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NATURALLY DANGEROUS: Surprising Facts About Food, Health, and the Environment.

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James P. Collman, 2003. All rights reserved.

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Light Pollution

01/06/09

 

Status of Wind-Power, a Major Renewable Energy Source

01/06/09

 

Spider Silk

01/06/09

 

FDA Issues Long-Overdue Warning on Weight-Loss Products

01/06/09

 

More on Vitamin D Deficiency

01/06/09

 

Selenium, and Vitamins E and C Fail to Prevent Prostate Cancer

01/06/09

 

A Leukemia Drug Is Used To Treat MS

01/06/09

 

Omega-3 Fatty Acids In Genetically Engineered Plants

08/18/08

 

Fat Soluble Arsenic Compounds in Fish Oil

08/18/08

 

The Runner's High is Real

07/22/08

 

Non-Toxic Fugu Fish

07/22/08

 

Red Wine Ingredient Increases Endurance

07/22/08

 

Female Co-Twins: The Effect of Testosterone?

07/22/08

 

HDL Seems to Improve Memor

07/22/08

 

Serious Unanticipated Side Effects for New Antibiotics

07/22/08

 

Insects are Food in the Third World

07/22/08

 

The Role of Cholesterol in Cardiovascular Disease is Unproven

05/12/08

 

Statins Do Not Prolong Life

05/12/08

 

Caffeine and Diabetes - A Bad Combination?

05/12/08

 

Hydrogen Sulfide: A New Gaseous Hormone?

05/12/08

 

UV Sunlight Protects Young People Against Multiple Sclerosis

08/16/07

 

Volcanic Eruptions Suppress Sea Levels

08/16/07

 

Ethanol: Political Gasoline

08/16/07

 

Arsenic in Chicken; Is This a Problem?

08/16/07

 

What is to be Learned from Baby Poop?

08/16/07

 

Vitamins in Soft Drinks

08/16/07

 

DHEA and Testosterone Fail to Show Improvement with Elderly People

08/16/07

 

A Risk from Taking Selenium Supplements

08/16/07

 

Some Facts about Calcium Supplements

08/16/07

 

An Unusual Organic Food: Raw Milk

08/16/07

 

Volcanoes Endanger Airplanes

01/27/07

 

More Facts Concerning Ethanol as a Biofuel

01/27/07

 

Buy Fluorescent Light Bulbs at Wal-Mart

01/27/07

 

Smells Depend on Molecular Shape, but not on Isotopes

01/27/07

 

More About Bright Lights and Cancer

01/27/07

 

Are Stem Cells At the Root of Cancer?

01/27/07

 

Finally U.S. Will Test the Blood Supply for Chagas Disease

01/27/07

 

Statins Reduce Inflammation

01/27/07

 

Breast Milk Therapy

01/27/07

 

Blood Pressure: The Silent Killer

01/27/07

 

Another Herbal Remedy, Black Cohosh Fails

01/27/07

 

Additional Race Selective Drugs

01/27/07

 

Hypertensive Men Can Drink in Moderation

01/27/07

 

A Taste for Broccoli? Its in the Genes

01/27/07

 

Polonium-210 and the death of Alexander Litvinenko

12/22/06

 

Evidence from Ancient Fossils Provokes Debate on Global Warming

12/22/06

 

Prostate Cancer on a Rotating Graveyard Shift

12/22/06

 

Breast Cancer Decline May Relate to Abandoned Hormone Therapy

12/22/06

 

Microorganisms in Your Stomach Are Related to Obesity

12/22/06

 

Estimates of Changes in Global Sea Levels

10/03/06

 

Hemoglobin Deficiency (Anemia) in Old Age

10/03/06

 

Vitamin D Has An Important Role in Preventing Cancer

10/03/06

 

Moles are Benign Cancers

10/03/06

 

Blocking an Enzyme Helps Combat Diabetes 2

10/03/06

 

Aspirin Again; it prevents breast cancer

10/03/06

 

Salsa Contains an Antibiotic

10/03/06

 

Sobering Facts About Alcohol in Gasoline

07/15/06

 

Coal to Diesel: Problems Involving Ecology and Economics

07/15/06

 

Barnyard Smell to Cash and Energy

07/15/06

 

The Environment Can Control the Genes

07/15/06

 

Why Did the 1918 Pandemic Kill Mostly Youths?

