A widely used class of industrial chemicals linked with cancer and interference with immune function–perfluorinated alkylate substances, or PFASs–appears to build up in infants by 20%-30% for each month they’re breastfed, according to a new study co-authored by experts from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. It is the first study to show the […]
New test detects all viruses that infect people, animals
A new test detects virtually any virus that infects people and animals, according to research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, where the technology was developed. Many thousands of viruses are known to cause illness in people and animals, and making a diagnosis can be an exhaustive exercise, at times requiring a […]
Home Pesticide Exposure Tied to Child Cancer Risk
There is an increasing concern about chronic low-level pesticide exposure during childhood and its influence on childhood cancers. A number of studies have found an association between pesticides and certain childhood cancers. Childhood exposure to indoor but not outdoor residential insecticides was associated with a significant increase in risk of childhood leukemia and childhood lymphomas. A […]
Main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide glyphosate labeled probably carcinogenic
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a division of the World Health Organization, issued a report about the carcinogenicity of five different herbicides and insecticides, including glyphosate the main ingredient in Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup. Experts representing 11 countries met in Lyons, France to do a comprehensive review of 15 different peer reviewed studies […]
Fukusecrecy – The Immaculate Deception
The Japanese government has gone to GREAT LENGTHS to block the flow of information concerning Fukushima. They say the TRUTH hurts, but what hurts more is keeping the public in the dark. TEPCO has lied, obfuscated and covered up the truth about what they knew about, or know about what is going on at sites […]
Neil Young takes on Monsanto, Starbucks and GMOs
(Organic Slant) Neil Young is protesting GMOs with an anti-Monsanto album The Monsanto Years are here and we are living them. Monsanto is the poster-child for what is wrong with corporate controlled government in our world. Our upcoming record, “The Monsanto Years”, encompasses several associated subjects that millions of people world – wide are concerned […]
Radioactivity of ceramic diner ware
(Organic Slant) Scientists have measured radiation from dishes that expose you to gamma radiation if you’re in the same room as the plate, beta radiation if you touch the plate, and alpha radiation if you eat acidic foods off the plate. The use of uranium compounds in glassware and ceramic tableware has been practiced for […]
Ingredient in Turmeric spice when combined with anti-nausea drug kills cancer cells
(Organic Slant) In a laboratory, preclinical study recently published by the journal Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researchers combined structural features from anti-nausea drug thalidomide with common kitchen spice turmeric to create hybrid molecules that effectively kill multiple myeloma cells. Thalidomide was first introduced in the 1950s as an anti-nausea medication […]
Cancer kills Fukushima manager who stayed at post to prevent a meltdown
(Organic Slant) The former boss of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant, who stayed at his post to try to tame runaway reactors after the 2011 tsunami, died of cancer at 11:32AM on Tuesday, July 9 at a hospital in Tokyo due to esophageal cancer. Masao Yoshida, 58, was at the power station on March 11, 2011, […]
Pineapple Enzyme Bromelain has Cancer-Fighting Abilities
(Organic Slant) Published in 2007 in the journal Planta Medica, researchers found that an enzyme extracted from pineapple stems known as bromelain was superior to the chemo-agent 5-fluorauracil in treating cancer in the animal model. The researchers stated: This antitumoral effect [bromelain] was superior to that of 5-FU [5-fluorouracil], whose survival index was approximately 263 %, relative to […]