Tag Health

The HIV of Bananas

We’d miss them–even as we complain all winter about having nothing but bananas to go on our morning cereal. But much of the world’s population relies on bananas for more than a supplement to bran flakes in the morning. Millions…

Better Living Through Chemistry?

Image via Wikipedia Have you been following the evolving story on BPA, the endocrine-disrupting plastic resin hardener found in the tissue of 93 out of 100 Americans? If you have children or grandchildren, you owe it to them to come…

Could You Live on a Dollar a Day?

Is this right? Almost one in 10 Americans is on food stamps? This article in Forbes by Tom Breen goes on to state that during this summer and fall in West Virginia, the average monthly foodstamps benefit was about $100…