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    March 19, 2012

    White House Confuses University of Miami for That Ohio School

    President Barack Obama was just at the University of Miami, so you'd think that his staff could get the name of the school correct. Apparently not. The White House sent out a press release today describing University of Miami president Donna Shalala as "President of Miami University." Miami Uni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Strawberries Pesticide-Laden, Pineapples Better: An App to Find the Best

    ​It can be difficult to justify spending the extra cash for organic food, but with the help of the Environmental Working Group's 2011 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce, you can eat healthfully without having to dump your entire wallet on certified organic produce. Consumers of produce can r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    The Tea Party Has a New Enemy in Florida: Water Fluoridation

    ​Despite being a common practice in developed countries for nearly 70 years and dubbed "one of the greatest public health achievements of the century" by the CDC, water fluoridation has joined the likes of Charlie Crist and Barack Obama as the latest enemy of the Tea Party in Florida. Tea Par ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2011

    Miami Ranked One of America's Most Stressful Cities

    ​Oh sure we've got decent weather and calming seas, but it's not exactly a surprise that for us living year round in Miami life can be stressful. Let's not even get started on our ridiculous traffic, horrible parking, and tanked economy. So it shouldn't be shocki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Popular Liberty City Park Contaminated

    By Theo Karantsalis ​If your child has visited a popular Liberty City park, the county suggests a lead poisoning test may be in order. Lead levels that are more than 200 percent higher than normal have been found at the 6.5-acre Olinda Park at 5100 Northwest 21st Ave., according to the Env ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    BPA Exposure May Be More Dangerous Than Previously Thought (Video)

    via Flickr Stevendepolo​The synthetic sex hormone/industrial chemical, bisphenol A, or BPA, may be more harmful than scientists previously thought.In previous tests, researchers administered BPA to rats in single doses, but that did not mirror the way human beings are exposed to the chemical. In l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Radiation From Japan Has Arrived: Our Food and Water Are Exposed

    via Flickr BlatantNews.comRadiation in your food and water? Fuggedahboutit!​Due to devastation caused by the Tsunami that recently hit Japan, the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant is leaking radiation. It might not sound like a big deal to us, except for the fact that said radiation is traveling all t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    Industrial Chemical BPA Used in Food Packaging and Kids' Toys Might Cause Cancer, Diabetes, Brain Damage

    via Flickr CavinBPA, or bisphenol-A, an industrial chemical used to make plastics, has been found to adversely affect the receptors that regulate metabolism, obesity, and brain signals. Had I not read a recent article about BPA on the Bangor Daily News's website, I would have no idea what BPA is, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    Vasko Jontschev, Ex-Employee at Planetarium, Says His Asbestos Complaints Were Ignored

    Asbestos crumbles off the walls in an electrical corridor in Miami's Space Transit Planetarium​Miami's Museum of Science was shut down today after the museum reported discovering asbestos in the popular Space Transit Planetarium.But museum staff had been told about the possibility of asbestos week ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    Some Grocery Totes Contain Lead

    Photo by Ily GoyanesSick of lax government regulations.​They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions. That may be, but what about the road to learning disabilities in children and fertility problems in adults? Who knew that being environmentally conscious could make you sick?If you are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Eight Months Later, the EPIC Hotel's Water is Fine

    Last November, a patient being treated for Legionnaire's Disease was found to have stayed at the EPIC Hotel in downtown Miami. Two weeks later, a second patient, treated after contracting Legionnaire's Disease, was traced back to the EPIC as well. And then, there was a third. The Miami-Dade County H ... More >>

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