07/15/06

 

Is Coenzyme Q10 a Vitamin? Should Heart Patients Take it as a Supplement?

07/15/06

 

Coffee Protects Alcohol Drinkers

07/15/06

 

Side Effect From New Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs

06/25/06

 

Selenium Does Not Lower Heart Disease

06/25/06

 

Scientists Can Make Fools of Themselves

06/25/06

 

New Careers for Dogs -- Using Their Noses

06/25/06

 

Melting Glaciers May Have Triggered Earthquakes and Volcanoes

06/25/06

 

Good News for Some Coffee Drinkers

06/25/06

 

Even Cooked Garlic is an Antibiotic

06/25/06

 

Diabetes Treatment from a Chinese Flower

06/25/06

 

Beware of Indoor Hot Tubs, Even Showers

06/25/06

 

Are Pathogenic Microorganisms Sometimes Useful?

06/25/06

 

Summary of Alternative Energy Sources

06/25/06

 

A Vaccine May Prevent Cervical Cancer

06/25/06

 

More Comments on Ethanol in Gasoline

06/25/06

 

Pheromones Point to Sexual Orientation

05/21/06

 

Do You Get Sufficient Vitamin D?

05/05/06

 

Two Odors Can Smell Like a Third

05/05/06

 

Thyroid Hormones, How Much Is Required?

05/05/06

 

Mediterranean Diet Seems to Cut Alzheimer’s Risk

05/05/06

 

Living Plants Exhale Methane

05/05/06

 

Hooked on Aspirin? Beware of Quitting

05/05/06

 

Food Allergies Are Uncommon, but Interesting

05/05/06

 

Methane of Biological Origin is almost 3.5 Billion Years Old

05/05/06

 

First Drug to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease (But in Mice)

05/05/06

 

Exercise Keeps Your Mind Sharp

04/02/06

 

Slip! Slop! Slap! The Australians Have Reduced Melanoma

04/02/06

 

I Used to Love Beef Tongue; Now I Avoid Eating It

04/02/06

 

A Pandemic From Bird Flu Seems Less Probable

04/02/06

 

LBD, a Little Publicized Dementia Characterized by a Malformed Brain Protein

04/02/06

 

B-Vitamins Don't Prevent Heat Attacks: Questions about Homocysteine

04/02/06

 

Recognizing a Stroke:

04/02/06

 

More About Grapefruit Juice and Drugs

04/02/06

 

Another Beneficial Side-Effect: Blood Pressure Drugs Lessen Alzheimer's

04/02/06

 

Alzheimer's Disease is Largely Inherited

04/02/06

 

Shellfish Are Off The Blacklist: Enjoy

04/02/06

 

Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Not Offer Benefits

04/02/06

 

Moderate Drinking May Not Benefit Health?

04/02/06

 

Light Drinking Seems to Cut the Risk of Stroke

04/02/06

 

Plants May be Another Source of Methane, a Strong Greenhouse Gas

02/13/06

 

Is There a Benefit from Fish Oil in Reducing Cancer?

02/13/06

 

Saw Palmetto Fails to Relieve Prostate Symptoms in a Double-Blinded Test

02/13/06

 

Spit Decision: Saliva Could Become an Alternative to Blood Tests

02/13/06

 

Alzheimer's toxin found in common algae type

02/13/06

 

Aged Wine Fights Cancer

02/13/06

 

Beethoven Suffered from Lead Poisoning

01/25/06

 

Can Food Affect Mental Health?

