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Weight loss: Study reveals chemicals in DUST could be making YOU fat
Researchers at the American Chemical Society found that house dust contains compounds called endocrine-disrupting chemicals, known as EDCs. These can cause fat cells to pick up triglycerides, another type of fat. The study took samples from 11 homes in North Carolina, USA. Shockingly, seven of the 11 households revealed that house dust triggered triglycerides to […]
Monsanto battle: California to add glyphosate to its cancer-causing chemicals list
The state of California has moved ahead in its ongoing legal battle with agribusiness giant Monsanto, announcing it is putting glyphosate, a key ingredient of the firm’s popular weed killer Roundup, on a list of cancer-causing chemicals. The notice on the herbicide’s inclusion onto the list of chemicals “known to the state to cause cancer […]
Where Cops Gas Protesters With Chemicals Banned in Warfare
Ricardo Martínez is a freelance journalist based in Peru. He has also reported from Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Bolivia. Police spraying tear gas at crowds of peaceful protesters has become an all-too-common sight in Venezuela. But it’s actually part of a bigger problem in the Americas: These less-lethal chemical attacks on people’s right to life […]
Where Cops Gas Protestors With Chemicals Banned in Warfare
Ricardo Martínez is a freelance journalist based in Peru. He has also reported from Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Bolivia. Police spraying tear gas at crowds of peaceful protesters has become an all-too-common sight in Venezuela. But it’s actually part of a bigger problem in the Americas: These less-lethal chemical attacks on people’s right to life […]
Banned chemicals contaminate groundwater near US bases on Okinawa
Elevated levels of two banned pollutants used by the US military have been detected in groundwater running under Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on Okinawa, Japanese officials have said. The Pentagon won’t let Okinawan officials on base to investigate. The carcinogenics perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) were found in high concentrations in underground […]
Chemicals spill at Tesla battery factory, no serious injuries
(Reuters) – A hazardous material spill at Tesla’s Gigafactory battery plant in Nevada on Monday was being investigated by emergency workers but there were no serious injuries, the company said. Tesla spokesman Dave Arnold said a drum of “standard construction cleaning solvent” was spilled at a loading dock and a small area of the building […]
Cancer burger? Fast food wrappers contain carcinogenic chemicals, study says
The next time you get a craving for a greasy burger from the drive-thru, you may want to reconsider. A new study has found that fast food packaging contains cancer-causing chemicals – showing that the risk of quick meals goes beyond trans fats and calories. It’s no secret that fast food contains a huge amount […]
