Mercola describes Argentina's turn to Roundup Ready soy and widespread reports of illness from heavy glyphosate spraying, including an Argentine scientist who confirmed glyphosate can potentially cause birth defects, sterility and neurotoxicity and says he was threatened and ridiculed.
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Chemical hazards: fluoride, pesticides, BPA and other contaminants.
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Bisphenol A may boost breast cancer risk
Pregnant rhesus macaques were fed fruit dosed with BPA until their blood levels matched those common in people. Their infants' mammary tissue was denser than that of unexposed infants, which in humans marks higher breast cancer risk, the researchers say.
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This additive in your food and cosmetics may cause cancer!
A 2009 Biomaterials review by N. Singh of Swansea University and colleagues found most engineered nanomaterials can provoke genotoxic responses, including DNA strand breaks and altered gene expression. Zinc oxide, titanium oxide and silica nanoparticles often go unlisted on labels.
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You barely notice it in processed food, but it can boost your cancer risk
Sycheva and colleagues fed mice micro- and nano-sized titanium dioxide for seven days and reported DNA damage in bone marrow and liver cells along with tissue damage elsewhere. They concluded the particles, common in food and cosmetics, are a potential health hazard.
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FDA wants more safety studies on nanoparticles in food and cosmetics
The FDA released two documents encouraging, though not yet requiring, food and cosmetics makers to run more safety tests on nanoparticles such as titanium oxide and silica dioxide, already used in cheeses, sauces, confectionery, soaps and sunscreens.
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The Beverage that Is Even WORSE than High Fructose Corn Syrup Soda
Pepsi Next cuts sugar by 60 percent but still lists high fructose corn syrup as its second ingredient and adds aspartame, acesulfame potassium and sucralose. Mercola argues those three sweeteners are worse than the sugar they replace and that diet sodas can stimulate appetite.
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Eating too much high fructose corn syrup may lead to copper deficiency, fatty liver
Rats given 30 percent fructose water developed impaired copper status and iron overload, and those already on a marginally copper-deficient diet showed liver injury and fat accumulation, University of Louisville researchers report in the Journal of Hepatology.
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Is This FDA-Approved Sweetener Causing Brain Damage?
Dr. Mercola cites a new Drug and Chemical Toxicology study in which rats given high doses of aspartame long-term showed oxidative stress and lowered glutathione in the brain. He argues the sweetener attacks brain cells and points to stevia as a safer alternative.
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BPA Could Affect Reproductive Capabilities, Cause Infection of the Uterus
University of Cincinnati researchers fed mice a range of dietary doses of bisphenol A or a synthetic estrogen and report in Reproductive Toxicology that BPA can alter the structure of the uterus in ways that can progress to pyometra, a potentially fatal infection.
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Dietary intake of cadmium linked to high risk for breast cancer - study
A Swedish study followed nearly 56,000 women for more than 12 years, estimating dietary cadmium from food questionnaires. Those with the highest intakes were 21% more likely to develop breast cancer; bread, cereals, potatoes and vegetables are main dietary sources.
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New Hampshire House Passes Infant Warning Bill
The New Hampshire House voted 253-23 for HB-1416, which would require infant fluoride warnings on water bills in fluoridated communities. It now goes to the Senate, where dental groups and the American Water Works Association are expected to fight it.
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Dietary cadmium may be linked with breast cancer risk (PR)
Following 55,987 Swedish women for over 12 years, researchers linked the highest dietary cadmium exposure to a 21 percent rise in breast cancer, 27 percent among lean and normal weight women. Bread, cereals, potatoes, root crops and vegetables are the main dietary sources.
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Trans fat linked to greater aggression
A PLoS ONE study of 945 adults found that greater trans fatty acid intake was significantly associated with more aggression and irritability, and predicted them more consistently than the other risk factors measured. Labels reading zero trans fat can still mean up to 0.5 grams per serving.
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Coke and Pepsi found to contain animal carcinogen
Lab tests commissioned by CSPI found high levels of 4-methylimidazole, a known animal carcinogen, in Coke, Pepsi and their diet versions. The chemical forms when ammonia and sulfites are used to make caramel coloring. The beverage industry says there is no evidence of risk to humans.
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Ammoniated "Caramel Coloring" Contaminated with 4-methylimidazole
Tests commissioned by the Center for Science in the Public Interest found 4-methylimidazole, a known animal carcinogen formed when ammonia and sulfites are used to make caramel coloring, in colas: 145 to 153 mcg in two 12-ounce Pepsi cans and 142 to 146 mcg per 12 ounces of Coca-Cola.
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High fructose corn syrup contains reactive dicarbonyls - study
German researchers profiling 14 commercial samples of high fructose corn syrup found reactive alpha-dicarbonyl compounds in all of them, with 3-deoxyglucosone dominant at up to 730 ug/mL. They suggest production methods influence how much forms.
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Trans fat boosts stroke risk in women - Study
Women eating the most trans fat had a 39% higher risk of ischemic stroke in an analysis of more than 87,000 Women's Health Initiative participants. Total fat and other fat types showed no such link, the Annals of Neurology study found.
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Fluoride News: Latest Victories & New Hampshire Update
Amherstburg, Ontario councillors voted unanimously on February 6 to stop fluoridating water for more than 20,000 residents, Myerstown, Pennsylvania voted to stop on January 13, and plans to fluoridate Watsonville, California collapsed after the California Dental Association pulled its funding.
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