I have something to be relived about this week: I don’t have a posh kitchen, no granite countertops, so this story doesn’t ratchet up my mom-anxiety.
This week, CBS reported on a story that granite kitchen countertops are releasing radon gas into homes, and may pose a serious health hazard. Granite naturally contains low levels of [...]
Tags: consumer alerts, granite countertops, h0ome safety, health warnings, kitchens
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Since the 1970s food additives have been under the radar of toxicologists, psychiatrists, nutritionists and environmental/public health watchdog groups. In the last decade however, with what seems to be a growing set of diagnoses of hyperactivity and other childhood behavioral and diet-related disorders, interest in food additives has increased. So has the research.
Among the latest [...]
Tags: ADD, ADHD, artificial food coloring, childhood nutrition, children's diet, food additives, health warnings, hyperactivity, Parenting, toxicology
Posted in: Health, Nutrition
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