Posted on June 28, 2007 by muriella
Toothpaste made in China
CNN News this morning – June 28 2007 – has announced the recall of millions of tubes of toothpaste with ingredient diethylene glycol (a sort of anti-freeze).
Muriella’s Corner has been on the trail of diethlyene glycol and the toothpaste fiasco for a while now.
At the root of all this is the fact [...]
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Posted on June 28, 2007 by muriella
More breaking news – FDA recall of millions of tubes of toothpaste with diethlylene glycol and made in China, today 28 June 2007
28 June 2007
Breaking News – The FDA is considering pulling several brands of toothpaste made in China because they contain a chemical that could be dangerous to health
MERCURY IN MASCARA!?
Researchers from the Environmental [...]
Filed under: Blog Roll, EPA, EWG, Health, bone cancer and fluoride, brush with soap, chemicals, chemicals in cosmetics, documentary on ordinary women and breast cancer, environment pollution, format for breast cancer document, health issues, http://clik-n-shoppe.com, mercury in mascara, toxic, toxic chemicals, toxicity, toxins | 3 Comments »
Posted on June 25, 2007 by muriella
Discovery of oil in Ghana
There’s Oil on that there Continent!
Foreign firms are increasingly looking to Africa for oil.
One of the biggest finds in oil in Africa was recently made in Ghana. The BBC reported that UK firm Tullow Oil has announced the discovery of 600 million barrels of light oil offshore from Ghana, far greater [...]
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Posted on June 25, 2007 by muriella
Harvard Medical School Chair of Nutrition, Dr Willett, shares 5 principles allowing us to eat, drink and be healthy, and in so doing, turn the USDA’s Food Pyramid on its head.
The USDA’s Food Guide Pyramid is “built on shaky scientific ground” , says Lisa Ellis , and distorted by the department’s mission to promote agriculture.
For example, [...]
Filed under: 5 principles to good nutrition, Blog Roll, food pyramid, health issues, organic asparagus, raw foods | 1 Comment »
Posted on June 24, 2007 by muriella
PBDEs in breastmilk - Washington State just approved legislation banning chemical
Household products ranging from kids’ pajamas to computers release these brominated flame retardants; in house and yard dust, as well as specimens collected from sewage sludge, streams, and even in people’s bodies PBDEs can be found.
For 3 decades, manufacturers have been putting these chemicals into a [...]
Filed under: EWG, Environment, Health, breast milk, breastfeeding, chemicals, chemicals in cosmetics, environment pollution, flame retardant, health issues, muriella's corner, pbde | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 21, 2007 by muriella
Lakes disappear, glaciers melt, are floods next?
Reports state that a Lake, situated more than 2000 miles from the capital Santiago, Chile, has disappeared ! A body of water the size of ten football fields usually filled with water up to 30 metres deep is dry situated some 2000 miles and usually fed by the surrounding [...]
Filed under: Africa' s largest freshwater lake, Glaciers in Chile and Argentina, Lake Chad, Lake Erie, Lake Nakuru, Lake Songor, Patagonia, Zambezi River, climate change, disappearing lakes, ghana, global warming, kenya, lake Victoris, melting glaciers, muriella's corner, rain fall, salt production, satellite measurements | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 19, 2007 by muriella
I decided to put together these articles on sleep and sleep aids – http://www.ucansleep.com
Questions like how much sleep? Quality/quantity? Night owl or early riser? Why do I awake at almost the same time every night/early morning?
Then there are terms like sleep disorder, sleep apnea, sleep aid, sleep assault…
My concern about sleep and its healing [...]
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Posted on June 18, 2007 by muriella
On the trail of diethylene glycol
It’s happening. Again…
The masked killer/terrorist – diethlyene glycol – masquerading as glycerin.
The “Federal Detective Agency” (the FDA) is on the trail of the mystery of diethylene glycol, a product great for anti-freeze but not for human consumption.
1997 – Haiti
The trail was hot about 10 years ago, in 1997 when it [...]
Filed under: Alliance for a Healthier Generation, Blog Roll, antifreeze, china, colgate, diethylene glycol, glycerin, haiti, muriella's corner, panama, south africa | 2 Comments »
Posted on June 17, 2007 by muriella
The Secret Movie explained
What a buzz the Secret Movie created!
Practitioners of the Secret were happy to share their experiences; newcomers were happy to begin applying the methodology to their lives; naysayers were content that there was such a buzz to provide them with fodder for their commentaries.
All parties are happy. However, the newcomers are facing [...]
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Posted on June 15, 2007 by muriella
Happy Father’s Day
For those of us who cannot articulate loving phrases or sentences or sentiments to our Dads, here are some below among which you might find one that resonates with your feelings…
For those of us who wish we had said something loving or kind to our Dad before he got sick, disabled, transitioned…you might find a [...]
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