Health Risks

Rising Number of Farm Animals Poses Environmental and Public Health Risks

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Food Production, Population Growth, Health Risks, Dairy, Farm, Milk, Environment, Animals, Green News
Danielle Nierenberg

Farm-animal production provides a safety net for millions of the world's most vulnerable people, but given the industry's rapid and often poorly regulated growth, the biggest challenge will be to produce meat in environmentally and socially sustainable ways.

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Tight Ties, Killer Heels: Clothes Make The Fashion Victims

The Wall Street Journal | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Fashion Victim, Health Risks, High Heels Health, Women's Health, High Heels, Tight Clothes Health Risks, Women News

Baila Steinman first noticed the numbness in her leg on a trip to Israel in December. "From the knee to the pelvis, it was numb to the point of being ...

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How Working On Wall Street Will Make You Sick

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Work Week, Young Bankers, Great Speed Up, Mental Health, Health Risks, Investment Bankers, Investment Banks, Stress, Substance Addiction, Video, Young Investment Bankers, Work Hours, Wall Street, Health, Alcoholism, Wall Street Bankers, Work Week Health Risks, Workday, Investment Banking, Wall Street Health Risks, Business News

The life of a Wall Street banker is glamorous -- if you don't mind grappling with alcoholism, eating disorders, Crohn's disease and arthritis. Thes...

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Take A Break This Weekend! 7 Reasons Working Too Much Is Bad For Your Health

The Huffington Post | Amanda L. Chan, Sarah Klein and Laura Schocker | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Stress, Video, Health Risks, Work, Working Too Much, Is Working Out Too Much Bad for You, Overtime Work, Overtime Work Hurts Health, Work-Life Balance, Unplug and Recharge, Overtime Work Health, Overtime Hurts Health, Overtime, Slidepollajax, Healthy Living News

If you're the last one to leave the office, or constantly picking up an extra shift, you may see the benefits in that paycheck, but all those extra ho...

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Alice Hines

Dollar Stores' Cheap Food Expansion Hits Not-In-My-Backyard Neighbors

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Family Dollar, Processed Food, Health Risks, Dollar Tree, Dollar Store, Dollar Store Earnings, Dollar General, Germantown, Food Deserts, Business News

With food prices rising and incomes going nowhere, dollar stores are thriving, luring squeezed customers -- many from the middle class -- with discoun...

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The 'Best Kept Secret' to Understanding Your Health Risks

Peter Abaci, M.D. | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Mindfulness, Genetics, Aging, Health Risks, Family History, Illness, Personal Health, Family Medical History, Medical History, Healthy Living News
Peter Abaci, M.D.

Evidence strongly dictates that a key ingredient of putting together a long-term plan for aging well is to comprise a detailed family history.

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Study At Samsung Says Cancers Unrelated To Work

AP | By KELLY OLSEN | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Chemical Exposure, Samsung, Samsung Cancer Study, Samsung Cancer Report, Cancer, Health Risks, Cancer Risk, Samsung Cancer, Technology News

YONGIN, South Korea -- A study commissioned by Samsung into cancers among six of its semiconductor workers found they were unrelated to exposure to ch...

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Knockoffs And Counterfeits Pose Risks To Your Health

AOL Daily Finance | Loren Berlin | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Rolex, Counterfeiting, Health Risks, Lead Paint, Attorney General, Health, Louis Vuitton, Black Market, Knockoffs, Video, Business News

Talking about knockoff jackets with Kevin Spreekmeester, the global marketing vice president for outdoor clothing company Canada Goose, is a bit like ...

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Japanese Workers and Children Overexposed to Radiation

Alexia Parks | Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: Aplastic Anemia, Bone Marrow Transplant, Hypoxia, Fukushima, Health Risks, Tokyo Electric Power, Nuclear Power, Fukushima-Dai-Ichi-Plant, Decomissioning, Nagasaki, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Immune System, Radiation, Chromosomes, Anemia, Leukemia, Japan Earthquake, Japan Tsunami, Hiroshima, Spent Fuel Rods, Nuclear Proliferation, Joel Rauch M.D., Health Care, Three Mile Island, Home News
Alexia Parks

While the world news media has shifted its attention elsewhere, tragedy continues to unfold at Tokyo Electric Power's crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear...