01/25/06

 

Homeopathy: Scientific Nonsense

01/25/06

 

Mad Deer Disease

01/25/06

 

Oxygen and Evolution

01/25/06

 

Pheromones may control Lampreys

01/25/06

 

Reprocessing Wastes From Nuclear Power Plants

01/25/06

 

Runaway Heat in the Arctic

01/25/06

 

A Difference Between Cats and Women – Love for Sweets

09/23/05

 

A Greenhouse Gas From Rice Paddies

09/23/05

 

Additional Vitamin Supplements Found Ineffective

09/23/05

 

An Herbal Remedy for Hay Fever

09/23/05

 

An Overview of Dietary Supplements

09/23/05

 

Ancient Remedies Return: Leeches and Maggots

09/23/05

 

Animals versus Humans

09/23/05

 

Another Benefit from Olive Oil

09/23/05

 

Catnip is Not Just For Cats

09/23/05

 

FDA Removes Antibiotic Use in Poultry

09/23/05

 

Green Tea Doesn’t Appear to Prevent Cancer

09/23/05

 

Illness From Pesticide Use Near U.S. Schools

09/23/05

 

King George III Suffered From Arsenic Poisoning

09/23/05

 

Realities of a Hydrogen Economy

09/23/05

 

Selective, Non-Toxic Insecticides are Coming

09/23/05

 

Soy In Diet Wards Off Bone Fractures For Women

09/23/05

 

Vitamin E for Women: Confusion.

09/23/05

 

You Can’t Go Back; Renewed Healthy Living won’t Restore Health

09/23/05

 

California Cancers Show Ethnic (Racial) Differences

08/08/05

 

Environmental Factors Affect Identical Twins

08/08/05

 

How Old is Your Drinking Water?

08/08/05

 

Is That Corn or Grass-Fed Beef?

08/08/05

 

Most of Your Body is Young

08/08/05

 

There is Mercury in Canned Tuna

08/08/05

 

An Antioxidant that is a Vitamin, Lutein

07/01/05

 

Genetically Modified Rice is a Dilemma for Environmentalists

07/01/05

 

Is Curry The Spice of Life?

07/01/05

 

Oxidized Phospholipids Are Linked to Heart Attacks

07/01/05

 

Race-specific Drugs: A Cancer Drug Fails with Caucasians, but Helps Asians

07/01/05

 

Rising Medical Costs: Bringing New Drugs to Market

07/01/05

 

Viagra and Cialis: Blindness is a Side Effect

07/01/05

 

Blue Green Algae – Health Supplement or Toxic Pond Scum?

06/28/05

 

Cigarettes a Legal Health Hazard

06/28/05

 

Flavor Enhancers: New Food Additives

06/28/05

 

Healthy Lifestyles

06/28/05

 

Men and Women May Show Different Responses to Drugs

06/28/05

 

More Information about Margarine

06/28/05

 

Origins of Childhood Leukemia

06/28/05

 

Pomegranate as a Nutraceutical

06/28/05

 

Reduced Levels of an Antioxidant May be Linked to Autism

06/28/05

 

Thimerosal and Autism, Statistics versus Passion

06/28/05

 

Vitamin C and Diabetes is Dangerous

06/28/05

 

Zinc Boosts Children’s Memory

06/28/05

 

An Emerging Drug to Treat Type 2 Diabetes

06/18/05

 

Beware: Soft Cheese from Mexico May Contain Tuberculosis

06/18/05

 

Chicken Pox can Return as Shingles

06/18/05

 

Continued Use of Painkillers Raises Risk of Breast Cancer

06/18/05

 

Crestor is Very Potent, but has greater Side Effects

06/18/05

 

Dangers in Sprouts, Popular Health Foods

06/18/05

 

DHEA Avoids Steroid Ban with Political Support

06/18/05

 

Diesel School Buses Expose Students

06/18/05

 

Don’t Get Too Thin Overweight is Normal

06/18/05

 

Echinacea Fails the Test as a Cold Treatment

06/18/05

 

Evidence Connecting Aging with Smoking and Obesity

06/18/05

 

Genetic Susceptibility to Prion Disease

06/18/05

 

Heart Disease and Antibiotic Prevention

06/18/05

 

Lead Is a Leading Toxic Contaminant

06/18/05

 

New Antibiotics Keep the Iron Away

06/18/05

 

Sobering Facts on the “Hydrogen Economy”

06/18/05

 

Some People Should Avoid Fish Oil Supplements

06/18/05

 

Sources of New Antibiotics

06/18/05

 

Two Kinds of Fat: New and Old

06/18/05

 

When Your Blood is Too Iron Rich

06/18/05

 

