Up With Your Vitamin D Level
In 2010 the Institute of Medicine updated the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of vitamin D from 400 IU to 600 IU per day for adults up to age 70, and…
Panel Recommends Lower Lead Limits
Early in January of this year a U.S. advisory panel—the Advisory Committee for Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention—submitted a report to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) with a recommendation…
Love Antiques and Second-hand Treasures? Better Check ‘Em for Lead…
Do you love shopping for antiques? Is your cupboard filled with thrift store trinkets? Do you serve food out of a pewter dish that was passed down from generation…
Help Reduce Your Toxic Burden: Tips from the President’s Cancer Panel
Last week I told you about a new report just released by the President’s Cancer Panel—a panel of experts created in 1971 to keep the president informed about the activities…
American Cancer Panel Warns Nation: Environmental Toxin Exposure is Killing Us
I know I spend a lot of time talking about toxins—so much so that you might even wish I’d talk about something a little more positive once in a while.…