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American Food Toxic

Cancer on the rise globally as developing nations eat American foods and….

Cancer rates are increasing worldwide but especially in economically developing countries, according to a report released by the American Cancer Society in honor of World Cancer Day and published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. According to the report, an estimated 12.6 million new cases of cancer were diagnosed in 2008, and 7.6 million [...]

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TSA Body Scanner

Is TSA Sexually Molesting People?

When I recently wrote about opting out of the TSA’s naked body scanners and then being patted down by a TSA agent, that pat-down was conducted by the agent using the back of his hand (http://www.naturalnews.com/030100_n…). As of today, that technique is no longer in place. The TSA’s new guidelines call for agents to use [...]

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McDonalds Burgers

Why McDonald’s Happy Meal Hamburgers Won’t Decompose – The Real Story Behind The Story

It’s always entertaining when the mainstream media “discovers” something they think is new even though the natural health community has been talking about for years. The New York Times, for example, recently ran a story entitled When Drugs Cause Problems They Are Supposed to Prevent (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/h…). We’ve been covering the same topic for years, reporting [...]

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BPA, now listed as toxic by Health Canada, is found widely in plastic bottles and in the linings of aluminum cans.

Canada Lists Bisphenol A As Toxic

October 15, 2010 by Isagenix Nutritional Sciences BPA, now listed as toxic by Health Canada, is found widely in plastic bottles and in the linings of aluminum cans. This week, Health Canada officially declared bisphenol A (BPA) to be a toxic substance under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. This decision will lead to government regulation [...]

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Toxic Investigations

Reform of Toxic Chemicals Law Collapses as Industry Flexes Its Muscles

This article by investigative journalist Sheila Kaplan is the first in a series supported by the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University’s School of Communication. Politics Daily will publish the remaining installments in the weeks to come. Fire retardants in baby blankets, nano-particles in cosmetics, plastics in water bottles and anti-bacterial agents in soaps. Experts [...]

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