Scientists have finally discovered what might be causing the epidemic of heart disease and diabetes in this country. Is your baby safe from BPA in bottles? If you live in America and eat any packaged foods at all, you are probably also consuming the chemical bisphenol A, or BPA . Previous studies showed that BPA causes precancerous conditions, kidney and developmental problems in animals. But new research , published in the September 17th edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association, shows that humans could be walking time bombs of health problems due to just “normal” exposures to BPA . They have come ...
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Today's new reports includes yet another sad story about someone who used craigslist, trusted the person on the other end, and was betrayed in the end. 21 year old Heather Snivley was found dead in her home a in Portland, Ore after authorities were alerted to an infant child who was not breathing. After failing to revive the infant, doctors discovered that the baby was not delivered by the supposed mother, Elaine Roberts. Roberts and Snivley became friends after an initial interaction on Craigslist. I am not downing Craigslist, but I have seen too many incidences where people have been taken advantage of by ...
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Browse > Home / Animal Life- animal protection , Article-byline , JOURNALISM- News , Lifestyle , URBAN AUDIENCE / N.Y. Author Dishes the ‘Dirt’ on Manhattan’s Dog-Scooping Laws January 12, 2009 By Dan Bloom NEW YORK CITY (RUSHPRNEWS) 01/12/09 – Got a moment? Own a dog? Live in a large metropolitan city (with nice sidewalks) somewhere in the Milky Way Galaxy? Well, Michael Brandow is the guy you want to go to. He’s the author of an important dog lover’s book titled “New York’s Poop Scoop Law: Dogs, Dirt and Due Process”, and it’s a must-read for anyone with dogs and a big city ...
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Over several nights this month, a graffiti vandal stared into the face of Firefighter Peter Bielfeld, who lost his life rushing into the World Trade Center - and coldly spray-painted right over it. Now the Olinville community where Bielfeld lived, the South Bronx community where he worked and Bielfeld's family are raging, and out to punish whoever defaced the memorial wall mural of Bielfeld. "It's ridiculous. It is very personal," said Bielfeld's father, Ernest, 73, who held memorial services at the mural in memory of his son on Olinville Ave., before his son's remains were found. "It's such an emotional thing for us. Angry? ...
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This boat belongs to Musician Josh Pyke and he is going to use it in a video for his new song ‘Make You Happy.’ This very special boat was created to the exact specifications of the Maton acoustic guitar that Josh Pyke performs with. Australian singer Josh Pyke does not regularly ride through the Sydney Harbor in his totally awesome guitar boat nor does he take it out for fishing trips. The boat is a just a massive prop made for his new music video, “Make You Happy.” That is all…just a prop…I think it is pretty awesome, but needs to be used. Kudos ...
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