Latest Buzz
Check here to find the latest buzz!
-
Honey Products Can Be Contaminated With Roundup
Boston University and Abraxis Research conducted a study which tested the levels of glyphosate found in honey products in the United States. Glyphosate is the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup. Roundup has been on the market since 1973 and is considered to be moderately toxic. Forty one of sixty nine honey products tested were positive for
-
Luteolin in veg and herbs possible treatment option for Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Luteolin a flavonoid found in veg and herbs is considered as a possible treatment option for Triple Negative Breast Cancer. Researchers at the Dept of Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, have shown that Luteolin, known to be effective in combating several types of cancer, also has the ability to suppress metastasis of Triple Negative Breast Cancer.
-
Dry clothes to kill ticks
A study released in the journal Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, states that drying your clothes in your clothes dryer on a hot setting will kill ticks in six minutes. Do not wash the clothes first and place them in the dryer on high immediately after coming in from a possible tick infested area. The CDC currently recommends
-
Be Happy! Find Your Truth
“This above all: to thine own self be true and it must follow as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man” -William Shakespeare Never do anything as a result of peer pressure. Know what you believe and what is right, then act upon it. Following a path because
-
There is no possession more valuable than a good friend. -Socrates
-
Good Actions
“Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others” -Plato
-
FDA’s final rule on antibacterial soaps bans 19 ingredients | Food Safety News
Finally! Why does protective action take so long? We have known about these harmful effects for years. Plain soap and water works as well. The following article appeared in Food Safety News: Nineteen ingredients commonly used in antibacterial soaps and washes, including two suspected endocrine disruptors linked to reproductive and developmental harm,
-
Naled Overkill for Zika Virus -Alternatives Available
The pesticide, Naled, which killed millions of bees during a spray to control Zika carrying mosquitoes in South Carolina is carcinogenic and very toxic. It has been implicated in pediatric brain cancer. There are much safer adultacide and larvacide alternatives to Naled. As of August 31, 2016, acourding to South Carolina Department of Health and Environment
-
Millions of bees dead after South Carolina sprays for Zika mosquitos
A single bee farm lost 46 hives after an airplane sprayed the mosquito pesticide Naled. Source: ‘Like it’s been nuked’: Millions of bees dead after South Carolina sprays for Zika mosquitoes – The Washington Post
-
Obama to Expand Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in Hawaii
President Obama expands protected waters off Hawaii creating the worlds largest marine reserve At 582,578 square miles, the monument will be more than quadruple its original size and nearly four times the size of California. Source: Obama to Expand Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in Hawaii – NBC News