Health

The Truth About Food Expiration Dates

nickydt — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:40:48 +0000

Since the spinach scare, food safety is foremost on the minds of grocery shoppers nationwide. Dates on labels? Here’s what you need to know

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New Law Proposed: NY State may Ban Text Messaging While Driving

nickydt — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:34:27 +0000

This is in reaction to horrific vehicular deaths of five teens where driver was texting while driving. Recent poll of people 18-24 years old shows 2 out of 3 admit to sending text messages while they drive.

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Fewest U.S. Smokers Since 1944

nickydt — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:31:05 +0000

A Gallup poll shows that 21% of U.S. adults currently smoke; that smoking statistic has never been lower since the annual poll began in 1944.

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Bottled Water – Never worth it.

nickydt — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:20:35 +0000

Bottled water is just a product of great marketing, and actually doesn’t help you. What’s worse, it’s really expensive too!

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Soy is “devil food” and is “turning our kids into homosexuals”

nickydt — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:19:23 +0000

James Rutz, chairman of Megashift Ministries, claims soy makes kids gay: “Soy is feminizing, and commonly leads to a decrease in the size of the penis, sexual confusion and homosexuality. That’s why most of the medical (not socio-spiritual) blame for today’s rise in homosexuality must fall upon the rise in soy formula and other soy products.

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Report Says U.S. Misled City on Dust From Ground Zero

nickydt — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:09:17 +0000

Federal environmental officials misled Lower Manhattan residents about the extent of contamination in their condominiums and apartments after the collapse of the World Trade Center, according to a preliminary report released on Wednesday by the Government Accountability Office.

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92% of Americans want labels on food telling which country it came from

nickydt — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:47:01 +0000

92% of Americans want to know which country their food comes from

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Canadians smoke more pot than you!

nickydt — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:10:59 +0000

Article covering how the 2007 World Drug Report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime says that 16.8 per cent of Canadians aged 15 to 64 smoked marijuana or used another cannabis product in 2006. The world average is 3.8 per cent. Blame Canada..

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This is What You Look Like when exceed lifetime dosage for thorium exposure

nickydt — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:54:25 +0000

[PIC] of guy who built nuclear breeder reactor by himself in his backyard.

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Healthcare vs. the Profit Principle

nickydt — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:42:14 +0000

You don’t have to have seen Sicko to know that if there is one area of human endeavor where private enterprise doesn’t work, it’s healthcare. Consider the private, profit-making insurance industry, which Bush is so determined to defend. What “innovations” has it produced? The deductible, the co-pay and the pre-existing condition are the only ones

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