Gesture of Love

Thanks Ken!

Death by Beauty

Beauty Secrets | Bitch Magazine
There are just too many ways to play this headline.
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This is not cool.

Are Sunscreens Safe?: Scientific American
After reading this article and mentally adding the nanotechnology issues I have covered before I am freaking out about the Brand that I have been pouring all over the kids for weeks which has a !moderate! risk rating according to this site.

"In all, 84 percent of the 831 sunscreens EWG tested did not pass health and environmental muster. Many contained potentially harmful chemicals like Benzophenone, homosalate and octyl methoxycinnamate (also called octinoxate), which are known to mimic naturally occurring bodily hormones and can thus throw the body’s systems out of whack. Some also contained Padimate-0 and parsol 1789 (also known as avobenzone), which are suspected of causing DNA damage when exposed to sunlight."

DEET is toxic?

Is it true that the DEET used in most mosquito repellents is toxic?: Scientific American
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Eat This

Men's Health - Eat This, Not That - The Healthiest Supermarket Foods in America
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4D Baby Scan

View the amazing 4D baby scan - Times Online
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Milk

Why does organic milk last so much longer than regular milk?: Scientific American:
Who knew organic milk was so complex. Here is another article that gives a bit more perspective on organic milk. And according to this article If you buy your organic milk at Walmart, you may want to think it over. I guess one shouldn't be surprised by that.

The names are scarry too: Anthracenedione

Chemicals Ottawa's watching: The feds take a closer look at 17 substances
The names make you think you might find these in a evil potion but actually, they are pretty much everywhere.

Yick

Keyboards: Why You Should Clean Your Keyboard--Right This Minute
Am I gonna stop looking at the internet because some pesky superbug is planning world domination in my keyboard? I don't think so.

Fast science

Researchers Make Human Flu Antibodies at Record Speed: Scientific American

Just Really Drunk? Oh.

Sorry, Absinthe Trippers: Scientists Say You're Just Really Drunk | Wired.com:
"The long-cherished idea that absinthe, an anise-flavored alcoholic beverage with a history of use by artists like Van Gogh and Picasso, is or ever was hallucinogenic might have met its death by data today."

Science CAN be good!

Study discovers how cancer cells spread
It would be nice to think that this study was not funded by some evil pharmaceutical company. Yep, always looking on the bright side here.
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