All Stories Tagged With: "toxic"
Cadmium Exposure Could Be Damaging Children’s Health more than Lead
Recent research shows that cadmium could very well be more dangerous to children’s health than lead. While heavy metals such as arsenic, lead, and mercury are often the first to pop up when discussing or thinking about heavy metals and human health, cadmium remains the lesser mentioned metal compromising the health of many — especially children. Current and future research will likely continue to make the dangers of cadmium more well known.
Real Proof of Cancer Cures Comes from Cured Patients, Not Scientific Documents
Scientific language can be used to obfuscate reality, especially in medicine. Mainstream medicine disregards cured patients stories as anecdotal, meaning it isn’t “proven scientifically.” This is total bunk. Any of them can be proven scientifically, and many of these anecdotal cures are clinically documented. The cancer industry, which includes fund raisers, research universities, and Big Pharma, has too much to lose if alternative cures are acknowledged.
Many ‘Green’ Products are Toxic and Deceptive
Consumers worldwide have begun to realize that most conventional cleaning products contain harmful chemicals that put their health, and their family’s health, at risk. It is no surprise that shoppers have started reaching for so-called ‘green’ products, which they expect to contain significantly less amounts of these toxic substances thanks to tricky marketing practices.
Dental Mercury | A Major Source of Environmental Pollution
Used since the American Civil War, dental amalgams contain an estimated 50% mercury — which studies have found is leading to the toxic contamination of water, air, and soil.
High Levels of Toxic Chemicals Found in California Women
Pregnant California women have been found to have high levels of a toxic flame retardant in their blood. The chemical, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), was banned in in California in 2004.
Is Your Multivitamin Toxic?
Most mass-market vitamins contain chemicals that the EPA does not allow in our public drinking water at levels above 50 parts per billion per liter. How can vitamin manufacturers advertise something as being a “nutrient” when it is toxic?
Toxic Chemicals Found in Child Car Seats
Toxic chemicals have been found in over 90, 2011 model car seats for children. The chemicals that were tested for included bromine, chlorine, lead, and many other allergens and heavy metals.
Not So Natural: The Truth Behind Tom’s of Maine Products
Tom’s of Maine has become a popular brand among health-conscious individuals who have used their purchasing power to push Tom’s into even the most mainstream grocery stores.
Medical Group: Hot Dogs as Dangerous as Cigarettes
Are you a smoker? How about a hot dog eater? According to a national medical group, hot dogs are just as detrimental as cigarettes to your health. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a Washington, D.C., alternative health group.
Canada to Crack Down on Cadmium in Kids’ Jewelry
The Canadian government said on Monday it plans to restrict the use of cadmium in children’s jewelry, all but banning the toxic metal. Guidelines proposed by the Health Department would limit the total concentration of cadmium in to 0.013 percent
Is Chemical in Plastic Robbing Men of Sex Appeal?
A chemical found in common plastics may undermine a man’s masculinity and his ability to attract a female, or at least that’s what a new study on mice may suggest. It is the latest research to question the health safety of the hormone-changing compound bisphenol-A, or BPA. In the study, researchers found that female mice were not attracted to male mice that were exposed to BPA in the womb. They also noted that males exposed to the chemical in the womb were more likely to behave like females.
Mercury, PCBs Found in Coastal Fish
A new study of sportfish along the California coast shows mercury and PCBs in several popular species, some above state health thresholds but none high enough to trigger changes in fish-eating guidelines for Southern California. The study, part of a multi-year effort to examine fish in the ocean as well as inland waters, found mercury and PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenals, cancer-causing chemicals often used in electrical transformers before they were banned in 1979.
Toxic Flame Retardants Found in 80% of Baby Products
Eighty percent of baby products contain toxic or untested chemical flame retardants, according to a new study of products such as car seats, changing pads and portable cribs. One-third of products, which also included nursing pillows, contained a chemical called chlorinated tris, which was removed from children’s pajamas in the 1970s because of cancer concerns, though the chemical was never banned, says a study released Wednesday in Environmental Science & Technology.
The Most Toxic Places in Your Home
Moments after my first attempt to get pregnant, I totally freaked out. I wasn’t nervous about the idea of being knocked up (whee!). Instead, I was worried because my home suddenly seemed overwhelmingly toxic, filled with chemicals that might harm my growing baby, her father, and me. Peeling paint above us. Bleach-scrub residue on our counters, sink, and tub. The plastic in my water bottle. The water in my water bottle. Roach bait. I spun around and around. How had I not noticed this before?
Toxic Chemical Law Fails to Protect Kids, Doctors Charge
The way the U.S. government regulates the introduction and management of chemicals in the country fails to protect the health of children and pregnant women, according to a new policy statement from an influential group of pediatricians.
Sugar: The Toxicity Question and What to Do About It
Sugar is toxic, argues a recent incendiary article that, as could be expected, has drawn attention from health experts, journalists and the people who really count – those who eat. Not only does ordinary sugar (technically a glucose-fructose combo) add extra calories to our diet, writes Gary Taubes in the New York Times Magazine article “Is Sugar Toxic?” but its consumption is an independent risk factor for heart disease, high blood pressure and many common cancers.
Can Sugar be Poisonous?
There’s renewed debate about the health effects of sugar on millions of Americans. A controversial New York Times Sunday magazine cover storyproposes that sugar may be toxic. It even suggests that sugar is as dangerous as cigarettes and alcohol. But how much, exactly, might be too much? And does the source of the sugar matter? “That’s really the question,” CBS News Medical Correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton explained on “The Early Show” Monday.
Canada Labels BPA as Toxic
Bisphenol A (BPA) is an estrogen-mimicking substance that has been linked to a number of crippling health conditions. It has been tied to obesity and fertility problems, and numerous studies have found that it may devastate human health in other ways. Canada has taken a large step in the fight against BPA.
Toxic Money: Carcinogenic BPA Found in 95% of Paper Money
Could your wallet be a toxic dump, filled with cancer-causing chemicals that leech into the skin? Unless your wallet is empty, then the answer is yes. According to a new study entitled On The Money: BPA on Dollar Bills and Receipts, the hormone-disrupting chemical
Canada Officially Labels BPA Chemical as “Toxic”
The federal government has made good on a two-year-old promise to add bisphenol A, a hormone-disrupting chemical linked to some cancers, to the country’s list of toxic substances, in spite of industry opposition.
