Tag: cancer
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Fukushima’s Uncertainty Problem
It’s been well over a year since multiple meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan sparked the worst nuclear crisis in 25 years — and it is remarkable how little we still know about its impact.
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#BingeAndPurge: Soft-Kill, Kept Secret and More
19 Ways Cancer Becomes the Ultimate Soft-Kill Operation // We Spend $20 Billion a Year to Fight Illegal Drugs, Yet Cocaine Is Cheaper Than It Was 30yrs Ago // Video: The Opium Origins of Skull & Bones // Squeeze 100% bacon paste from a tube // Federal Government Allows more than 250 Nonorganic Substances to…
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What Killed Us, Then and Now
from theatlantic.com: Via The Washington Post’s Sarah Kliff comes this incredible chart from the New England Journal of Medicine comparing the reasons we die now to the way Americans went to their graves a century ago. The chart ranks the top ten causes of death for each year. In addition to the remarkable decline in…
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#BingeAndPurge: Hemp For Victory, Expired, Epidemic and More
Dr. Bronner’s CEO Arrested For Hemp Demo On White House Lawn // #Audio #Satire: Lost Nature Guide Completely Blanks On What’s Edible // Controversy Flares Over Dow Chemicals’ Agent Orange Corn // Diesel exhausts do cause cancer, says WHO // #Audio #Satire: Weather Channel Opens Las Vegas Casino
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Superfoods That Heal: Ten Ten Cancer Fighting Foods
from therealfoodchannel.com: Often the foods we eat play as large a role in our health as the foods we eliminate from our diets. At BrasscheckTV we’ve pointed out the many dangers of food additives, artificial sweeteners, and things to avoid, our sister site ‘The Real Food Channel’ is exploring food in another way. Most of…
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Sun Exposure Lowers Cancer Risk
A study that correlated exposure to sunlight with cancer risk found that people exposed to more sunlight had a significantly lower risk of many types of cancer (Lin, 2012).
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Loblaws to remove artificial colours and flavours
from theglobeandmail.com: Loblaws, Canada’s largest grocer, is banishing artificial colours and flavours from its signature President’s Choice line of products… Although it’s a challenging task, particularly when it comes to candy and other vibrantly-coloured confectionery items, the decision was sparked in response to growing demand for natural products, according to Ian Gordon, senior vice-president of…
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#BingeAndPurge: Beer, Bugs, Drugs and more
#TheSimpsons Mural in #Chernobyl — Street artist takes on nuclear industry one year after Fukushima // Can Fracking Cause Quakes? “Almost Certainly” // Heart Surgeon Says Eating Raw Marijuana Daily Reduces Stroke by 50% // #OverheardInPDX: “…well, if it’s good enough for #WIC…” // Whooping cough outbreaks higher among children already vaccinated // General Mills…
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In Cancer Science, Many ‘Discoveries’ Don’t Hold Up
A former researcher at Amgen Inc has found that many basic studies on cancer — a high proportion of them from university labs — are unreliable, with grim consequences for producing new medicines in the future.
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#FoodWorldOrder: Episode013 – Cancer Cola, Hunger Games (Video)
On Thursday nights, Media Monarchy joins Corbett Report Radio live on Republic Broadcasting to go over all the latest stories from the world of food, environment and health. This week’s menu features Cancer Cola, Hunger Games and more…
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#FoodWorldOrder: Episode013 – Cancer Cola, Hunger Games (Audio)
On Thursday nights, Media Monarchy joins Corbett Report Radio live on Republic Broadcasting to go over all the latest stories from the world of food, environment and health. This week’s menu features Cancer Cola, Hunger Games and more…
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Coke, Pepsi Change Recipe to Avoid Caramel-Color Cancer Warning
Coca-Cola and Pepsi are changing the recipes for their soft drinks to avoid being forced by law to put a cancer warning on the label. The caramel colouring in the drinks will contain lower levels of 4-methylimidazole, which has been added to the list of carcinogens in California law.
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Roger Boisjoly, Whistleblower Warned of Challenger Disaster, Dies 73
from nytimes.com: Six months before the space shuttle Challenger exploded over Florida on Jan. 28, 1986, Roger Boisjoly wrote a portentous memo. He warned that if the weather was too cold, seals connecting sections of the shuttle’s huge rocket boosters could fail. “The result could be a catastrophe of the highest order, loss of human…
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#FoodWorldOrder: Episode007 – Stupor Bowl Binge
On Thursday nights, Media Monarchy joins Corbett Report Radio live on Republic Broadcasting to go over all the latest stories from the world of food, environment and health. This week covers the stupor bowl, bees, pink slime and more…
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Cancer Feeds On Fructose, America’s Number One Source Of Calories
High-fructose corn syrup is the primary source of calories in the United States. In addition to containing mercury, a known carcinogen, cancer cells actually feed on high-fructose corn syrup after it is metabolized by the liver.