Celiac Sprue, Is an Underestimated, Misdiagnosed Disease

04/01/05

 

Eat Your Veggies, but Don’t Expect Reduced Risk of Breast Cancer

04/01/05

 

Mysterious Statistical Link between Breast Cancer and Exposure to Artificial Light

04/01/05

 

Neanderthals Were on a High-Calorie Atkin’s Diet

04/01/05

 

Older Women: Drink Up, but Not Too Much

04/01/05

 

Race Can be a Factor in Drug Risks

04/01/05

 

Reducing or Removing Trans-Fats will be Difficult

04/01/05

 

Soy Products are Toxic “Health Foods”

04/01/05

 

What’s a Mother to Do? Perchlorate is in Breast Milk

04/01/05

 

A New Test for Alzheimer’s Disease: Recalling Smells

12/28/04

 

Mercury from Chinese Power Plants

12/28/04

 

Pain Vs. Risk: All Anti-inflammatories may be Dangerous

12/28/04

 

Pass the Salt

12/28/04

 

Splenda, Is it Natural?

12/28/04

 

Tylenol Safety is Questioned

12/28/04

 

Water, Water Everywhere, but Does Water Go Bad?

12/28/04

 

A Negative Report on Coffee

12/18/04

 

Absinthe Is Returning to Switzerland

12/18/04

 

Ageing: Eat Little; Drink Red Wine

12/18/04

 

Antioxidant Supplements are Overrated

12/18/04

 

Battle Between Scientists and Drug-Using Athlete

12/18/04

 

Chromium Supplements May be Carcinogenic

12/18/04

 

Correlation Between Lifestyle and Longevity

12/18/04

 

Curry Component Kills Cancer Cells

12/18/04

 

Echinacea, Does it Mitigate Colds?

12/18/04

 

Exercise Can Kill! Don’t Overdo It

12/18/04

 

Farmed or Wild Salmon?

12/18/04

 

Fish Oil Has Many Virtues

12/18/04

 

Good News for Women Who Have Taken Birth-control Pills

12/18/04

 

Is That Drug Right for You? This May Depend on Your Appearance!

12/18/04

 

Lactic Acid is a Natural Performance Enhancing Drug

12/18/04

 

More Good News for Coffee Drinkers

12/18/04

 

Orange Lobster Shells

12/18/04

 

Taurine: An Unusual Amino Acid

12/18/04

 

The Blue in Blueberries is Healthful

12/18/04

 

Too Much Sugar in the Blood May Be Dangerous

12/18/04

 

You Can’t Buy Vitamin D at The Health Food Store

12/18/04

 

A Remarkable, Natural Medicine: Exercise

10/02/04

 

Arsenic in Seaweed: Is it Dangerous?

10/02/04

 

Confusion Over Cholesterol From Your Diet

10/02/04

 

Does Good Cholesterol Protect A Person from Bad Cholesterol?

10/02/04

 

Does Tea have more Caffeine than Coffee?

10/02/04

 

For Some People not All Carbohydrates are Alike

10/02/04

 

Good Bacteria

10/02/04

 

Humans also Make Morphine

10/02/04

 

Major League Baseball Will Ban THG

10/02/04

 

Mercury in Fish: It’s the Chemical Form that Determines

10/02/04

 

More About Trans Fat

10/02/04

 

Needles as Alternative Medicine

10/02/04

 

P53: Our Guardian Against Cancer

10/02/04

 

Placebos

10/02/04

 

Red Wine Reduces Prostate Cancer

10/02/04

 

Vioxx is Out; Will Celebrex be Next?

10/02/04

 

Aspirin May Not Work for You

09/25/04

 

Breast Cancer Incidence is Related to Anibiotic Use

09/25/04

 

Could Worms Be Good For You?

09/25/04

 

Fruits and Vegetables are More Dangerous Than Meat

09/25/04

 

Immunotherapy: Problems and Promise

09/25/04

 

Methamphetamine Damages the Brain

09/25/04

 

Relation between Cystic Fibrosis and Fatty Acid Balance

09/25/04

 

A Tale of Two Molds

12/30/03

 

Copper Plays a Possible Role in Alzheimer’s Disease

12/30/03

 

Hold the marmalade

12/30/03

 

Infection from Mad Cow Disease Between Different Species

12/30/03

 

Melatonin Risks

12/30/03

 

Soot Particles have been linked to Heart Disease

12/30/03

 

Cinnamon might control type 2 diabetes!

