Health

Cat-Lady Parasite May Be Linked to Suicide

According to a recent study, the infamous "cat lady" parasite may also be linked to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and suicide.

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| Wed Jul. 11, 2012 10:45 AM PDT

Oil Firm Responded to Kalamazoo Spill 'Like Keystone Cops'

A scathing report finds that Enbridge overlooked warning signs for five years before the 2010 spill that exposed 320 people to crude.

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| Wed Jul. 11, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Rick Scott Shuts Down TB Hospital Amid "Worst Outbreak in 20 Years"

Despite a warning from the Centers for Disease Control, it's the latest move by the Florida governor to gut public services.

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| Mon Jul. 9, 2012 11:56 AM PDT

The Return of Black Lung

The disease was supposed to be a relic of the dirty old days of coal mining. But it's making a deadly comeback in Appalachia.

—By Chris Hamby, Center for Public Integrity

 | Mon Jul. 9, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

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6 Green Alternatives to Fireworks

Your guide to celebrate Independence Day without environmentally-degrading fireworks.

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| Wed Jul. 4, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Corn on MSNBC: Romney's Abortion Investment
Tue Jul. 3, 2012 8:14 AM PDT

Plant Tomatoes. Harvest Lower Crime Rates.

A growing body of research shows that urban farms reduce violence.

Photographs by Emily Schiffer; Text by Alex Kotlowitz

 | Thu Jun. 28, 2012 4:45 PM PDT

Understanding a New Era of PTSD

What PTSD means for soldiers in a time of shadow wars.

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| Thu Jun. 28, 2012 11:47 AM PDT

BPA Linked to Brain Tumors for the First Time

As if reproductive disorders, obesity, diabetes, and cancers weren't enough to make you fear the ubiquitous chemical.

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| Wed Jun. 27, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
toxic waste

Injection Wells: The Poison Beneath Us

How we're putting toxic waste underground—right where it can contaminate our groundwater.

By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica

 | Tue Jun. 26, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
Mennoites

What Can We Learn From Mennonites' Pee Samples?

A pilot study discovered that levels of BPA in pregnant Mennonite women were four times lower than the national median.

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| Tue Jun. 26, 2012 12:15 AM PDT
double gulp

Too Big to Chug: How Our Sodas Got So Huge

Judge Tingling let the fizz out of Bloomberg's ban, so they'll stay huge in NYC, at least for now.

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| Mon Jun. 25, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Poisoning Workers at the Bottom of the Food Chain

Pesticides sicken more than 10,000 farm laborers annually. But complaining can mean getting fired or deported.

— By Ronnie Greene, The Center for Public Integrity

 | Mon Jun. 25, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Why Diet Soda Should Be Taxed, Too

A new study suggests artificial sweeteners make the brain lose track of calories.

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| Fri Jun. 22, 2012 3:00 AM PDT
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The Best Protest Signs from Michigan's "Vaginagate" Scandal

After a lawmaker is banned after talking about her vagina, Eve Ensler's "Vagina Monologues" comes to the Michigan state capitol.

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| Wed Jun. 20, 2012 11:41 AM PDT
kid eating

Which Baby Foods Contain the Most Pesticide Residue?

Inside the latest "Dirty Dozen" report on pesticide traces on produce—and in food for infants and toddlers.

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| Wed Jun. 20, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Can Exposure to Toxins Change Your DNA?

Not exactly. But evidence is mounting that your parents' chemical exposures could affect your health.

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| Tue Jun. 19, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Global Obesity Weighs On Resource Requirements

Research shows increasing population fatness may stress global resources as much as an increasing population.

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| Mon Jun. 18, 2012 2:45 PM PDT

Soda: Ban it? Nah. Tax it? Yep.

Taxing sugary drinks enough might nudge people to buy fewer Big Gulps.

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| Mon Jun. 18, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Why Government Corn Subsidies Don't Make Your Big Gulp Cheap

Nutritionist Marion Nestle and Mother Jones food and ag blogger Tom Philpott answer reader questions.

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| Mon Jun. 18, 2012 3:00 AM PDT