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JAMA has a section called “100 years ago” in which the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) quotes a column from its archives, verbatim. Last week, it was January 13, 1912 WATER-DRINKING WITH MEALS “…While the ingestion of moderate quantities of water with [...]
Food with packaging…so convenient, so easy, so iffy. Bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates (especially DEHP) are endocrine disruptors, especially of male hormone levels. BPA and phtalates are found in plastics that touch your food and beverages. The FDA is trying to reduce consumer exposure to [...]
We are mostly water. That doesn’t mean we’re dear or deeply sought…though we are. It does mean that we are what we drink. And the quality of our water helps determines our health. Stewards of water quality, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that carcinogenic [...]
Anyone who has been in gardening store knows the smell of synthetic artificial pesticides…it wafts into your nose and head as you are walking down the aisle towards the potting soil. That’s herbicide Roundup Ready, and its ilk, and there are now weeds and other plants that are [...]
The NY Times piece today describing “illegal concentrations of chemicals like arsenic or radioactive substances like uranium, as well as dangerous bacteria” in over 20 percent of tap water in the U.S. has people wondering: is my tap water contaminated? Is my health in danger? And could [...]