Mercola runs through theories for the mass bird and fish deaths, from lightning and fireworks to meteor showers, fault line activity, government testing and GMOs, while quoting Yahoo News that such die-offs happen on average every other day somewhere in North America.
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Environment
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Environment
Clean air in house reduces cardiovascular disease
In 45 adults from 25 homes who ran HEPA filtration for a week without knowing when it was on, blood-flow response rose 9.4 percent and C-reactive protein fell 32.6 percent — which the Canadian researchers read as better endothelial function and less inflammation.
Environment
Tragically, Average Child in U.S. Gets Seven Radiation Scans
A large study found the average US child undergoes more than seven radiation scans by age 18, mostly X-rays; 42 percent had at least one procedure and 25 percent had two or more within three years. Dental X-rays were excluded. CT scans deliver far more radiation than X-rays.
Environment
Monsanto’s Roundup Triggers Over 40 Plant Diseases and Endangers Human and Animal Health
Plant pathologist Don Huber traced severe Sudden Death Syndrome in an Iowa soybean field to the strip where a glyphosate-based herbicide had killed off alfalfa the previous season, while the part planted to sweet corn stayed healthy. Damage was worst at row ends, where applicators overlapped.
Environment
Chemicals found in pregnant women may hurt babies
UCSF researchers screened 269 pregnant American women for 163 chemicals and found 99 to 100 percent carried PCBs, organochlorine pesticides, PFCs, phthalates, PBDEs and others, with BPA in 96 percent. Several were at levels other studies have linked to harm in children.
Environment
This Everyday "Healthy" Beverage Poisons Your Body One Swallow at a Time
Mercola argues bottled water is not the healthy choice it appears to be: 67 million bottles are thrown away daily and only about 10 percent are recycled, transport burns heavy fuel, roughly 40 percent of bottled water is bottled tap water, and the plastic itself poses health risks.
Environment
Protecting your family from CO poisoning
Carbon monoxide is odorless and colorless, and the EPA says its symptoms - headaches, dizziness, nausea, fatigue - are often mistaken for flu. Federal agencies advise keeping gas appliances adjusted, venting stoves outdoors, never idling a car in the garage, and installing a CO alarm.
Environment
50 reasons to oppose fluoridation
A lightly edited list from Paul Connett of St. Lawrence University setting out 50 arguments against water fluoridation, among them that unfluoridated Western European countries saw the same decline in decay and that fluoride acts topically rather than through swallowing.
Environment
Serum Fluoride Level and Children's Intelligence Quotient in Two Villages in China
Among 512 children aged 8-13 in two Chinese villages, the village with higher serum fluoride had the lower average IQ (92.0 versus 100.4), and higher serum fluoride was associated with greater odds of an IQ below 80. IQ was not related to family income or parents' education.
Environment
Toxic metal Chromium-6 present in majority of U.S. cities
Environmental Working Group testing found hexavalent chromium above California's 0.06 ppb limit in tap water from 31 of 35 US cities, led by Norman, Oklahoma at 12.9 ppb. The EPA considers the metal likely carcinogenic to humans when consumed in drinking water.
Agriculture
United Fresh Opens Application Period for 17th Annual Produce Industry Leadership Program
United Fresh opened applications for the 17th class of its Produce Industry Leadership Program, funded by a DuPont Crop Protection grant. Twelve fellows will spend a year on trips to Central California, Washington D.C., Delaware and Chile, graduating at the 2012 convention in Dallas.
Environment
Could autism be caused by living near highways during pregnancy?
A study in Environmental Health Perspectives compared 304 autism cases with 259 typically developing children in the CHARGE study and found autism associated with mothers living near a freeway during pregnancy and near delivery. Little is known about environmental causes, it notes.
Environment
Does the size of your social network impact your health?
Analyzing a 1994-96 survey of 2,060 teenagers, sociologist Steven Haas found those who rated their health as good, fair or poor ended up in smaller friendship networks over time than healthier classmates, without noticing it: they named just as many friends.
Environment
This Surprising Toxin Can Lead to Genetic Defects and Miscarriages…
Senator Dianne Feinstein withdrew her amendment to ban bisphenol A from baby bottles and sippy cups, and the ban is no longer under consideration. Mercola notes that 81 percent of 115 published animal studies found effects from low-level BPA exposure.
Agriculture
Check out which fruits/vegetables contain high levels of pesticides
A fundraising appeal from the Environmental Working Group asking readers to donate before its 2010 year-end deadline, offering a free Dirty Dozen pesticide shopping notepad with any gift of $10 or more.
Environment
Lavender, pumpkin pie boost your sexual desire
Alan Hirsch and Jason Gruss exposed 31 men to 30 odors and measured penile blood flow. Lavender combined with pumpkin pie produced the largest average increase, about 40 percent, followed by doughnut with black licorice at 31.5 percent.
Environment
Full body scanners at airport pose little death risk
Peter Rez of Arizona State calculates that airport x-ray body scanners may cause one cancer death per 20 million exposures, ten times the government's estimate but, by his comparison, smaller than the risk of dying in a plane accident or a terrorist attack.
Agriculture
Organic Food
Organic farmers work without most conventional pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, sewage sludge, bioengineering or irradiation, and organic meat, eggs and dairy come from animals given no antibiotics or growth hormones. A government-approved certifier must inspect farms and handlers.
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