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Music

Amy Winehouse, Arctic Monkeys Vie for Mercury Prize

Amy Winehouse, Arctic Monkeys Vie for Mercury Prize

The contenders for this year’s Mercury Music Prizes have been announced and among them are...
» read full story July 18th, 2007 - 13:21
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