12/29/03

 

Do You Want to Live Longer?

12/29/03

 

Onions can be dangerous

12/29/03

 

An Extreme form of the Atkins diet may lead to a therapy for brain disorders

12/24/03

 

A New Drug Using A New Strategy Successfully Treats Diabetes II in Mice

07/24/03

 

Potato Blight Solved, but Resistance to Genetic Modification Looms

07/23/03

 

Grapefruit Sales Sour as People Worry About Drug Interaction

07/18/03

 

Consumer Reports Takes on Irradiated Meat!

07/16/03

 

HDL Revisited

07/16/03

 

Historical Incidences of Diabetes-2

07/16/03

 

More bad news on St. John’s Wort

07/16/03

 

Will Viagra Rescue Endangered Species?

07/11/03

 

Attack on Cancer from Many Angles

07/10/03

 

Running from Father Time

07/10/03

 

Exotic Pets Are Cute, But They May Be Dangerous

07/08/03

 

The Battle Over Consuming Fat Goes On

07/08/03

 

A New Treatment for Prostate Cancer with Mixed Results

07/02/03

 

Excess Insulin Appears to Contribute to Alzheimer’s Disease

07/02/03

 

Flatulence Tax in New Zealand

07/02/03

 

Recent Statistical Studies Find Risks and Few Benefits with Hormone Replacement Therapies

07/02/03

 

Improvements in Diesel Exhaust

07/01/03

 

The Mediterranean Diet is Effective, but Why?

07/01/03

 

Teflon and Related Chemicals in Your Blood

06/27/03

 

Celiac Disease is More Prevalent and is Grossly Undiagnosed!

06/24/03

 

Tanning Salons Increase all Types of Skin Cancer

06/23/03

 

Some Drug Combinations are More Effective

06/19/03

 

Wind Power is Growing as Economics Improve

06/19/03

 

Mysteries about Jumping the Species Barriers Related to Mad-Cow Disease

06/16/03

 

Monkeypox has Come to The U.S.

06/13/03

 

Herbal Teas: Are They As Safe As You Think?

05/23/03

 

SARS is Linked to Three Mammals

05/23/03

 

Broad Insights into Global Weather Changes

05/15/03

 

Dirty Clouds Heat up the Atmosphere and Raise Objections

05/12/03

 

The Link Between Obesity and Cancer is Very Strong

 05/12/03

Aspirin and its Cousins may Inhibit Cancer
Calcium is OK for Teens; Drink Milk, You Might Lose Weight!
A Simple Book about Cancer

SARS Death Rate Soars as The Virus Spreads in China

05/09/03

More News on SARS

Renewable Energy Use Falling in the U.S.

 05/07/03

Fuel Cells Will Never Compete with Traditional Power Plants!!
Fallacies in the Hydrogen Economy
Is There Enough Sunlight to Satisfy Our Power Needs?
Blowing Green: Wind Energy

Bacteria Play a Key Role in Strokes

05/05/03

Ulcer Causing Bacteria May Depend on Hydrogen Gas

Should You Eat Fish That Contain Mercury?

 05/01/03

Hormesis: Are Small Doses of Radiation or Arsenic Good for You?
Mercury in Vaccines

Ancient Cannibalism has a Connection to Mad Cow Disease

04/30/03

The Link Between Obesity and Cancer is Very Strong

Calcium is OK for Teens; Drink Milk, You Might Lose Weight!

04/30/03

 

Coumadin, A Dangerous, Life-Saving Medicine

04/29/03

More on Herbal Remedies

More News on SARS

04/28/03

SARS Death Rate Soars as The Virus Spreads in China

Update on the West Nile Virus

04/23/03

West Nile virus

Controversy Over Consuming Fat: The Atkins Diet

04/21/03

The Link Between Obesity and Cancer is Very Strong

Are Chromium Supplements Dangerous or Just a Waste of Money?

