The Government Just Put A Chemical That's In EVERYTHING On The Cancer List
Do you dress well? You've probably been wearing Formaldehyde-treated clothing.
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You're probably wearing clothing treated with cancer-causing chemical #1 on the government's new cancer list.
The 12th list of the chemicals that give you cancer to be published by the toxicology program at the National Institutes at Health was released on June 10th.
The bad news: Formaldehyde is one of the 8 chemicals listed on it.
See all of the chemicals on the list >
Formaldehyde has been expected to join this list for many years and unfortunately, it's already in everything, to the point that it's safe to say you've definitely been exposed to it at some point in your life. Especially if you've ever been inside a nail or hair salon, worn a wrinkle-free shirt, or smelled the "new house" smell.
It's the long term exposure to the chemical that the Department of Health and Human Services believes poses a cancer risk, so don't get too freaked out.
Just know that products with formaldehyde include: glues, permanent press fabrics, paper product coatings, fiberboard, and plywood. It is also widely used as an industrial fungicide, germicide and disinfectant. And as as a preservative in medical laboratories and mortuaries, according to a factsheet about Formaldehyde published by the government's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which you can download by clicking here.
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This is the 12th cancer list the government has published and the scariest thing about it, besides the chemicals on the list, of course, is finding out how many years lobbyists were able to keep it from being reported.
"Industry has held this report up for 4 years.. they have tried to create the impression that there was real scientific uncertainty here, but there's not," Jennifer Sass, a senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, told the NYTimes.
The good news is that Formaldehyde has been listed as a possible carcinogen since 1987, and concerns about it have stepped up significantly in recent years. But of course, a place on the government's official list of what gives you cancer is as official as it gets.
The other good news is that the 7 other chemicals on the new list aren't as much of a health concern. The worst of the 7, styrene, is about as much of a cancer risk as your cell phone or coffee, Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer at the American Cancer Society, told the NYTimes.
Also, most of the products that contain the carcinogens have already been recalled.
And obviously, the companies that make products that still contain formaldehyde will probably have to remove it from their products if they want to remain competitive.
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my humble website: http://www.stainlesssteel304.org/ - no cancer here
The government is there to hide the disease of the political system.
The government is the sacrificial animal of the political system. People will get angry, vote down the government, bitch about it, but as long as they are busy doing that, the political system, running the government is sound and safe.
The name of the game is that you can vote for the color of the government, but the real power, the political system is taboo for you to touch.
It is like the good old Communism game: while there are some problems with the party an with the members of the party, Communism is great - only if it was implemented perfectly.
But not eating meat puts us right back in medieval times where only the rich consumed meat and we were the little people. I prefer not to play into the elites hands. Meat is better for health in general I would say. Human's need good protein.
المنتدى الإسلامي
منتدى الواحة
منتدى الترفيه
شؤون آدم
شؤون حواء
عالم الكمبيوتر
جوال العرب
برمجة المواقع
دروس التصميم
أخبار المنتدى
منتدى العلوم العامة
الألعاب الإلكترونية
الألعاب الرياضية
عالم الإنترنت
أدب وشعر
عالم التلفزيون
الانمي
السياحة والسفر
بيت الأسرة
منتدى الكون
طلبات التصاميم
الدراسة والتعليم
الميديا الإسلامية
البرامج والكتب الإسلامية
القرآن الكريم والحديث الشريف
لغات ولهجات العالم
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What the Japanese drink is matcha, which is powdered green tea. You can spend stupid money and buy it online, or you can make you own for next to nothing. Buy loose green tea at any Asian market, and grind it to powder using a coffee grinder or something like the Magic Bullet. One teaspoon in a smoothie will suppress your craving for junk food and give you a hell of a lot of energy for workouts. The Japanese are also the world's largest per capita consumers of soy.
Matcha tends to be on the higher end due to the stringent quality control of certain manufacturers but there are generic brands which are grown in the countrysides of China unexposed to the toxins of the major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai.
I'd say China is considerably less urbanized than the U.S. and while they have several environmental health issues on the coast lines the areas in which tea are grown still remain pristine, such as the Yunnan province. They are deep in the mountains where 75% of the population still lives and survives on agricultural production.
The Soy consumption I'm still torn on. I'm not sure if the healthy protein available from it is worth the estrogen hormone promoting effects. But it will help you lose weight and keep your colon clean. No doubt about that.
P.S. - I'm assuming you are talking about a Sencha shot when you say magic bullet?
Vitamins and water...now THERE's a diet!
It is used as welding agent but is widely used to ripen fruits in asia, especially mangoes!
poor indians are consuming poison with mangoes!