Saturday, 20 September 2008 | Maggie Fox, Reuters Health and Science Editor

Breast and colon cancers, heart disease, diabetes and tuberculosis also linked to low levels of the vitamin (Important Note: The Institute of Medicine warns that excessive intake of supplemental vitamin D can have serious, toxic effects on the body, including excessive calcium levels in the...
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Wednesday, 17 September 2008 | Deborah Kotz, U.S. News & World Report

With studies stacking up against the chemical, here's what you need to know to lower your exposure With yesterday's study linking bisphenol A--a chemical in hard plastics and the linings of food and beverage cans--to diabetes and heart disease, you may be wondering what you can do to minimize...
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Wednesday, 17 September 2008 | Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times

In the first large-scale human study of the chemical, some found with bisphenol A in their urine had more than double the normal risk of heart disease and diabetes. The first large-scale human...
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Wednesday, 17 September 2008 | Los Angeles Times, Business

Federal regulators today defended their assessment that a chemical widely used in plastic baby bottles and in food packaging is safe, even as the first major study of health effects in people linked it with possible risks for heart disease and diabetes. “A margin of safety exists that is...
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008 | Allison Aubrey, NPR All Things Considered

Water bottles made with the controversial carbonate plastic bisphenol A, or BPA. David McNew/Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration is considering the safety of bisphenol A at a meeting in...
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008 | Allison Aubrey, NPR Day to Day

A new study could change the debate over the safety of bisphenol A, a compound found in many plastics. It suggests that there is an association between higher exposures to BPA and the development of heart disease and diabetes. The study, appearing in this week's Journal of the American...
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008 | Will Dunham, Reuters

A major study links a chemical used in many plastic products including baby bottles to human problems such as heart disease and diabetes, while U.S. regulators on Tuesday said they still believe it is safe. The chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, is widely used in plastic food and beverage containers...
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008 | Wade Goodwyn, NPR Morning Edition

(Additional product images and the NPR Audio Report are available by clicking the Read More button below.) A type of foldable soccer goal is being recalled after its maker, Regent Sports Corp., received reports of young children getting caught in the net. In one case, a toddler died after getting...
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Monday, 15 September 2008 | Maggie Fox, Reuters Health and Science Editor

Researchers who designed one experimental breast cancer vaccine say they have fine-tuned the process and come up with another that they hope will be more effective. Their new vaccine delivers a cancer-fighting gene into cells, which then produce immune system proteins as well as tumor-destroying...
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Sunday, 14 September 2008 | Will DunhamSun, Reuters

The Food and Drug Administration this week reopens the debate over a chemical used in many plastic products -- including baby bottles -- amid mixed messages on its safety from the U.S. government. An FDA panel of outside experts on Tuesday was set to review the agency's draft report issued last...
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Sunday, 07 September 2008 | CNN

An Atlanta woman creates a unique artform with pregnant women's bellies. (Click the Read More button below to see a video from CNN.)
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Saturday, 06 September 2008 | Yale School of Medicine

Yale School of Medicine researchers reported today that the chemical bisphenol-A (BPA), a building block for polycarbonate plastics found in common household items, causes the loss of connections between brain cells. This synaptic loss may cause memory/learning impairments and depression, according...
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Friday, 29 August 2008 | Aisha Qaasim, Women's eNews

Want a healthy baby? Put the Baby Einstein videos and hand sanitizer away and breastfeed. "That is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen," she said to the small woman at her side loudly enough to ripple through the weekday lunch crowd at the Westfield Shopping Mall in Bethesda, Md. I've...
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Thursday, 28 August 2008 | Patricia Callahan and Sam Roe, Chicago Tribune

Federal officials probe whether products contain design flaw From the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging parents and caregivers to stop using convertible “close-sleeper/bedside sleeper” bassinets manufactured by Simplicity Inc.,...
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Wednesday, 13 August 2008 | Susan Callahan, Anne Nolan and Katrin Schumann

The following is an excerpt from "Mothers Need Time-Outs, Too" by Susan Callahan, Anne, Nolen and Katrin Schumann (copyright 2008). Reprinted with permission from The McGraw-Hill Companies, www.mhprofessional.com. LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX! Oh boy, in our focus groups, we could have talked for...
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Friday, 01 August 2008 | Alex Chadwick, Day to Day NPR.org

Isabella, a zookeeper's pet golden retriever, has adopted three white tiger cubs that were abandoned by their mother. Rob Morgan/AP Maternal instincts may have saved a zoo in Southeast Kansas. A...
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Friday, 01 August 2008 | CNW Group

With a new school year just around the corner, let's follow the example set by Canada and pack our children's lunches in safe, plastic free containers and give them healthy food, assembled with love. It lets our children know how much we care, saves money they would have spent on food that would...
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Tuesday, 29 July 2008 | Jon Hamilton, NPR All Thing's Considered

See also: Ban Weighed On Children's Toy Ingredient House and Senate lawmakers this week moved toward banning some types of phthalates, a family of chemicals found in many soft plastic children's toys. Here, a look at where phthalates are found and the health concerns they raise. What are...
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Tuesday, 29 July 2008 | David Kestenbaum, NPR All Thing's Considered

Federal lawmakers are moving toward a ban on using certain chemicals called phthalates in children's toys. Phthalates are chemicals that are used to make plastics more flexible. See also: What Is All The Fuss About Chemicals In Toys?
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Friday, 25 July 2008 | Elisa Cramer, Palm Beach Post

