NaturalNews.com | Today's Featured Stories - June 12, 2010

New research: flavonoid quercetin fights viral infections, protects against chronic lung diseases (NaturalNews) Asthma, cystic fibrosis (CF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are serious and even life-threatening conditions. However, these health problems share something with a usually minor infection -- the common cold. The connection...

NY hospitals agree to stop flushing drugs down the drain and polluting watershed (NaturalNews) Five health care facilities have signed an agreement with the New York Attorney General's Office to settle charges that they polluted the state's watersheds by dumping drug products down sinks and toilets. In 2008, and Associated...

Nature's Baby Organics, an industry leader in organic personal care products (NaturalNews) Finding safe, natural personal care products is something for which every parent should be conscious. But in a world full of products claiming to be safe and natural, how does one figure out which brands deliver on their claims and which...

Dancer left paralyzed by contaminated hamburger (NaturalNews) A onetime professional dancer is suing food giant Cargill, Inc., claiming that she was paralyzed by a contaminated hamburger produced by the company. Twenty-two-year-old Stephanie Smith first became sick three years ago, after eating...

Know about Common Brain Poisons The brain and neurological tissue are extremely sensitive regions of the body that are highly susceptible to environmental damage. To make matters worse, our culture is loaded with brain poison. Some of the most damaging brain poisons include...

Essential Oils Contain Healing Properties The healing properties of essential oils are many, varied and extremely effective. The list of plants providing these healing essential oils is almost endless. Here is just a small handful: - Clove bud or lemongrass for numbing pain ...

The Butterfly Effect: Global Warming Changes Butterfly Habitat and Behavior Butterflies inhabit every continent except Antarctica. Flitting from flower to flower, they assist in pollination. People are awed by their fragile beauty but more importantly, butterflies indicate the health of the environment. Cold-blooded...

Toxic Corexit dispersant chemicals remained secret as feds colluded with Big Business (NaturalNews) After weeks of silence on the issue, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finally decided to go public with the list of ingredients used to manufacture Corexit, the chemical dispersant used by BP in the Gulf of Mexico oil...

Today's health headlines from across the 'net

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

• BP is now intimidating journalists who try to report on the spill
• Oil spill dispersants contain chemicals designated a "chronic and acute health hazard" by the EPA
• USA plunging into $13 trillion super debt cycle; debt to overtake GDP by 2012
• U.S. soldier arrested for blowing the whistle on military's war crimes against Iraqi civilians
• Sick-care Medicaid system now bankrupting states
• Monsanto, DuPont compete for dominance of new genetically modified soybeans approved by the USDA
• Cholesterol levels controlled by the brain, not merely by diet, researchers discover
• Costa Rica now following FDA orders and shutting down stem cell treatment facilities
• NASA says a coming wave of extreme solar activity could threaten technology underpinning human civilization
• Psychiatric patients now being fitted with satellite trackers
• Drug factories flush painkillers down the drain: Contamination is 1000 times higher than elsewhere
• Sunscreen made with nanoparticles may actually cause skin cancer

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