Health

Tick bites have been known to cause red meat allergies

Tick bites trigger red-meat allergies

Very few people like bugs – especially ticks which have traditionally been associated with conditions such as Lyme disease, in countries such as America, for example. But new research has revealed that there may be yet another reason to dislike them – they have also been linked to red meat allergy. According to US researchers from the University of Virginia[Read More…]

GM crops have been shown to cause cancer in rats

Aspartame toxin gets facelift

Aspartame has received a brand new makeover thanks to its producer which has come up with an inventive new name for the poison. Following much controversy over the side-effects of aspartame, Ajinomoto the makers of the toxin have decided to rebrand it as a “natural sweetener”. It is currently known as AminoSweet, after originally operating under the trade names “Nutrasweet”[Read More…]

Talcum powder boosts cancer risk

Talcum powder boosts cancer risk

Talcum powder can boost the risk of cervical cancer by nearly a quarter, new research has shown. Research published in in the journal Cancer Prevention Research, showed that women who regularly use talcum powder to keep fresh raise their risk of ovarian cancer by 24 per cent. Around 40 per cent of women are estimated to use talcum powder for[Read More…]

Police plan to gas  New York subways

Police plan to gas New York subways

Police authorities in the US have announced plans to fill the New York subways with colourless gas, in a mock-terror drill. A recent announcement by the NYPD revealed that the force intends to release a “harmless” gas into the subway over three consecutive days in July. They claim that their aim is to test New York’s readiness to handle a[Read More…]

African children forced to accept unsafe vaccines

African children forced to accept unsafe vaccines

African children are being used as lab rats to test potentially dangerous vaccines, it has been reported. In the the small village of Gouro, Chad, Africa, it was reported that around five hundred children were locked into their school, and threatened with expulsion if they did not agree to get vaccinated with the meningitis A vaccine. The vaccine was unlicensed[Read More…]