"Are you scared?" The question, by a stranger who noticed my swollen belly, caught me off guard. I have a son - a month shy of his fifth birthday - and I'm having another - "any day now," my obstetrician told me this week, although the due date's not until July 31. Having done this before, I...
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Friday, 25 July 2008 | John Dale Dunn, M.D., J.D., Environment & Climate News

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed a controversial ban on the chemical bisphenol-A. Research has consistently shown the chemical poses no threat to human health. Much to my dismay, the governor...
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Friday, 25 July 2008 | Ian Sample, The Guardian

Scientists have discovered another reason why breast is best. Already associated with increased intelligence, greater social mobility and protection against ill health, breastfeeding may also help babies develop a more sophisticated palate. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen conducted...
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 | David Gutierrez, NaturalNews

Two major Canadian retailers have removed clear, hard plastic bottles in the Nalgene style from their shelves, citing concerns over the health effects of polycarbonate plastic ingredient bisphenol A (BPA). BPA is used to make plastic hard and transparent, and also in the manufacturing of resins...
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 | Elena Conis, Special to The Times

Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times NO SURE THING: Asthma and asthma symptoms did occur in some children whose mothers, in a study, rarely or never ate nuts while pregnant. Children born to...
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 | Editor, The Times of India

Notice that the information about the ill effects of BPA and phthalates come from every corner of the world. I am totally amazed as I gather articles to share with you (and some that I choose not to), that the writing has been printed literally in publications from just about every country in the...
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 | Dan Shapley, Daily Green

Toy jewelry from Bead Bazaar's "It's A Girl Thing" line have been recalled due to excessive levels of lead. Bead Bazaar Charm Bead Bazaar Bracelet Bead Bazaar Necklace
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 | Marc Gunther, Fortune

A chemical used in plastic baby bottles is being driven off retailers' shelves not by regulators, but by advocacy groups, politicians and giant retailers. How, exactly, did Wal-Mart become the new Food and Drug Administration? The giant retailer, along with CVS and Toys 'R Us, announced...
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008 | Bill Walker, Environmental Working Group

  Dear Gentle Nurturing, I have great news. Last month, we told you about two California state Senate bills that would ban toxic chemicals. SB 1713 would ban BPA, a hormone disruptor, from baby bottles and sippy cups. SB 1313 would ban cancer-causing PFCs (Teflon chemicals) from food...
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 | David Michaels,Special to The Washington Post

If Two Similar Studies Completely Disagree, Look at How the Funders Framed the Issue Wal-Mart and Toys R Us announced this spring that they will stop selling plastic baby bottles, food containers and other products that contain a chemical that can leach into foods and beverages. Even low doses of...
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 | Dan Walters, The Modesto Bee

When Assemblyman Mark Leno was challenging Sen. Carole Migden's bid for a second term this year, one aspect of their campaigns was what one might term chemical warfare. No, they weren't lobbying canisters of poison gas at each other, although the contest did get a bit nasty at times. They were,...
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 | Associated Press

Chemicals used in baby bottles, toys and thousands of other household items are getting closer scrutiny from lawmakers amid concern they can cause developmental problems in children. A House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee meets Tuesday to look at the government's handling of phthalates, a...
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Wednesday, 09 July 2008 | Christopher Wanjek, LiveScience.com

(Editor's note: For more about sunscreens and the Environmental Working Group's findings, see also Sun Essentials -- Updated.) The simple rule of sunscreen - the higher the SPF and the thicker the slather, the better - has come under doubt. The Environmental Working Group (EWG), a...
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Tuesday, 08 July 2008 | Leslye Adelman, Gentle Nurturing & Ruby Gonzalez, Erbaviva & Paula Begoun, Cosmeticscop.com

UPDATE: The Environmental Working Group has compiled a "Cosmetic Safety Database" that includes an extensive database on the results of an investigation on sunscreen products.   "Does your sunscreen work? An investigation of nearly 1,000 brand-name sunscreen...
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Monday, 07 July 2008 | Paula Spencer, Parenting.com

Boys and girls are both challenging to raise in different ways, experts say. I often say that I spend more time and energy on my one boy than on my three girls. Other mothers of boys are quick to say the same. Forget that old poem about snips and snails and puppy dog tails, says Sharon...
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Monday, 07 July 2008 | Gentle Nurturing

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Wednesday, 02 July 2008 | US Transportation Security Administration

  Now, a mother flying without her child will be able to bring breast milk through the checkpoint, provided it is declared prior to screening. TSA is also modifying the rules associated with carrying breast milk through security checkpoints. Mothers flying with, and now without, their...
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Monday, 07 July 2008 | Jane Akre, InjuryBoard.com

A suit has been filed against five baby bottle makers who use the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in their products. The suit, which was filed last week in U.S. District Court by four Ohio parents, claims that the companies knew that bisphenol A was correlated to certain health problems.  The...
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Wednesday, 02 July 2008 | Paula Rizzo, FOXNews

Bedtime has become much easier for Cassandre Collazo and her baby Kassandro now that she has discovered infant massage. "At night, I find by massaging her back, massaging her feet, she goes into a calm state," Collazo told FOXNews.com. "And it's easier for her to get to sleep...
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Saturday, 05 July 2008 | David Gutierrez, NaturalNews

An investigation by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has found that nearly all infant formulas are packaged in containers that contain the dangerous toxin bisphenol A. The EWG surveyed the top five manufacturers of baby formulas sold in the United States about the packaging of their...
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Monday, 30 June 2008 | Reusablebags.com

The FDA can continue to attempt to pull the wool over our eyes, but we will not allow them to bamboozle us with their lack of concern for the health and well-being of our children and ourselves. Let them try. We know what BPA, phthalates and other toxins are doing and we will not sit idly by....
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