News tagged with carcinogenic ingredients


Does 'sun-protective' clothing work?

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Dear EarthTalk: Is there really such a thing as "sun-protective clothing"? If so, does it mean I can dispense with oily sunscreens once and for all? (John Sugarman, San Diego, Calif.)





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Stronger material for filling dental cavities has ingredients from human body

Stronger material for filling dental cavities has ingredients from human body

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists in Canada and China are reporting development of a new dental filling material that substitutes natural ingredients from the human body for controversial ingredients in existing “composite,” or ...


Toxic chemicals found in common scented laundry products, air fresheners

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 23, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (48) | comments 9

A University of Washington study of top-selling laundry products and air fresheners found the products emitted dozens of different chemicals. All six products tested gave off at least one chemical regulated as toxic or hazardous ...


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Study: Tanning beds definitely cause cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 9

(AP) -- International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category, deeming both to be as deadly as arsenic and mustard gas. For years, scientists have ...


How to ... make dips healthier

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Slathering vegetables and fruit in high-fat, high-sodium dips can ruin what would have been a healthy snack. Here are nutritionists' tips on choosing better toppings:


Tropical Depression Neki nulled by cool waters and wind shear

Tropical Depression Neki nulled by cool waters and wind shear

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two ingredients that don't mix well with tropical cyclones are waters cooler than 80 degrees Fahrenheit and wind shear. Those two ingredients were added into Tropical Depression Neki's mix late yesterday, ...


High fat diet increases inflammation in the mouse colon

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In mice fed a diet high in fat and low in fiber, vitamin D and calcium -- the so-called Western diet -- expression of a series of genes collectively associated with immune and inflammatory responses was altered. ...


US Marshals seize sanitizer for bacteria problems

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Officers with the U.S. Marshals Service have seized all skin sanitizers and skin protectants, including ingredients and components, at Clarcon Biological Chemistry Laboratory's facility in Roy, Utah, the Food and ...


FDA: Dough's E. coli strain differs from illness

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday the strain of E. coli found in a sample of raw cookie dough collected at a Nestle USA manufacturing plant does not match the strain that has been linked to a 30-state ...


Rutgers-Camden developing enzyme function database

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Since the advent of the Human Genome Project an explosion of data has sent the science world scrambling. There is a growing demand to fine-tune genomic codes, which list the "ingredients for life," but do not adequately explain ...


Respiratory risk from hospital cleaning fluids

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cleaning fluids used in hospitals may pose a health risk to both staff and patients. A pilot study published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Environmental Health has found that potentially hazardous chemicals are cont ...



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