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Cell Phones Can Cause Cancer In Rats

Cell Phones Can Cause Cancer In Rats

A new study from the NIH shows a low incidence, but an incidence none the less, of tumor formation in rats due to exposure to cell phone radiation.

...Even with this information we are, yet again, at a stalemate as to the safety of cell phones since the study in question only shows low incidences of cancer in the rats. However, let’s not gloss over that it shows an incidence of cancer in rats...

New Sunscreen Guide From EWG

New Sunscreen Guide From EWG

Do you know what is actually "protecting" your skin from the sun? If not, then read on...

...but the ones that I do use I should make sure they are the safest by making sure these products are not going to contribute to/cause cancer, mess with my hormones, or even cause allergic reactions...

New Dirty Dozen List From The EWG

New Dirty Dozen List From The EWG

The yearly update to the Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen lists is out.

...When buying food it would be great if we all could afford organic all of the time, but that is just not always possible...

Put On That Sunscreen...

Put On That Sunscreen...

Sunscreen time, however they're not all the same. Read on.

...As with all cosmetics, sunscreens do have expiration dates. Please check to make sure that your sunscreen is still good from last year before you just start applying it. Our skin is the largest organ of the body, and it breaths in, communicates with, and absorbs whatever we put on it...

FDA And Pesticides In Your Food

FDA And Pesticides In Your Food

The EU Bans Some Chemicals That The FDA Allows.

The US Department of Agriculture has found both of these neurotoxic pesticides in conventional fruits and vegetables. Between 2006 and 2011 imidacloprid was found in roughly 22 percent of the conventionally grown produce tested, and below are the foods most often contaminated...

Dirty Chemicals

The EWG Has A New Type Of Dirty Dozen List

The Environmental Workers Group has come up with their dirty dozen list of endocrine disruptors. These chemicals will either increase or decrease production of the hormones...

Guide To Sunscreen - 2013

With the recent cool down in temperatures, though it is still warm, I have been spending more time outside.

Cell Phone Radiation Emissions

California State Senator Mark Leno has introduced a bill that would require all cell phones sold in California to include information about their radiation emissions.