Category Archives: Consumer Health
The Rubber Duckies: Scaring cell users
(June 17, 2011) IARC’s warning of cancer risks for cell users wins an honorable mention a this year’s Rubber Duckies Awards. Continue reading
The Rubber Duckies: Bloomberg pushes his health obsessions
(June 17, 2011) New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s fervent implementation of junk science policies makes him this year’s unrivalled winner of the Rubber Duckies Award. Continue reading
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Tagged Michael Bloomberg, New York, obesity, Rubber Ducky Awards, Smoking Bans, Trans fat
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Lawrence Solomon: Death of a maverick
(June 7, 2011) Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, winner of a 1977 Nobel prize in medicine and a lifelong fighter against personal and professional prejudice in science, died last week at age 89. Continue reading
Lawrence Solomon: Saving life and limb
(December 24, 2010) A decades-old treatment using X-rays may be more successful against gangrene than modern techniques. Continue reading
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Tagged Energy Probe, Lawrence Solomon
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All Eyes on Port Hope
(Nov. 21, 2010) In a recent essay, CBC Sunday Edition host Michael Enright talks about Energy Probe’s belief that the radiation fears dogging residents of Port Hope are unfounded. Continue reading
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Tagged Energy Probe, Hormesis, Port Hope, Radiation
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Portable Breast Scanner
(Nov. 20, 2010) The portable breast scanner is designed to detect breast cancer with the help of radio-frequency technology that identifies contrasts between normal and cancerous breast tissues.
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Port Hope: Radioactive rhetoric
(Nov. 18, 2010) Editorial from the Toronto Star on the controversy surrounding anti-nuclear activist Dr. Helen Caldicott’s speech about Port Hope’s radiation levels. Continue reading
Lawrence Solomon: The scan that cures
(Nov. 06, 2010) CT scans may not just detect cancer, they may actually prevent it. Continue reading
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Tagged Energy Probe, Hormesis, Lawrence Solomon
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Rejecting the good news
(Jun. 19, 2010) The massive Interphone cellphone study released earlier this year dismissed its own work because it failed to prove what researchers were looking for, namely, evidence of adverse effects of cellphones. Also rejected was evidence in their research that showed cellphones may reduce brain-tumour risk. The Interphone researchers may well have missed the real story in their work because they didn’t want to see it. Continue reading
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Personal radiation protection for pregnant woman
(May 25, 2010) Belly Armor by RadiaShield was designed to protect a pregnant woman and her child in the womb from electromagnetic radiation emitted from consumer devices such as cell phones, laptops, and microwave ovens. Belly Armor products are made of RadiaShield fabric, a woven fabric made of 82% silver fiber. It works by neutralizing electromagnetic waves. Continue reading
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