Health + Wellness

9 Reasons You Should Eat Cabbage

9 Reasons You Should Eat Cabbage

By Diana Herrington If you want beautiful glowing skin, and an immune system powerful enough to fight off just about anything, don’t forget this highly nutritious but common vegetable. Cabbage is powerful. Ancient healers declared it contained moon power because it grew in the moonlight. Modern nutritional science understands its power comes from its high […]

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    Antibacterial Soap Manufacturers Must Prove Effectiveness Under Proposed FDA Rule

    Antibacterial Soap Manufacturers Must Prove Effectiveness Under Proposed FDA Rule

    The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today proposed a federal rule that, if finalized, would remove the potentially hazardous chemical triclosan from antibacterial body washes and hand soaps. Under the proposed rule, the FDA will require manufacturers to prove their antibacterial soaps and body washes are safe and more effective than plain soap and […]

    Exposure to Parabens in Personal Care Products 3x Higher for Babies Than Women

    Exposure to Parabens in Personal Care Products 3x Higher for Babies Than Women

    Infants and toddlers are likely becoming exposed to potentially harmful substances called parabens at a higher level than adult women in the U.S. through lotions, shampoos and other personal care products, new research says. Potential daily skin exposure to parabens by infants and toddlers could be as much as two to three times higher than […]

    Spike in Water Lead Levels Coincided with Rise in Miscarriages

    Spike in Water Lead Levels Coincided with Rise in Miscarriages

    Pregnant women in Washington, D.C. experienced an unusually high number of late-term miscarriages during the same time period that lead levels were dangerously high in the city’s drinking water and the public was unaware of the problem, a study has found. Authors of the study, scheduled to be published in the journal Environmental Science and […]

    8 Scary Facts About Antibiotic Resistance

    8 Scary Facts About Antibiotic Resistance

    Many of us who get the flu this winter will demand antibiotics from our doctors. And hopefully, your doctor will turn you down. Antibiotics, which kill bacteria, don’t cure the flu. That’s because the flu is caused by a virus, not bacteria. So your doctor would be prescribing an unnecessary drug. Photo credit: Shutterstock But […]

    Are Chemicals in Drinking Water Giving People Cancer?

    Are Chemicals in Drinking Water Giving People Cancer?

    By Brian Bienkowski Traces of 18 unregulated chemicals were found in drinking water from more than one-third of U.S. water utilities in a nationwide sampling, according to new, unpublished research by federal scientists. Included are 11 perfluorinated compounds, an herbicide, two solvents, caffeine, an antibacterial compound, a metal and an antidepressant, reports Environmental Health News. […]

    Diesel Exhaust Responsible for Thousands of Lung Cancer Deaths

    Diesel Exhaust Responsible for Thousands of Lung Cancer Deaths

    An estimated 6 percent of lung cancer deaths in the U.S. and the United Kingdom—11,000 deaths per year—may be due to diesel exhaust, according to a new study. While emission standards for diesel engines have become more stringent in recent years, their exhaust still plays a significant role in lung cancer deaths among truckers, miners and […]

    Sweeping Policy Changes Critical for Flame Retardants

    Sweeping Policy Changes Critical for Flame Retardants

    State and federal governments must institute new policies to protect the public from exposure to flame retardants, says a recent research report from Environment and Human Health, Inc. (EHHI). The report closely examines the health risks that flame retardants pose to the general population and recommends sweeping policy changes to protect the public.  Photo credit:  […]