The National Hurricane Center placed Hurricane Earl 245 miles south of Cape Hatteras, moving north at 18 mph with maximum winds of 125 mph, a category three storm. Warnings covered the North Carolina coast and Cape Cod, with watches up to Delaware and Nova Scotia.
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Environment
Farming, agriculture and the environmental side of the food system.
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Environment
The Cancer Test that’s a Death Trap…
Mercola relays Samuel Epstein's charge that the American Cancer Society has close financial ties to mammography equipment makers, and Epstein and Rosalie Bertell's estimate that a decade of premenopausal screening delivers about 5 rads. He argues there is no solid evidence mammograms save lives.
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Concussion ABCs: Learn How to Respond
CDC sets out concussion ABCs for schools: assess the situation, be alert for signs and symptoms, contact a health care professional. Even a seemingly mild bump can be serious, and risk is highest in PE class, on playgrounds and in school sports.
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The Alarming Reason Why More Girls are Starting Puberty Early
More than 10% of white 7-year-old girls showed breast changes signalling puberty in a mid-2000s study, up from 5% in the early 1990s, and first periods now come around age 12. Researchers point to childhood obesity and environmental chemicals as possible factors.
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Pesticide, flame retardant linked to ADHD
A study in Environmental Health Perspectives of 300 Mexican-American children found higher organophosphate pesticide exposure during pregnancy was significantly associated with attention problems at age five. A Harvard study is also cited linking prenatal organochlorine exposure to ADHD.
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The Internet CAN Help You Keep Your Weight Off
People who logged in most often to a Kaiser Permanente weight-loss website kept off the most weight, about 9 pounds on average, against 3 pounds for the least frequent users. The site combined weekly weight and exercise logging with reminders and chat among participants.
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Prenatal pesticide exposure linked to high ADHD risk
In a study of more than 300 children near Salinas, California, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, mothers' urinary organophosphate pesticide metabolites during pregnancy were significantly associated with attention problems at age five, though not at age 3.5.
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Your Mattress Could be Acting as a Cancer-Causing Radiation Antenna
Dr. Mercola relays a Scientific American argument that Western metal bed frames and box springs may act as antennas for FM and TV waves, offered to explain why breast cancer and melanoma run about 10 percent higher on the left side in the West but show no such pattern in Japan.
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Fluoride Could be Contributing to Early Puberty, Studies Show (PR)
The Fluoride Action Network points to a 1956 report that girls menstruated about five months earlier in fluoridated Newburgh than in Kingston, and to Jennifer Luke's finding that fluoride accumulates in the pineal gland. Director Paul Connett says the question was never pursued.
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Helping Your Child Manage Diabetes at School
Practical preparation for a school year with diabetes: meet staff early, and build a Diabetes Medical Management Plan with your child's doctor and the school covering insulin, blood sugar checks, cafeteria choices and classroom snacks. Federally funded schools may not discriminate under the ADA.
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Phthalates Cause Inflammation in At-Risk Babies
Researchers report a direct link between phthalates, the plasticizers in medical equipment, and inflammation in newborns. Premature babies in intensive care meet high concentrations; the work found phthalates prolong white blood cell survival and prompt cells to make hydrogen peroxide.
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New York City Confirms First Human Case of West Nile Virus
New York City's health department confirmed its first human West Nile case on August 5, a 61-year-old Bronx man hospitalized with meningitis. With more mosquito samples testing positive, it urged residents, especially those 50 and older, to use repellent and clear standing water.
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West Nile virus more likely to cause serious illnesses in North Dakota
Of 1,246 West Nile virus cases reported in North Dakota between August 2002 and December 2007, 183 involved neuroinvasive disease such as meningitis, encephalitis or acute flaccid paralysis, with annual incidence reaching 14.6 per 100,000, a Public Health Reports study found.
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Are Household Cleaners Linked to Breast Cancer?
An Environmental Health study asked about 800 women, half of them with breast cancer, about cleaning products and found the heaviest users of mold and mildew cleaners and air fresheners carried twice the risk of light users. Surface and oven cleaners showed no association.
Environment
Gulf Oil Spill 2010: Protecting Yourself After a Hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico
CDC advice for Gulf Coast households facing a hurricane during the Deepwater Horizon spill: avoid skin contact with dirty water, wash with soap and clean water, lift oil or tar off skin with baby oil rather than solvents, and stay clear of frightened or unfamiliar animals.
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Do You Know What's in Your Shampoo?
Mercola walks through what goes into shampoo — surfactants, preservatives and colorants — contrasting conventional ingredients such as sodium lauryl sulfate and parabens with milder natural alternatives, and notes colorants serve no function beyond decoration.
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BPA in receipts can affect male fertility
A Reproductive Toxicology study of 190 men recruited at an infertility clinic found BPA in 89 percent of them, with exposure linked to declines in sperm concentration, motility and shape. Another study found the chemical is high in cash register receipts, not just food packaging.
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Where can I find current severe weather reports?
A reference item listing where current severe weather reports come from: the Storm Prediction Center for the 48 contiguous states, the National Weather Service office in Honolulu for Hawaii, and the NWS Alaska Region for Alaska and its surrounding waters.
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