NaturalNews.com | Today's Featured Stories - June 27, 2010

The Coming Gulf Coast Firestorm: How the BP oil catastrophe could destroy a major U.S. city (NaturalNews) It's hurricane season in the Atlantic, and that means Mother Nature could be whipping up fierce storms and sending them charging into the Gulf Coast any day now. In a normal hurricane season, that's bad enough all by itself... remember Katrina...

U.S. government panel now pushing "vaccinations for all!" No exceptions… (NaturalNews) An advisory panel to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that every person be vaccinated for the seasonal flu yearly, except in a few cases where the vaccine is known to be unsafe. "Now no one should...

Vitamin D deficiency likely cause of increased rheumatoid arthritis cases among caucasian women (NaturalNews) A recent study from the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota, has found that rheumatoid arthritis is on the increase among Caucasian women. And the culprit is likely an environmental one, like vitamin D deficiency, rather...

Farm Converts Cow Manure Into Electricity (NaturalNews) A dairy farm in Vermont has teamed up with an alternative power company to produce electricity from cow manure. Constructed with a $700,000 investment from Westminster Farms Inc., $175,000 from Green Mountain Power and a further $625...

If You Live Near the Gulf Coast Oil Spill, Use House Plants for Cleaner Air As if Louisiana and other gulf coast residents didn't already have enough to worry about from the catastrophic oil spill, new reports are indicating that the very air they breathe has become a health threat. Air quality samples have found...

Arctic Birds are Contaminated with Pesticides and Heavy Metals On an isolated island high in the Arctic, biologists recently tested the toxicity of birds by testing their droppings. The conclusion? The birds' poop was loaded with environmental poisons. In these remote birds, they found high concentrations...

New Research Blasts Supposed Efficiency of Corn Ethanol New research from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) shows that corn-based ethanol biofuel is wasteful, inefficient, and a misuse of taxpayer money. This flies in the face of conventional wisdom in Washington (which we all know means ...

Natural Remedies Cure Summer Colds Viruses that cause winter colds also cause summer colds. Though summer colds are less common, warm weather factors increase the risk of infection. Even though there are no known cures, natural remedies treat summer colds by reducing the severity...

BP is burning rare sea turtles alive, blocking efforts to save them (NaturalNews) By now, almost everyone is aware of the out-of-control oil spill down in the Gulf of Mexico that seems to be getting exponentially worse with each passing day. But what people may not know is that BP's efforts to control the oil by burning...

Today's health headlines from across the 'net

(selected by the Health Ranger for your education and amusement)

• Entire surface of Mars was shaped by liquid water, scientists conclude
• Fascinating research says the objects you touch and feel directly impact your perceptions of others
• Reusable grocery bags are all contaminated with bacteria
• CDC warns that Americans eat way too much (processed) salt
• Is asthma just a symptom of vitamin D deficiency?
• NHS watchdog calls for ban of all trans fats in food
• Think BP is bad? Four more energy nightmares to come
• American Dietetic Association is a nutritional joke
• Honeybee collapse due to toxic combination of pesticide chemicals
• Earth-conscious chefs now offering low-carbon meals
• FDA fails to protect Americans from cancer chemicals in cosmetics
• Long-term toxicity of oil spill chemicals has scientists worried

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