Sunscreen Causes Cancer and FDA Does Nothing

 

Unregulated by the FDA  it's well known for a decade now that sunscreen does not protect people from cancer. In fact it is known to cause breast cancer, and increase the incidence of malignant melanoma... one of the most aggressive and deadly cancers known.

 

How can this be you might ask. If I didn't think it was absolutely a horrendous thought, I might suspect that the FDA was doing everything it could to help us all GET cancer!?!?!

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Harmful pesticides found in everyday food products

Mercer Island children tested in yearlong study

Government promises to rid the nation's food supply of brain-damaging pesticides aren't doing the job, according to the results of a yearlong study that carefully monitored the diets of a group of local children.

The peer-reviewed study found that the urine and saliva of children eating a variety of conventional foods from area groceries contained biological markers of organophosphates, the family of pesticides spawned by the creation of nerve gas agents in World War II.


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Story of Stuff

Did you ever wonder about all the STUFF? Where does it come from, how does it get to us, where does it go, and what impact does it have on our world and bodies. The Story of Stuff with annie Leonard is for YOU and about YOU. (read more)

Mercury Does Not Belong In Light Bulbs Or Vaccines.

According to the National Association of County Health Officials (NACHO), an independent affiliate of the National Association of Counties representing 1,300 local health departments, mercury poses the following dangers: “Mercury can be extremely toxic, especially to infants and children. Mercury occurs in three forms: the elemental form (also referred to as metallic), inorganic salt, and organic compounds called methylmercury. Each form has characteristic pathways of exposure and unique health effects (read more)

Common Symptoms and Causes of Heavy Metal Toxicity.

Heavy metal toxicity is an excessive build-up of metals in the body. Oftentimes, the vague symptoms produced by heavy metal toxicity are mistakenly misdiagnosed as incurable chronic conditions. The most common heavy metals that humans are exposed to are aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury. (read more)

Rising allergies trend mystifying

An explosion in numbers of children with serious food allergies has bewildered experts and parents.

WHEN all Natalie Fine could see of her hospitalised six-month-old baby, Lucas, was a small pair of eyes peering out from head-to-toe bandaging, she couldn't help wondering what she had done wrong. She certainly didn't imagine soy-based formula -- recommended by her paediatrician after problems with a dairy-based formula -- could be the cause of his severe eczema, infected and requiring IV antibiotics. (read more)

Copper in body may contribute to Alzheimer's development.

A study has found that copper in the blood might damage a molecule that rids the brain of a substance called amyloid beta, which builds up in toxic quantities in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease.





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Disappearance of indigenous baby boys tied to industrial pollution.

In indigenous communities, babies that should be born boys are being born girls. Research released this month of only girls being born in the villages of northern Greenland has brought to light earlier studies that found indigenous mothers living in the northern most reaches of the Arctic Circle are having girls – but not boys. The studies linked the skewed sex ratios with human exposures to PCBs and other persistent organic chemicals.
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Exhaustive test reveals mercury levels in Bay Area fish sport fish

The most exhaustive study to date on mercury contamination in Northern California sport fish has found that some of the most popular species, including striped bass and carp, have the highest concentrations of the potent neurotoxin. (read more)

Ban on asbestos diluted, say its backers

Lobbyists, industry won changes, they charge.

Just a month after the Senate with great fanfare passed the first legislation to ban disease-causing asbestos, public health officials, government regulators and advocates for asbestos victims are increasingly speaking out in opposition to the bill they once supported. (read more)

'Dew of death' found at refuge

Toxic material forces closure of programs

The discovery of a toxic material called "the dew of death" at Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge has forced the closure the refuge and the cancellation of four wildlife, natural and photo programs this weekend. (read more)

Safety's in big demand.

Mounting wariness about hazardous substances in food, toys, and other consumer goods is creating opportunities for Bay State makers of devices that detect such dangers.
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Schools Embrace Environment and Sow Debate.

SCARSDALE, N.Y. — Every weekday at 2:30 p.m., a line of luxury sedans and sport utility vehicles idles outside Scarsdale Middle School in Westchester County. Exhaust fumes pollute the atmosphere, even though posted signs decree this a “No Idling Zone” and students berate their parents for violating it.

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U.S. agency says Lead Home Test Kits Unreliable.

Worried parents trying to get the lead out of their children's toy boxes have been taking matters into their own hands and buying home test kits.

The problem, according to the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission, is test kits commonly available are not reliable. "In a lot of cases, we're seeing these false negatives and false positives, and parents are panicking," said Ed Kang, a spokesman for the commission. Yesterday, the agency advised consumers against relying on consumer test kits. (read more)

Heavy Metal Toxicity-

The 5 most common metals discovered in someone who has heavy metal toxicity are listed here. (read more)