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Obesity in adolescence may increase girls' MS risk.
A woman's risk of developing multiple sclerosis during her lifetime is doubled if she was obese at age 18, but not at ages 5, 10, or in adulthood, new research shows. Reuters Health. 21 November 2009.
Scientists make mad cow discovery.
Scientists at the University of Leeds say they have made a significant discovery which could help in the treatment of "mad cow disease". BBC. 20 November 2009.
EPA removing 'public health threat' in Wiggins.
Some 30,000 tons of contaminated soil are being removed from the site of an old wood preserving plant in Wiggins. The EPA began the clean-up in late September, saying the property was “a threat to public health and the environment." Biloxi WLOX TV, Mississippi. 20 November 2009.
New tricks?
The dice of day-to-day decisions are hugely loaded, reinforcing the carbon atrophied economic structures around us. London Guardian, United Kingdom. Opinion, 20 November 2009.
Why honeybees are falling through the cracks.
Over the past three years, more than 50 billion honeybees have died. Scientists understand the causes, and now we need everyone to lend a helping hand. Without the bees, we cannot survive. Toronto Globe and Mail, Ontario. Opinion, 19 November 2009.
Heart disease found in Egyptian mummies.
Researchers have found evidence of hardening of the arteries in Egyptian mummies dating as far back as 3,500 years, challenging longstanding assumptions that cardiovascular disease is mainly a malady of the lifestyle of modern Western society. Wall Street Journal. 18 November 2009.
Health Min. to examine risks of chemical in baby bottles.
Bisphenol A is a substance found in baby bottles, pacifiers, drink containers and various plastic products. A dispute is currently raging as to the health risk posed by what is commonly called BPA, which is apparently able to leak into the human body. Haaretz, Israel. 16 November 2009.
Legislature faces heat to restrict US beef imports.
The legislature is girding for a fight tomorrow as lawmakers remain divided on amending the Act Governing Food Sanitation to ban “risky” US beef products despite a looming deadline to push through legislation. Taipei Times, Taiwan. 16 November 2009.
Bellying up to environmentalism.
We understand that food can both nourish and kill. We know that its production can both destroy and enhance our environment. We know that farming touches every aspect of our lives -- the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the soil we need. Our diets are deeply, intimately and necessarily political. Washington Post. Opinion, 16 November 2009.
Falluja's babies: The difficulties of pinning the blame.
War's effects on health can be much harder to identify than death and horrendous physical injuries. London Guardian, United Kingdom. 15 November 2009.
Food-borne pathogens carry devastating long-term effects.
Long after the painful stomach cramps and bloody diarrhea associated with tainted food are over, many people suffer long-term health effects, mostly unrecognized, that are the result of food-borne pathogens. Los Angeles Times, California. 15 November 2009.
Thousands demand new talks on U.S. beef.
Opposition Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen demanded that President Ma Ying-jeou's Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) government re-negotiate a controversial protocol signed last month with Washington to open the Taiwan market to imports of American beef on bone. Taiwan News. 15 November 2009.
Thousands protest in Taiwan against US beef imports.
Thousands of protesters marched through the Taiwanese capital Taipei on Saturday to protest against resuming imports of certain US beef products, over fears of the spread of mad cow disease. Agence France-Presse. 14 November 2009.
Thousands demand new talks on US `poison` beef imports.
Opposition Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen demanded that President Ma Ying-jeou`s Chinese Nationalist Party government re-negotiate a controversial protocol to open the Taiwan market to imports of American ``beef on bone,`` ground beef and intestines. Taiwan News. 14 November 2009.
Food-borne ills can have lasting consequences: report.
More than just a bad bout of stomach flu, some food-borne illnesses can cause long-term consequences, especially for young people, a report released on Thursday has found. Reuters. 13 November 2009.
Food-borne infections endanger long-term health, especially for kids.
Long after the cramps and diarrhea of a brush with tainted food is over, many of us suffer long-term health effects, mostly unrecognized, that are the result of food-borne pathogens - and children often suffer the worst. Los Angeles Times, California. 13 November 2009.
