A commentary argues cell phones dodge communication as much as they aid it, citing train passengers who relayed an emergency announcement to callers instead of talking to each other, two drivers-turned-pedestrians too busy phoning to hang up, and freshmen who call Mom rather than make friends.
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Environment
Farming, agriculture and the environmental side of the food system.
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Environment
Dirtying Up Our Diets
Dr. Mercola cites estimates that allergies and immune-mediated diseases have doubled or more in recent decades, and echoes Jeff Leach's New York Times argument that pasteurized, irradiated and sterilized food has stripped away the everyday microbial exposure immune systems need.
Environment
What's Behind Illinois Stealing Local Hero's Bee Hives?
Illinois agriculture officials seized beekeeper Terrence Ingram's hives, saying they carried foulbrood, but the state's evidence had disappeared by his hearing three weeks later. Ingram suspects the raid targeted his 15 years of research documenting that Roundup kills bees.
Environment
Warning: Cell Phones May Trigger ADHD and Other Behavior Problems
Yale researchers kept an active cell phone above a cage of pregnant mice for all 17 days of gestation. The offspring showed impaired memory, hyperactivity and reduced anxiety, which the authors call a potential cause of neurobehavioral disorders.
Environment
BPA-Free Products Still Contain Bisphenols of Equal Toxicity June 20 2012
Asked by consumers to drop bisphenol-A, many manufacturers switched to bisphenol-S, which new research indicates is equally toxic or worse. The piece traces BPA from 1930s use as an artificial estrogen to hardening polycarbonate plastics, and notes Canada declared it a toxic substance in 2010.
Environment
Medical imaging ups breast cancer risk
A UCSF analysis of an Institute of Medicine review identified two environmental factors that definitely raise breast cancer risk: postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy and radiation from medical imaging. Avoiding unnecessary imaging is the clearest step, Rebecca Smith-Bindman says.
Environment
NEW Urgent Warning to All Cell Phone Users
Devra Davis argues the hazard of a cell phone lies not in its weak power but in the erratic nature of its signal, which she says disrupts resonance and interferes with DNA repair. She cites a young woman with multi-focal breast cancer who habitually tucked her phone into her bra.
Environment
Fabric softeners may not be safe to use?
Standard fabric softeners and dryer sheets contain quaternary ammonium compounds that can release formaldehyde, and eco-friendly versions substitute chemicals such as limonene, chloroform and benzyl alcohol that the Guide to Less Toxic Products ties to a range of health complaints.
Environment
Hardens Your Arteries - Odds Are 6 in 10 You're Consuming This Poison Ingredient Daily
Mercola cites a study in Nuclear Medicine Communications that reviewed whole-body sodium fluoride PET scans and found a significant correlation between patients' history of cardiovascular events and fluoride uptake in the coronary arteries.
Environment
Presence of Radon Gas in Your Home
Radon forms as uranium breaks down in the earth and enters homes through foundation cracks, well water and building materials. The EPA estimates it causes 21,000 US lung cancer deaths a year against 2,800 in home fires, and puts elevated levels in about 1 of every 15 homes.
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Dietary cadmium linked to high risk of osteoporosis, fractures
Among 2,676 Swedish women aged 56 to 69, dietary cadmium above 13 micrograms a day was linked to 32 percent higher osteoporosis risk and 31 percent higher fracture risk. Non-smokers with both high dietary and high urinary cadmium were 2.65 times as likely to develop osteoporosis.
Environment
Something Historical is About to Happen - But Your Participation is Critical
Mercola announces a May 1-26 drive to raise $1 million for the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act and other state GMO-labeling campaigns. A coalition of benefactors has pledged to match the total if the goal is reached by May 26.
Environment
Is the Fiberglass in Your Attic or Walls Causing Cancer?
The National Toxicology Program first called fiberglass reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen, then narrowed the listing to inhalable glass wool fibers. Consumer groups dispute the change; animal and cell studies have linked some glass fibers to tumors and DNA damage.
Environment
The Household Appliance that Releases 600 Potentially Dangerous Chemicals into the Air
A study found more than 600 volatile organic compounds coming out of dryer vents from commonly used laundry products, two of them known carcinogens. Long-term effects of the mixtures are unstudied, and fragrance makers need not list ingredients.
Environment
Coming Soon: A Controversial "Ruling" That Threatens Your Job AND the Economy
Mercola criticizes the EPA's ozone standard, set at 0.070 ppm after the agency reconsidered the 0.075 ppm level from 2008, relaying opponents' claims that the science does not support it and that it would cost a trillion dollars and millions of jobs.
Environment
This Daily Habit Can Damage Your Brain, Disrupt Your Bones, and Stain and Pit Your Teeth
The New Hampshire House voted 253-23 to require infant fluoride warnings on water bills in fluoridated communities, sending the bill to the Senate. Mercola argues dental fluorosis is not merely cosmetic and can signal overexposure in bones and organs.
Agriculture
The Tragic Mistake That Now Threatens 1 Out of Every 3 Bites You Eat
The documentary Vanishing of the Bees, free to watch for a limited time, examines Colony Collapse Disorder and points to pesticides such as neonicotinoids and to factory-style beekeeping with artificial feed and insemination.
Environment
New Studies: Fluoridation Fails to Reduce Cavities in New York City & Nationally
A coalition opposed to fluoridation points to West Virginia University findings that fluoridation rates were not significantly related to cavity measures in urban or rural children, and to a New York study where 63 percent of the city's Chinese-American 2- to 11-year-olds had primary tooth decay.
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