Category: Toxins
The facts about chemicals, pesticides, and clean water.
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Coca-Cola: Nigerian Court Deems It Unfit For Human Consumption
A Nigerian court has ruled that two Coca-Cola products, Fanta and Sprite, are not safe for human consumption. Presiding Nigerian judge Justice Adedayo Oyebanji ruled that high levels of benzoic acid and sunset additives in Fanta and Sprite pose a serious health risk to consumers when mixed with ascorbic acid, commonly known as vitamin C.…
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Aluminum eliminating the bad and ugly
Our bodies are exposed to pollutants before we’re even born. Many pollutants, like the ones in our air, are unavoidable. But there are many toxins that we can choose to avoid. Aluminum is one of those toxins. Unlike vitamins, minerals, and trace elements, the body does not need aluminum. And aluminum is no innocent or…
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3 Pesticide Realities
All too often, Monsanto and the rest of the “Big 6” pesticide corporations distort information to make their products seem safe and necessary — but they’re not. Myths about pesticides are a testimony to the power of advertising, marketing and lobbying. Pesticide corporations, like big tobacco and the oil industry, have systematically manufactured doubt about…
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Johnson & Johnson faces a $110 million verdict in baby powder suit
A Virginia woman just won a record-setting $110.5 million in a lawsuit that alleges that using Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder caused her ovarian cancer. 62-year-old Louis Slemp of Wise, Virginia is the latest in a line of plaintiffs with similar claims, including three previous St. Louis juries who awarded a total of $197 million,…
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Our Kids Are So Very Sick
Our Children are bombarded with toxins, overwhelmed with chronic illness and neurological disabilities. Join other families we come together as ONE VOICE on behalf of our children’s health and future. Children’s March for Humanity will be hosted in cities nationwide. Communities coming together with the same concerns about our children’s health.JOIN US IN BOISE At…
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Fragrance Is The New Secondhand Smoke
Surely you’re familiar with one of these scenarios: The Scented Candle That Won’t Go Away You walk into a store full of scented candles. They smell so fresh and lovely, but a few minutes later, your nose starts to itch and you are starting to get a headache. You notice that you’re having a harder…
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A new generation of water pollutants in your medicine cabinet
Every day, we each use a variety of personal care products. We wash our hands with antibacterial soaps and clean our faces with specialty cleansers. We wash and maintain our hair with shampoo, conditioner and other hair care products. We use deodorant and perfume or cologne to smell nice. Depending on the day, we may…
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Commerical Hand Sanitizers Puts 10x more Chemicals IN your body
You use hand sanitizer to keep dangerous germs out, but you’re really inviting toxic chemicals in. Research proves that the active ingredient in hand sanitizer is an endocrine disruptor(1), easily absorbed through your skin, and might be linked to cancer. Its name? Triclosan. Hand sanitizer companies use triclosan as an antibacterial agent; it is, after…
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Evidence that Agricultural Pesticides and Other Toxic Chemicals Are Poisoning Us
Two new reports published in recent weeks add to the already large and convincing body of evidence, accumulated over more than half a century, that agricultural pesticides and other toxic chemicals are poisoning us. Both reports issue scathing indictments of U.S. and global regulatory systems that collude with chemical companies to hide the truth from…
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Autism Meltdown. What should WE do?
I saw an autistic meltdown in the middle of the grocery store today. Yes, it was autism, flapping arms, squaking nosies, ears covered and the mostly grown boy squatting on the cold floor rocking back and forth. Most pretended as if it wasn’t happening. I locked eyes with the mother briefly, and felt a very…