Britain's problem with pets.
The authors of a provocative new book have bad news for animal-lovers: pets are bad for the planet. They consume vast amounts of precious resources, produce mountains of noxious waste – and they can be a disaster for wildlife. London Guardian, United Kingdom. 13 November 2009.
Veterans' benefits for Agent Orange exposure.
The US Department of Veterans Affairs is offering new help to Vietnam-era vets. The VA says it can now assist vets who have ailments due to Agent Orange exposure--including Parkinson's disease, cancer and heart problems. Environment Report, Michigan. 13 November 2009.
'There's no such thing as the EPA here.'
On some days, Russell Keith could simply look up at the sky to gauge how busy his day would be as a paramedic at the largest U.S. base in Iraq. Greenwire. 12 November 2009.
President Ma pledges to block risky U.S. beef.
President Ma Ying-jeou Wednesday promised measures to block high-risk U.S. beef parts from hitting the Taiwan market, but the main opposition party accused him of being insincere. Taipei China Post, Taiwan. 12 November 2009.
Feinstein calls for new Office of Humane Slaughter in wake of video.
Too little has been done in the aftermath of last year's historic recall of beef from a Chino slaughterhouse, Sen. Dianne Feinstein said this week as she called for increased protection for animals too sick or hurt to stand. Riverside Press-Enterprise, California. 12 November 2009.
In Vietnam only briefly, vet, 61, battles illness.
Robert Kwak has a pre-existing condition - serving in the Vietnam War and being exposed to Agent Orange - that led to his recent diagnosis of terminal multiple myeloma. But he will likely die before he can ever prove any such link exists. Merrillville Post-Tribune, Indiana. 11 November 2009.
Former medic in Iraq returns after testifying about open burn pits in Iraq.
A Huntsville man who testified at a Democratic policy committee hearing in Washington about the use of open-air burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan is back in the Valley. Huntsville WAFF, Alabama. 11 November 2009.
Experts say rejecting U.S. beef is best way to keep safe.
The best and safest way for consumers who seek to protect themselves over safety concern about American beef products is to exclude U.S. products from their daily meals, according to medical experts. Taipei China Post, Taiwan. 9 November 2009.
New fight, same war: Veteran Dave Hamm is still fighting for survival.
Not until his wife, Noreen, started doing research about farmers sickened by pesticides did Hamm make a connection to something he encountered as a soldier in Vietnam in the 1960s: Agent Orange. Green Bay Press-Gazette, Wisconsin. 8 November 2009.
Ag producers, consumers pushing farm-to-table concept.
There was a time when 70 percent of what Montanans ate was produced in state. They grew watermelons in Whitehall, green peas in Bozeman, apricots in Corvallis, beans in Glendive, all for commercial sale. Now there's a push to return to those days. Billings Gazette, Montana. 8 November 2009.
Chronic wasting disease testing widens.
Hunters must turn in deer heads from an expanded area of the province this fall as the government tries to figure out how far chronic wasting disease has spread. Edmonton Journal, Alberta. 8 November 2009.
Come in spinner.
Not long after Oleg Deripaska was named Russia's richest man for 2008, his company's Australian chairman wrote to the Department of Climate Change warning that his investment in Australia was being threatened by the Rudd Government's plan to tackle global warming. Sydney Morning Herald, Australia. 7 November 2009.
Firing bullets of data at cozy anti-science.
Michael Specter’s hotly argued diatribe targets those he thinks are emblems of stubbornly anti-scientific thinking, like Prince Charles, Dr. Andrew Weil and Whole Foods. New York Times. Opinion, 6 November 2009.
A compound in red wine may offer yet another health benefit – it may slow formation of the amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
Results from a newly published laboratory study show the compound may slow the development of protein clumps – called amyloid fibrils. The fibrils – made of beta-amyloid protein – ultimately aggregate into the distinctive plaques commonly found in Alzheimer’s patients. 6 November 2009. More...
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