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NASA Recommends A Simple Solution To Radiation: Take A Vitamin

March 21, 2011

To mitigate the effects of radiation on astronauts, doctors advise a simple measure: Take a vitamin pill. Along with the anti-radiation drug potassium iodide, scientists recommend a vitamin pill to plug any nutritional deficiencies in the Recommended Dietary Allowance, a standard established by the U.S. National Academy Sciences in 1941. “There are ways to greatly modify the radiation response,” says Ann Kennedy, head of the NASA-backed National Space Biomedical Research Institute’s Radiation Effects Team....

Toxic Chemicals Found in Nearly All Pregnant U.S. Women

January 15, 2011

By Michael Muracco

Toxic Chemicals Found in Nearly All Pregnant U.S. Women

The bodies of virtually all pregnant women across the United States carry multiple toxic chemicals. Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco detected some chemicals banned since the 1970s and others used in common products such as non-stick cookware, processed foods and personal care products. The study by the UCSF research team marks the first time that the number of chemicals to which U.S. pregnant women are exposed has been counted. The researchers...