There is a nutty story making the rounds today about a woman that drank hand sanitizer, you know the stuff that you rub on your hands as a disinfectant. The people in the know about how to find alcoholic beverages in strange places apparently know that hand sanitizer is mostly alcohol...and … [Read more...] about Don’t Drink the Purell
Health Issues
Shocking parents to help their fat kids
I was wondering how long it would take for something shocking to happen besides the images of childhood obesity. The Boston Globe is running a story about a $250,000 billboard campaign designed at getting parents to start acting in their kids interest in fighting the fat. The campaign also will … [Read more...] about Shocking parents to help their fat kids
Tea Milk and heart disease
We have all heard about the great effects of green and black teas and their effect on people with heart problems lately but here is something that I had heard nothing about until today. Reauters is reporting a new study that shows that taking milk in your tea will significantly reduce the benefits … [Read more...] about Tea Milk and heart disease
Dangers of Teflon
The evidence against Teflon frying pans is really starting to stack up. I was thinking about this today as we threw out our last teflon frying pan because the Teflon was coming off of it. Steelworkers condemn Teflon The United Steelworkers (USW) is condemning DuPont for contaminating employees … [Read more...] about Dangers of Teflon
Trans Fats banned in New York City restaurants
I wrote a bit a couple of weeks ago about Trans fats and the fact that New York city was going to be perhaps banning trans fats in restaurants. Well it has happened. I just saw the news break and that means that today there will be stories in the news all about What trans fats are, how they are bad … [Read more...] about Trans Fats banned in New York City restaurants
