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You have probably heard about people who have actually signed a petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide. The petition states that this chemical is found in cancerous tissue, accelerates corrosion, can...
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This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette.
“Three thousand six hundred food packaging chemicals detected in human bodies: How reheating food is killing us.”
The story starts with horticultural epidemiologist Thomas Ogren. His major citation is that of the 1949 USDA Yearbook of Agriculture where it was recommended that “when used for street plantings,...
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