Tag: cancer
10 Safe Sunscreens For Your Sunny Summer Days
Rates of people who are diagnosed with skin cancer have been on the rise since the 1970s when studies revealed the dangers of too much sun exposure.In the Environmental Working Guide’s (EWG) 2014 Guide to...
The anti-science wing of the organic movement
This article is written by Mischa Popoff, a former organic farmer and USDA-contract organic inspector and is the author of Is it Organic?Reason is a tool, but it can never be the motive force of the crowd.–...
New Wristband Could Tell You When Your Environment is Toxic
Before air-monitoring systems existed, canaries were used to keep those charged with digging deep below safe.If the canary suddenly dropped dead, the miners harvesting coal from the Earth’s crust knew they were next, and...
How Your Socioeconomic Status May Affect The Toxins In Your Body
In 2013, researchers at the University of Exeter Medical School plowed through a decade's worth of health and nutrition data on Americans to find out how socioeconomic status affects exposure to chemical contaminants in...
Skin Cancer Awareness Month: DIY Suntan Lotion Recipes
In the Northern Hemisphere, the recent calendar page turn from April to May marks the official start of the spring-summer season, the return of shorts and of sand-filled Saturdays.It is also skin cancer awareness...
Chinese ‘Cancer Villages’ Generates TCM ‘Cancer Protocols’
Finally, there could be some hope for the documented 400 or more Chinese ‘cancer villages’ scattered through-out their country; as Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is heroically called upon to generate from its deep knowledge...
Toxic Time Bomb: Chinese ‘Cancer Villages’
Alarming headlines from around the World are sharing the toxic tragedy regarding the current ticking time bomb within China; now, that they are officially admitting to clusters of ‘cancer villages’ scattered within their highly...
Man-Made Chemicals Partially Responsible For Some Cancers, Study Says
A U.N.-sponsored study has concluded that man-made chemicals that are used in everyday products, called EDCs, are responsible for birth deformities, hormonal cancers, and psychiatric diseases. Moreover, EDCs have been linked to a decline in...
Vote to spare animals from research and help women fight breast cancer
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer affecting women in the United States, aside from non-melanoma skin cancer.Only very few species aside from humans develop the disease. So why do so many...
How Many Cancers Can be Prevented?
This infographic shows the results of extensive research into what cancers can be linked to which lifestyle choices. It is hoped that by publishing this research, people can start to make informed decisions about...
