 E Canada Now | Not just lip service: Gloss can invite skin cancer MSNBC - By Melissa Dahl Right now, 23-year-old Laura Brown has at least six lip glosses on her. They’re in her backpack, her purse, her pocket, her makeup bag - and just in case, she keeps a couple of spares at her desk and in her bathroom. Clear, Shiny Lip Gloss Ups Cancer Risk Lip Gloss Contributing to Skin Cancer Epidemic |
Allergy Myths Revealed ABC News - By JOSEPH BROWNSTEIN The buds and blossoms of spring are longed for, colorful additions to the gray, muted palette of a seemingly endless winter -- at least that appears to be the perspective of many Americans. |
5000 more El Paso children sign up for health plan El Paso Times - By Brandi Grissom / Austin Bureau Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, said she'd like to increase the eligibility guidelines to make health insurance available to families who make up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level - up from the current limit of ... Advocates: Insure all Texas children Program aims to ensure Texas children's health |
 Washington Post | Senators Propose Ban on Chemical in Plastics Washington Post - By Lyndsey Layton Senate Democrats introduced a bill yesterday that would ban a controversial chemical found in plastics from all products made for infants and children up to age 7 and would direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to ... Chemical Used in Plastics May Pose Health Risks Lawmakers Introduce BPA Ban |
 Los Angeles Times | Antibiotics in our livestock Los Angeles Times - Just when everyone is fretting over the price of food, the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production released a report that outlines the ways in which factory farming exacts an additional toll on both the Earth and the consumer. Farming Critics Fault Industry's Influence Report Targets Costs Of Factory Farming |
 eFluxMedia | Trapped Sea Lion Dies at Tacoma Zoo during Health Exam eFluxMedia - By Anna Boyd A 1454-pound sea lion died Tuesday during a health examination at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma , a day after the state authorities trapped it. Sea lion at Tacoma dies Sea lions removed in bid to save salmon |
Reuters - A woman hemorrhages to
death as she lies screaming in agony in a Spartan hut in a
remote region of Afghanistan. There is no doctor or midwife to
help and the hospital is several days journey away.