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How Many Pesticides Are You Carrying?

Scott Kustes on 08 Jan 2008

Here’s a disconcerting article from Science Daily: 100 percent of people carry at least 1 type of pesticide.
…found that 100% of Spaniards analyzed had at least one kind of persistent organic compound (POC´s), substances internationally classified as potentially harmful to one’s health, in their bodies. These substances enter the body trough food, water or even [...]

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The Diet-Cancer Study

Scott Kustes on 02 Nov 2007

I’m sure most of us have seen this article (or one from some other news source) declaring which dietary factors influence cancer risk. Here is an overview of the findings from this study (part of the full report):

Aflatoxins “convincingly” increase the risk of liver cancer
Dietary fiber “probably” reduces the risk of colorectal cancer and [...]

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