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POPSBotulism "Fun Facts" in time for the holidays "Those bacteria also prefer alkaline environments, so the most common canned-food culprits are low-acid foods such as asparagus, lima beans, green beans, corn, meats, fish, and poultry. How toxic is it? A little over a pound of botulin is enough to kill every human on Earth."
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POPSAsparagus, Our Ally for Good Health
These are the causes, but the comments below the article are very interesting too: Lifestyle and Diet Factors • Smoking and second-hand smoke. • Diet–too much meat, not enough fruits and vegetables. • Suntanning. • Absence of UV sunlight in some regions, reducing cancer-protecting vitamin D. • Obesity, and lack of regular exercise. Other Food Factors • Processed food such as nitrosamines, aspartame, some food colorants. • Bovine growth hormone in milk. • Some salt-cured, pickled, and smoked food. • Sugar and alcohol consumption. • Absence of cancer-protecting compounds in food not grown organically. • Food contaminated with pesticides and herbicides. Occupational Hazards • Workplace exposure to carcinogens including solvents, heavy metals, radiation, pesticides, diesel fuel, benzene, asbestos. Radiation • Solar UV radiation from ozone depletion. • Ionizing radiation from diagnostic x-rays, especially CT scans and mammograms; nuclear medicine, radiation thera
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POPSI Grow Potatoes Too Baby "Could it be that you wanted to be the most popular girl in class and it didn't happen?" one person wrote. In the living room, Kilkenny signed off her Hotmail account as her son, Lief, 17, waited for the family to drive to church. People ask Kilkenny, if she had it to do all over again, would she write the e-mail? She said she would. "I continue to believe that it's important for people to participate as informed voters," she said, "and there is a moral obligation to share what we know about the people that are running for office."
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POPSIncrease calcium to lose weight! When I ate cottage cheese for breakfast - trying to up my protein level consumption - I inadvertently lost weight. Now I know why! PS> Apparently Richard Nixon would eat cottage cheese when HE needed to lose weight my friend shares with me in the comment section! I guess it all makes sense now.
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POPSThe Complete Bushisms "A lot of times in politics you have people look you in the eye and tell you what's not on their mind."—Sochi, Russia, April 6, 2008 This from the biggest liar in the country.
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POPSMars Soil Resembles Veggie-Garden Dirt What kind of life can persist in the atmosphere thousand times less dense, planet-wide dust storms and average (!) temperature -63 grad.C? Primitive bacterial? As on Earth poles.
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POPSLife on Mars someday? The article is short, but interesting and I commend their use of the word flabbergasted. It's one of my favorites and I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who still uses it.
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