The Sun Tan Industry: Whiter than White?

 

Newfoundland and Labrador is a province of
Canada on the country’s Atlantic coast in northeastern North America.

When faced with bankruptcy in 1933, representative institutions were
suspended in favor of an appointed Commission that governed for fifteen
years without an elected assembly.

One of the Commission’s primary goals upon entering office was to
improve the country’s health-care services. It established a series of
government-subsidized cottage hospitals in 1935 to make affordable
medical services more accessible in rural communities.
Government officials also tried to reduce malnutrition rates by
including brown flour instead of white in dole rations, and by
distributing a vitamin-rich beverage ‘Cocomalt’, a chocolate mix, to schoolchildren for free.

According to the vintage ad above, ‘Cocomalt’ provided the Vitamin D kids need to develop “well formed, husky bodies.”

Why is this of interest today?

Well, in North America,someone dies from skin cancer every hour.

Are these deaths preventable and do people know about the dangers they face?.....

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Mystery of the 'Lurking Death'

Dame Agatha Christie DBE (1890 – 1976), was an English crime writer of novels, short stories and plays. Almost all of her books are ‘whodunits’ where the detective either stumbles across the murder, or is called upon by an old acquaintance, who is somehow involved.

Gradually, the detective interrogates each suspect, examines the scene of the crime and makes a note of each clue, so readers can analyze it and be allowed a fair chance of solving the mystery themselves.

A preferred means of murder in Christie’s books was poisoning using arsenic. Easy accessibility of the poison and the possibility of avoiding detection if the victim ingested small amounts at a time, made it a popular choice.

This was exemplified in her 1929 publication of a short story collection Partners in Crime. This included ‘The House of the Lurking Death’, whose story line featured a box of chocolates laced with arsenic at old maid Lois Hargreaves’ home. Not liking chocolates, she was the only one in the house who didn’t sample the unexpected gift and consequently, she was the only one who wasn’t taken ill afterwards making her the number one suspect.

That story was written 80 years ago.

We have a present day mystery on our hands that is not fictional. And the majority of deaths involve females.

The mystery we are talking about is breast cancer.

To unravel the mystery, it may well help if we employ the techniques used in Christie’s prose.

In 2009, there were an estimated 192,370 (female); 1,910 (male) new cases and 40, 170 (female); 440 (male) deaths from breast cancer in the United States. Except for skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women. African American women are more likely than all other women to die from breast cancer.

Why is it a mystery?........read more at Heroin and Cornflakes blog

 

 

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Why not put Heroin in our Cornflakes?

Another substance found to be every bit as addictive as heroin, is sugar.
Recently scientists have discovered that rats which have become
addicted to sugar act the same and have the same brain chemistry as
rats addicted to heroin........read full article  

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Legacy from Space: Teflon and Infertility

So what’s the problem?

At 680°F, Teflon pans release at least six toxic gases.
These include two carcinogens (any substance or agent that tends to
produce a cancer), two global pollutants, and MFA; a chemical lethal to
humans at low doses. At temperatures that are reached on stovetop drip
pans (1000°F), non-stick coatings break down to a chemical warfare
agent known as PFIB, and a chemical analog of the WWII nerve gas,
phosgene.

Let’s take a closer look at Teflon and the risk it poses to humans.....read the full article at

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Aroclor 1248: Taking a Shower can Damage your Health

Aroclor 1248 is ranked as one of the most hazardous compounds to ecosystems.

The chemicals, which take many years to biodegrade, pass easily through the lipid portions of cell membranes. The highest concentrations of PCB’s are usually found in the liver, fatty tissue, brain, and skin.

They are also present in the blood. In mothers, PCB’s have been found to pass into umbilical cord blood, the placenta and breast milk....... read more at Heroin and Cornflakes Blog

 

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The End of Doctors in the U.S. Healthcare System?

“The equivalent of 390 jumbo jets full of people are dying each year due to likely preventable, in-hospital medical errors, making this one of the leading killers in the U.S.” .......read full article at Heroin and Cornflakes

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