A new study shows that burning incense isn't a very healthy aromatherapy alternative. The smoke poses a significant cancer risk particularly in places where it's in abundant supply, like temples and homes in many...
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One person has been found amongst the rubble of the Goodyear Houston Chemical plant after an explosion this morning.Six people were also injured."Scott Baughman, a spokesman for Goodyear, said the employee's body was discovered shortly after 2 p.m. when crews were able to go...
UPDATE: May 19, 8:38 AM EDT Lafayette residents return home after the acid spill from trail derailment is cleaned up.A narrow evacuation perimeter of about 1,000 feet from the derailed train-cars still...
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Air pollution that increases the exposure of small particles to the body may cause blood clots in the leg. This will result in an increase in deep-vien thrombosis, a condition that is similiar to the "economy class...
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A tragic story, especially considering she was only 14."A Japanese teenager has committed suicide by mixing common household cleaners, releasing fumes that made dozens of people sick, officials said.About 100 people in Konan City, in western Japan, fled their homes after...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A plan to move people living in trailers to apartments and hotels because of concerns about formaldehyde fumes will not work and will lead to a "second great displacement" of New Orleans residents, the city's mayor said.You can read current NowPublic...
"Based on reports of fumes emanating from the crater, some scientists actually suspect that the event could have been some kind of geyser-like explosion rather than a meteorite impact."
Chemicals used in flavouring microwave popcorn may have caused the first case of "popcorn lung" (lung cancer from chemical fumes related to microwave popcorn production) in a consumer. The disease is already...
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I actually despise bringing attention to this bit of unhealthy news. Life has it's special pleasures that in someway make everything more bearable. One of those for me (cough) has since childhood (cough) been the...
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"U.S. Terror Attack — 'Ninety Days at Most'
Fox News | August 2, 2007
Counterterrorism expert Juval Aviv spoke with FOX Fan Central about what Americans can do to protect themselves in case of a terror attack.
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Come New Year, thousands of people try to quit smoking. Some fail, some succeed. Having tried giving up with will power, nicotine gum and reading lots of books, feature writer Amy Thurston gives it one last shot with hypnotherapy.
CONCERNED I might leave the room clucking...
"Hotel evacuated after chlorine leak in cellar
At least 15 people were taken to hospital with breathing difficulties after chlorine fumes spread through Hotel L’Empereur in central Maastricht late on Wednesday...
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"More than half of the town of Apex, about 17,500 people, fled their homes Thursday night and early Friday after a chemical fire spewed a toxic cloud across the town, southwest of Raleigh."
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