Second Study Backs BPA Link to Heart Disease

The chemical bisphenol A (BPA) is used in clear plastic bottles and food-can liners, and has been linked to diabetes, heart disease, breast and prostate cancers, and reproductive abnormalities. In a second report published in PLoS ONE, researchers established yet again that people with higher levels of bisphenol A in their urine are more likely [...]

Report: Bisphenol A found in Nearly All Canned Food

According to Consumer Reports Magazine, the chemical Bisphenol A has been found in almost all of the 19 name-brand canned foods they tested including Progresso vegetable soup, Campbell’s condensed chicken noodle soup, and Del Monte Blue Lake cut green beans– the chemical was even found in organic canned foods and canned foods labeled “BPA-free.”
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Hugo Chávez Saves the Day – Bans Coke Zero

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Venezuela President Hugo Chávez has been making headlines from the time he took office.  He has done his best to seize control over almost everything – from the oil industry to the broadcast media outlets.  Now he is even dictating that Coke Zero, the no-calorie beverage produced by the Coca Cola Company, be removed from [...]

Pass the Salt … and Prozac, Please.

Salt helps with depression.

The next time you dip your hand into a bag of potato chips, perhaps it’s because you’re depressed. If what researchers are saying is true, salt can be a natural anti-depressant.
Earlier this month, a University of Iowa research team found that sodium-deprived rats have very little interest in daily activities that [...]