NaturalNews.com | Today's Featured Stories - June 16, 2010

Chemical in antibacterial soaps produces toxic dioxins (NaturalNews) Dioxins are a group of highly toxic compounds that are persistent environmental pollutants. People are exposed to dioxins through the environment and the food chain -- the highest levels of these compounds are found in soils, sediments and...

Top ten things to love about Vilcabamba Ecuador, the Valley of Longevity (NaturalNews) If you love perfect year-round weather and enjoying your own locally-grown foods, you'll love Vilcabamba, Ecuador. I lived there, on and off, for over two years, and in that time I came to know many of the people, places and cultural highlights...

Millions of patients should never be prescribed antidepressants, scientists say (NaturalNews) Roughly half the population should never be prescribed antidepressant drugs because they are only likely to become more depressed, according to a new study conducted by researchers from Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric...

Sunflower lecithin, the new alternative to soy lecithin (NaturalNews) Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) status to sunflower lecithin, opening up the market to an option other than soy lecithin. This year, sunflower lecithin is showing up in all sorts...

US government loans money to build world's largest solar power plant (NaturalNews) The U.S. federal government recently approved a $1.4 billion loan to California-based BrightSource Energy to build a massive solar power complex in the Mojave Desert of California. The plant will be capable of powering roughly 140,000 homes...

Mercury Dental Fillings: What the FDA and the ADA are not Telling You Many in the natural health and wellness community were elated when, in 2008, the FDA reluctantly declared mercury-based fillings (usually called "amalgams" or "silver") to have neurotoxic effects on children.1 Then the Food and...

Macrobiotics expert Phiya Kushi featured on NaturalNews Talk Hour (NaturalNews) This week's NaturalNews Talk Hour presents "Macrobiotic Miracles" with a very special guest who has devoted his entire working life toward serving others. Healing is a result of enabling and / or stimulating life. But what area of our body...

The American Cancer Society Runs With the Money and Away from the Cure, Part III In this and the following installment of the multi-part series on the American Cancer Society (ACS) we will list some of the more dubious actions and inactions by the ACS. This behavior indicates a pattern of obstruction and indifference...

Look into the Lyme Disease Mysteries, Part I "Under Our Skin" was a documentary released a couple of years ago regarding the mysterious Lyme disease, named after the town of Lyme, Connecticut where the outbreak had originally occurred around 1975. The documentary focused on the difficulties...

Today's health headlines from across the 'net

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

• States defy feds to take their own action on BP oil cleanup (while feds do nothing)
• Lung transplant recipient receives lungs of 30 year old smoker, then quickly dies
• Moon absolutely loaded with water, say scientists
• Shower heads may harbor dangerous bacteria
• Bayer's lung cancer drug fails major trial
• Cancer treatments cause more health problems that patients cannot afford (so they skip treatment)
• Woman shoots herself to get medical care for injury
• Sen. Schumer working to expose cancer-causing chemical in sunscreen
• Americans receive more medical radiation than anyone else in the world
• Feds want to ban peanuts on airlines?
• Popular blood pressure medications linked to increased risk of cancer
• Genetic testing company mixes up results, customers confused about their origins

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