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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009In the February 12, 2009 issue of Nature, researchers led by Sreekumar reported on the correlation between the progression of prostate cancer and the amino acid sarcosine. Sarcosine is derived from glycine and methionine through methylation pathways. Functionally low levels of vitamin B2, aka riboflavincan cause a build-up of sarcosine as well as low folic acid […]
Court Say No To Vaccine Autism Link – Justice or Just Playing By The Rules
Friday, February 13th, 2009Just yesterday, a special US federal court declared Thursday that MMR vaccines were not a cause of autism. I wanted to find a way to put the ruling into context when I ran into two posts by a friend, Dr. Andrew Cutler, author of Hair Test Interpretation: Finding Hidden Toxicities and “Amalgam Illness:” Diagnosis and Treatment, […]
More Disturbing Evidence of Global Warming
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009This weeks issue of the highly respected journal Science, will have a disturbing report on the effect of global warming on the world’s forests. A preview is found here from CNN. Scientists have been looking at the forests for a 50 year period and as Phillip van Mantgem the lead author of the study says, […]
Not All CFL Bulbs Are The Same
Monday, January 19th, 2009I recently received a newsletter from the Environmental Working Group, a lobby group for the environment in Washington D.C., which had some very important information in it. There is a lot of talk about the use of compact fluorescent light-bulbs but there is a problem with some of them because of excessive mercury. Which ones […]
Another Set of Tips on Being Greener
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009With the new Administration of President Barack Obama about to take office, it is our hope that a change will be made from decisions being made based on an agenda to one based on fact. Science has shown what kind of a global mark humans have made on our environment but the U.S. government has […]
FDA Over the Moral Wall
Thursday, December 18th, 2008In a stunning indictment, the Environmental Working Group, a Washington D.C. pro-environment lobby group, lambasted the FDA (Federal Drug Administration) for a recent uncovered secret document that stretches the imagination. The email that EWG sent out yesterday stunned even a jaded person like me. It read: “On Friday, December 12, the Environmental Working Group made […]
Paradise Unpaved
Saturday, December 6th, 2008While Stumbling around the net, I came across the blog site of Franke James entitled, My Green Conscience. In it there was a page on unpaving her driveway in North York (Toronto), Canada. It was such a cool idea that I had to share it with everyone. Imagine the impact if we decided to reduce […]
Household Toxins – What to Avoid
Friday, November 14th, 2008Here is a link to a list of toxins people should be getting out of their homes. Most are simple to do, but will require some investment. Good health is an investment in your life as well as your families. Small price to pay in my opinion.
Reducing Inflammation – Part I
Thursday, November 13th, 2008Since this blog site is entitled, Toxic World Blog, you might imagine that I would discuss the issue of environmental toxicity and inflammation first and you would be right. It’s the obvious first choice and one that needs to be addressed in both a global as well as personal way. Not only do we have […]
Crestor Jupiter Study – Problems, Issues and Solutions
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008The recently reported study JUPITER, which shows that the drug Crestor, aka rosuvastatin, would help reduce inflammation in the arteries which would help reduce the number of heart attacks has got me puzzled. What struck me was the amazed reactions by physicians who were shocked, shocked that C-Reactive Protein, a marker for inflammation, was a […]
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