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Antibiotic Free Pork Has More Parasites and Dangerous Bacteria

Consumers in recent years have become concerned about overuse of antibiotics in animals raised for food. It appears that eating antibiotic free animals may be even worse for you than the antibiotic treated animals-at least when it comes to pork.
Comparing swine grown without antibiotics and conventional swine production  showed that pigs raised outdoors without antibiotics [...]

Bisphenol A Linked to Obesity

Bisphenol A, or BPA a chemical found in numerous plastics that contain our foods and make up some water bottles and baby bottles has been linked to the development of obesity.
Bisphenol A, or BPA exposure during the development of a fetus in the womb and exposure while in infancy is associated with obesity later in [...]

Air Pollution Can Give You a Blood Clot

A study in the Archives of Internal Medicine recently has shown that there is a link between exposure to small air pollution particles and development of blood clots in the deep veins. They showed that exposure to increased concentrations of particulate air pollution in the year before diagnosis was associated with increased Deep Vein [...]

Some Pollutants Lead To Increased Male Birth Defects

Increased frequency of congenital male urologic anomalies, such as undescended testicles and hypospadias, occurred in boys whose mothers had higher levels of certain chlorine containing chemical pollutants, according to scientists at the American Urological Association meeting in Orlando Florida. Studies recently presented, reported that maternal exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals – [...]

Plastic Poison?: Bisphenol A

The list of health problems associated with Bishenol A (a common plastic molecule to which virtually all Americans are exposed) continues to grow:
Bisphenol A has been known to be estrogenic since the mid-1930s. It is used to make polycarbonate plastic as well as dental sealants and a resin coating for food cans [...]