 04/18/03

Professional Baseball is Forced to Confront Dietary Supplements
New Rules on Dietary Supplements?

Jeckyll and Hyde: Botox as Medicine and a Terrorist Tool

04/15/03

 

Ozone May Improve Food Safety

04/15/03

 

Check Your CRP

04/14/03

Recently Recognized Predictor of Heart Attacks.

Fuel Cells Will Never Compete with Traditional Power Plants!!

 04/14/03

Renewable Energy Use Falling in the U.S.
Fallacies in the Hydrogen Economy
Is There Enough Sunlight to Satisfy Our Power Needs?
Blowing Green: Wind Energy

Hormesis: Are Small Doses of Radiation or Arsenic Good for You?

04/13/03

 

Even a Kiss can be Dangerous

04/11/03

 

Limit Your Cell Phone Use

04/11/03

 

Breast-fed Babies Need Vitamin D Supplements

04/09/03

 

Uncertainties about SARS

04/09/03

The 1918 Flu

Aspirin and its Cousins may Inhibit Cancer

 03/29/03

Super-aspirins
How Does Vitamin E Suppress Prostate Cancer?

Viagra no longer “stands alone”

03/28/03

 

Cuppa Tea? Green is Better for Your Health

03/26/03

 

Is There Enough Sunlight to Satisfy Our Power Needs?

 03/24/03

Fallacies in the Hydrogen Economy
Fuel Cells Will Never Compete with Traditional Power Plants!!
Blowing Green: Wind Energy

Professional Baseball is Forced to Confront Dietary Supplements

03/15/03

Are Chromium Supplements Dangerous or Just a Waste of Money?

Super-aspirins

 03/15/03

Aspirin and its Cousins may Inhibit Cancer
New COX Enzyme

Blowing Green: Wind Energy

 03/14/03

Fallacies in the Hydrogen Economy
Fuel Cells Will Never Compete with Traditional Power Plants!!
Is There Enough Sunlight to Satisfy Our Power Needs?

Dangerous Tropical Fruit

03/14/03

 

Genetically Modified Food

03/14/03

 

Irradiated Food

03/14/03

 

Magnets are Magic?

03/14/03

 

Natural Toxins in Food

03/14/03

 

Organic Food

03/14/03

 

Uncooked Foods

03/14/03

 

Vegetarian diets

03/14/03

 

Political Reality

03/13/03

 

A Noteworthy Book

03/12/03

 

A Simple Book about Cancer

03/12/03

The Link Between Obesity and Cancer is Very Strong

Bacteriophage Antibiotic Therapy

03/12/03

 

Deadly Bird Virus

03/12/03

West Nile virus

Do Cosmic Rays Cool the Earth?

03/12/03

 

Fallacies in the Hydrogen Economy

 03/12/03

Fuel Cells Will Never Compete with Traditional Power Plants!!
Blowing Green: Wind Energy

How Does Vitamin E Suppress Prostate Cancer?

03/12/03

Aspirin and its Cousins may Inhibit Cancer

Human Growth Hormone is still on Trial

 03/12/03

New Rules on Dietary Supplements?
Professional Baseball is Forced to Confront Dietary Supplements

Is a New Ice Age Coming?

03/12/03

 

Mercury in Vaccines

03/12/03

Should You Eat Fish That Contain Mercury?

More on Herbal Remedies

03/12/03

Coumadin, A Dangerous, Life-Saving Medicine

New COX Enzyme

03/12/03

Super-aspirins

New Rules on Dietary Supplements?

03/12/03

Are Chromium Supplements Dangerous or Just a Waste of Money?

Promise in New Cancer Treatment

03/12/03

 

Recently Recognized Predictor of Heart Attacks

03/12/03

Check Your CRP

Smells

03/12/03

 

Soot, an Important Greenhouse Gas

03/12/03

 

Statins

03/12/03

 

The 1918 Flu

03/12/03

Uncertainties about SARS

Ulcer Causing Bacteria May Depend on Hydrogen Gas

03/12/03

Bacteria Play a Key Role in Strokes

West Nile virus

 03/12/03

Deadly Bird Virus
Update on the West Nile Virus

Why Do Leaves Turn Red?

03/12/03