A recent test by the Environmental Law Foundation found higher than acceptable levels of lead in both organic and “conventional” juices and baby foods. They filed a notice of violation with a list of which foods were fine, and which ones weren’t. Foods with violations included apple juice, grape juice, packaged pears and peaches (baby [...]
New York (CNN) — As a young doctor with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Philip Landrigan’s job was to chase down epidemics. He’d gone after measles in the Southwest and smallpox in Nigeria.
Then the CDC sent him to Texas for a lead poisoning epidemic.
“I was told to find out what was the cause [...]
June 4, 2010 McDonalds recalls 12 million Shrek glasses because the paint on them contains poisonous cadmium. DMSA removes cadmium quickly and safely in children and adults.
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20100604/mcdonalds-shrek-glasses-recalled-due-to-cadmium
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June 4, 2010 — Fast food giant McDonald’s Corp. announced today it is recalling 12 million of its new “Shrek Forever After” glasses because [...]
Mystery solved. 160 people killed in Nigeria, 111 of them children. Lead, brought into family homes, kills them. DMSA is being used to treat the survivors who have been lead poisoned.
Read full details on CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/06/10/nigeria.poisons/index.html?hpt=T2
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Yangalama, Northern Nigeria (CNN) — Standing in the graveyard Rabiu Mohammed prays silently in a cemetery [...]