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- Group conducts secret mercury tests
- Date posted: January 20th, 2011 4:04 PM
- An environmental group that conducted unannounced tests on seafood from California markets found levels of mercury above the national averages, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.Full Story »
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- Tags: California, environmental groups, fish, Food and Drug Administration, gotmercury.org, health insurance, life insurance, Mercury, National Fisheries Institute, nutrition, obesity, opposition, San Francisco Chronicle, seafood, tests, toxins
- U.S. cigarettes most dangerous
- Date posted: June 4th, 2010 3:03 PM
- Research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that U.S. brands of cigarettes are the most harmful to smoke.
The study discovered that the level of specific nitrosamines found in cigarettes varies by country, but cigarettes in the U.S. contain the highest and most harmful levels.
U.S. cigarette brands are made with an "American blend" of tobacco, reports the CDC, while those found in Australia, Canada and the U.K. use a "bright" tobacco.
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- Tags: dangers, life insurance, mortality rate, most dangerous, smoking, toxins, United States
- Can living in a cancer cluster raise your insurance rates?
- Date posted: February 22nd, 2010 12:12 PM
- Medical studies bombard us with information about the risks associated with cancer. It would seem that very little can be done to escape this deadly killer. Full Story »
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- Tags: alcohol, American Cancer Society, cancer cluster, cancer risks, environment, group life insurance, Insurance, life insurance, National Toxicology Program, rates, smoking, toxins
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