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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008For many of us who travel a lot, especially across multiple time-zones, getting back in the swing of things, especially when it comes to sleep, is really difficult. But researchers at the Harvard Medical School may have an answer and it is fasting. Imagine instead of taking a week to reset your internal clock you […]
Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Health Insurance
Monday, June 2nd, 2008In today’s ever escalating health insurance cost atmosphere, insurers try to get you to use the least of your benefits while charging you more and more every year. I’ve seen this scenario play out with my daughter Tasya, when Mega Health and Life Insurance screwed us by saying that the MRIs and CT scans she […]
Phthalates in Your World
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008One of my favorite organizations in the fight against our toxic world is the Environmental Working Group. They send out regular emails about issues relating to our environment and today’s was particularly interesting as it had a link to their Enviroblog talking about phathalates, that insidious plasticizer that is in all of our bodies. Here […]
Couple of “Greening” Websites
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008I’m always on the outlook for new ideas, as well as old ones, to decrease my environmental footprint and to share my findings with everyone. Here are a few websites I have found with ideas on how to “green” your life. Live Science has a top 10 list of things to do to Green Your […]
EPA and The Union of Concerned Scientists – More Evidence Against the White House
Thursday, May 15th, 2008The Union of Concerned Scientists, the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world, has published a scathing report about the interference by the Bush White House on the scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency. In it they reveal just how much of an influence the White House administrators have on […]
Pollution and the Birds and the Bees (and spiders too) – Another Indictment of Our Handling the Environment
Friday, May 9th, 2008The White House’s recent evisceration of the EPA edict to lower pollution and smog may be another stake in the heart of beekeepers everywhere. Turns out smog and other parts of air pollution may be confusing the bees as well as other pollenators such as moths and bats so they can’t find the flowers. Under […]
Why You Drink Soda – Why Not to Drink Soda
Monday, May 5th, 2008Nice little post on eMedExpert about 8 reasons why people drink sodas and 16 reasons why you should stop. If just for the weight gain problem, people have to stop drinking this toxic waste. Hopefully this article will convince people to change.
Smog and Premature Death – Science Has Linked Them, The White House Denies It
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008If the White House wants to look any dumber, I honestly cannot see how after reading a report on MSNBC.com about the link between the ozone in smog and premature deaths. The National Academy of Sciences review of the data clearly shows that people are dying because of effects of short-term exposure to pollution. The […]
Pharmaceutical Scams Continue
Thursday, April 17th, 2008It just keeps coming it seems, the pharmaceutical industry has stooped to levels even I didn’t think possible. Merck was just found to have paid academic scientists to put their names on papers they didn’t write. Who wrote the papers? Company hired medical writers of course. According to Dr. Catherine DeAngelis, JAMA’s editor-in-chief, “The manipulation […]
Bisphenol A – The Time To Ban Is Now!!!
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Bisphenol A, a compound found in numerous plastic products has been found to be harmful to the brain and cause damage to reproductive organs in children. It was also found to be mildly estrogenic which can affect the thyroid and other hormonal systems. In my book, Achieving Victory Over a Toxic World, I talk about […]
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