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Throwing Biotech Lies at Tomatoes - Part 2: The Liars

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Genetic Modification, Genetically Modified Food, Food Safety, Fda Approval, Gmos, Gmo, Fda, Genetic Engineering, Royal Society of Canada, Food Safety Research, Health Risks, Linda Kahl, Food Safety Testing, US National Academy of Sciences, Health Dangers, Board on Life Sciences, GE Food, Genetic Roulette, Chassy and Tribe, GMO Disinformation, Genetically Engineered, Nas, Fran Sharples, Flavr Savr Tomato, Home News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/558 < Read Part 1 I write about the Flavr Savr in Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetic...

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FDA Delays May Have Cost Lives

Edward F. Blizzard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drug Safety, Darvon, Health Risks, Painkiller, Propoxyphene, Fda, Darvocet, Home News
Edward F. Blizzard

Given the body of evidence and the 30-year old questions about propoxyphene, we have to ask: what took the FDA so long to do right the right thing for American consumers?

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Biotech Propaganda Cooks Dangers out of GM Potatoes

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Monsanto, Seeds of Deception, Gag Order, Safety Research, The Lancet, Arpad, Genetic Roulette, Campaign for Healthier Eating in America, Government, David Tribe, Safety Testing, UK Parliament, GM Food Approvals, Biotech Industry, Genetically Modified Foods, Genetic Engineering, GNA Lectin, Health Risks, Rowett Institute, Corn, Gm, Scientist, Side Effects of Genetic Engineering, Potatoes, Testing Protocol, Nutrition, Royal Society, Europe, Academy of Medical Sciences, Bruce Chassy, GM Soy, Whistleblower, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

Don't worry your little heads over the gene-spliced foods on your plates. Just trust companies like Monsanto when they tell you their genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are perfectly safe.

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Anniversary of a Whistleblowing Hero

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Seeds of Deception, Gag Order, Europe, GNA Lectin, Health Risks, Gm, Safety Research, The Lancet, Rowett Institute, Corn, Scientist, Side Effects of Genetic Engineering, Genetic Roulette, Campaign for Healthier Eating in America, David Tribe, Government, UK Parliament, Biotech Industry, GM Food Approvals, Testing Protocol, Tipping Point, Royal Society, Academy of Medical Sciences, Bruce Chassy, Genetically Modified Foods, GM Soy, Genetic Engineering, Truth, Safety Testing, Whistleblowing, Dr. Arpad Pusztai, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/76 Part 1 (Click here for Part 2 ») Twelve years ago, a 150-second TV broadcast changed our world; e...

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3D TV Health Risks: 7 People Warned Not To Watch 3D TV (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Samsung 3d Tv, Stroke, Samsung Tv, Health Risks, 3D TV, Seizure, Health Warning, 3D Television, Slidepollajax, Technology News

Samsung's 3D television sets went on sale recently, despite a lengthy warning issued by Samsung about associated health risks. From Samsung's officia...

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Cell Phone Dangers And Air Pollution Risk Overblown

Columbia University Press Blog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epidemiology, Health Risk Hype, Cell Phone Dangers, Health Risks, Authors, Hyping Health Risks, New Books, Books, Air Pollution, Geoffrey Kabat, Books News

I would contend that one can't really understand what is going on with the hyping of health risks without considering the social context in which mess...

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10 Hidden Health Risks Of The Holidays

forbes.com | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Holiday Health Risks, Health Risks, Holiday Season, Personal Health, Healthy Living News

here's a simple reason that cold-and-flu season overlaps with the holiday season. Office parties, religious celebrations and family get-togethers make...

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