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Fat Epidemic/Obesity Linked To Chemicals Run Amok

We don’t use that polite phrase any longer. What changed? Now that about two-thirds of American adults are overweight or obese, did those folks with “glandular problems” disappear? No; it’s just that many others have caught the same disease. Thanks to the obesogen effect, we may all be at risk for some glandular problems. Because [...]

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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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How Ginormous Genetically Modified Antifreeze Salmon Will Change the Future of Your Food

GM Salmon This week, the FDA will likely decide that AquaBounty is safe for you to buy and eat. Aquawhat? AquaBounty is a salmon—a genetically engineered anti-freeze powered Hulk salmon that will change the future of what you eatGenetically modified food is not new in the US. The odds are pretty good that you’ve eaten [...]

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Is Obesity a Chemical Reaction?

Have you ever heard of ‘Nutritional Cleansing’? A new study found overweight young girls had significantly higher levels of phthalates, a chemical found in plastics. Studies are showing increasing evidence there may be a link between certain chemicals and obesity. A new study found overweight young girls had significantly higher levels of phthalates than the [...]

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New study: a common flame retardant causes infertility

Flame retardant and pregnant women (NaturalNews) So many US women have difficulty becoming pregnant that the fertility industry has become a huge business, raking in between three and five billion dollars a year. Now a new study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives raises the possibility that a lot of women who can’t have [...]

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