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A Peek Behind Disposable Diapers

A Peek Behind Disposable Diapers

Since the first 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 years of a child’s life is spent in diapers, I think it’s important for parents to know exactly what diapers are made from and their effects on children’s health. When it comes to choosing your child’s diapers, there are few options out there – one is a polyethylene-plastic-dyes-glues-sodium polyacrylate disposable diaper and the other is a cotton reusable diaper which you can get from a diaper service or … Read entire article »

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Foods that drain your brain

Foods that drain your brain

We all know that food is indeed the catalyst that is responsible for all our energy. As a result, we need to eat the right kinds of food to prepare ourselves in the best possible manner. Our environment and how we perceive it is shaped by our reactions to the world and our reactions are influenced by our energy levels, which again comes down to the question of food. There are … Read entire article »

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Hope for AIDS Cure

Hope for AIDS Cure

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Medical Writer Sunday marks 30 years since the first AIDS cases were reported in the United States. And this anniversary brings fresh hope for something many had come to think was impossible: finding the AIDS cure. The example is Timothy Ray Brown of San Francisco, the first person in the world apparently cured of AIDS. His treatment isn’t practical for wide use, but there are encouraging signs that other approaches might someday lead … Read entire article »

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Exposure To Diesel Exhaust – What Parents Need to Know

Exposure To Diesel Exhaust – What Parents Need to Know

1. Why should I worry about my kids breathing diesel exhaust from their school bus? After all, they ride inside the bus, not outside where the exhaust fumes are. The truth is that tailpipe exhaust often dirties the air inside school buses — sometimes in quantities far higher than are found outside the bus. And diesel exhaust is bad for your child: It contains … Read entire article »

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Dangers Of Hydrogenated Oil

Dangers Of Hydrogenated Oil

“After closely scrutinizing data from scientific studies and reviews, many European countries have either banned hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils altogether or have instituted future dates for elimination of their use in foods. These government actions concerning the trans fatty acids (hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils) is directly related to studies that link trans fatty acid (hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oil) consumption from processed foods to the development of diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease.” The New England Journal of Medicine, June 24, 1999 If you go … Read entire article »

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Genetic Engineering – What’s The Problem?

Genetic Engineering – What’s The Problem?

Food is central to life. How we grow it affects the land, water and wildlife around us, as well as farm animals, our health and rural communities. It’s hard to resist cheap food or ‘buy one get one free’ offers but the environmental cost of the culture of intensive farming, over-production and over-consumption is enormous. Genetic engineering enables scientists to create plants, animals … Read entire article »

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Mass Stupidity & Government Abetted Corporate Crime: Toxic Chemicals In Food, Water & Cosmetics

Mass Stupidity & Government Abetted Corporate Crime: Toxic Chemicals In Food, Water & Cosmetics

By: Mike Adams The mass poisoning of humanity: an exploration of human stupidity As human beings, we’re the only species stupid enough to actually poison ourselves. As part of modern living, we create a wide variety of chemical toxins that go into the ecosystem through rivers and streams, the air, the soil and so on. Not only that, we actually synthesize toxic chemicals … Read entire article »

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