Brigham and Women's Hospital apologized for promoting a study linking aspartame to cancer in some people, saying its scientific leaders judged the data weak and the press release premature. Mercola recounts being asked by ABC News to review the 40-page study within an hour.
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Titanium dioxide nanoparticles cause genotoxicity, apoptosis in lung cancer cells
Indian Institute of Toxicology Research scientists exposed lung cancer cells to titanium dioxide nanoparticles at 10 and 50 ug/mL and saw oxidative stress, apoptosis and genotoxicity, with P53, P21 and cleaved caspase-3 up and Bcl2 down. Healthy lung cells were not tested.
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More than 1.5 Million Pounds of Arsenic-Laden Drugs Sold to Meat Producers
The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future analyzed FDA documents and counted at least 706,530 kilograms sold for animal use in 2010. Producers feed the drugs to control intestinal parasites, promote growth and make meat look more appealing; arsenic harms human health and the environment.
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Nanoparticles damage sperm - study
Researchers in India exposed buffalo sperm to titanium dioxide nanoparticles under 100 nm and found impaired sperm function and increased DNA fragmentation. The article notes such particles are used in processed foods and cosmetics and are rarely tested for long-term effects.
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Be Wary: This Popular Grain Contains Arsenic
Three Arkansas farming operations sued Pfizer, Tyson Foods and three poultry producers, alleging arsenic-containing feed additives pass into chicken litter spread on rice fields and contaminate the crop. Consumer Reports had found 'worrisome' inorganic arsenic in US rice.
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Lots of Good News on Anti-fluoridation
A Fluoride Action Network bulletin counts four more towns ending fluoridation: O'Fallon, Missouri; Rosetown, Saskatchewan; Lake View, Iowa; and Cassadaga, New York. Cost, a broken feed pump and citizen opposition drove the decisions, adding to more than 70 since 2010.
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Carcinogen benzene found in all soft drinks
Italian researchers tested 28 soft drinks and found benzene in every one, averaging 0.45 ug/L and ranging up to 2.36. Two citrus drinks containing both vitamin C and sodium benzoate, which react to release benzene, exceeded the European drinking water limit of 1 ug/L.
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Fructose Linked to Cardiometabolic Disease
G.A. Bray writes in Current Atherosclerosis Reports that meta-analyses tie sugar-sweetened beverages to cardiovascular disease, obesity and metabolic syndrome, and that trials of 10 to 26 weeks link them to higher triglycerides, body weight and visceral fat.
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Buttered Popcorn Flavoring Linked to Alzheimer’s
Test-tube work at the University of Minnesota found diacetyl, the buttery flavoring in microwave popcorn, can cross the blood-brain barrier, push brain proteins to misfold into beta amyloid, and block its clearance. Whether eating it raises Alzheimer's risk is not known.
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BPA linked to obesity in children
Among 2,838 people aged 6 to 19 in NHANES surveys, children in the lowest quintile of urinary BPA had a 10.3% chance of being obese, against about 20% in the second, third and fourth quintiles, after adjustment for diet, television time, income and other factors.
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Acrylamide exposure raises death risk from breast cancer
Among 24,697 Danish postmenopausal women, non-smokers with higher pre-diagnostic acrylamide exposure, measured as glycidamide haemoglobin adducts, were more than 63 percent more likely to die of breast cancer. Among women with estrogen-receptor-positive disease, the figure reached 123 percent.
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Aspartame: Safety Approved in 90 Nations, but Damages the Brain
Mercola argues that aspartame, cleared in more than 90 countries, is likely worse than the sugar it replaces. He traces the harm to its methyl ester bond: chymotrypsin frees methanol in the small intestine, and that methanol converts to formaldehyde in the body.
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Aspartame linked to multiple sclerosis?
An opinion piece arguing that aspartame can mimic or precipitate multiple sclerosis, prompted by Ann Romney's MS and the Romneys' Diet Coke habit, citing H. J. Roberts and Russell Blaylock along with readers who say their symptoms eased after quitting the sweetener.
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More Studies Link Fluoride to Brain Damage
The Fluoride Action Network says 34 studies now link fluoride to reduced IQ and accuses fluoridation promoters of misrepresenting a Harvard review, which it says found a statistically significant 7-point IQ drop, not the half point advocates cited.
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Exposure to silicon dioxide linked to chronic kidney disease
A population-based case-control study found any occupational exposure to silicon dioxide was associated with a 40 percent higher risk of chronic kidney disease, rising to 76 percent above the median exposure duration. The authors describe the association as dose-dependent.
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Sodium benzoate boosts ADHD risk - study
Among 475 college students surveyed, those reporting more sodium benzoate-rich drinks scored higher on an ADHD symptom screener, at 35 servings a month against 17. The authors of the Journal of Attention Disorders study say the intake may contribute and warrants further investigation.
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Artificial Sweeteners May Be Worse than Sugar for Diabetics
Mercola gathers studies that cut against diet products: a 1986 study of nearly 80,000 women found artificial sweetener users more likely to gain weight regardless of starting weight, and the San Antonio Heart Study found diet-drink drinkers had higher BMIs seven to eight years later.
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Harvard Study Finds Fluoride Lowers IQ
Mercola reports on a Harvard review of brain studies finding that children in high-fluoride areas had significantly lower IQ than those in low-fluoride areas. The authors say the results support the possibility of an adverse effect on children's neurodevelopment.
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