Diet Don't : Popcorn’s deadly butter-vapor diacetyl

A decade after safety concerns were first raised by experts, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducted public hearings on Diacetyl – a chemical widely used to flavor microwave popcorn. The public comment period ended on April 21st. Recent...

Thousands of blank British passports stolen from delivery van in new security...

I suppose, someone giving out the information. This must be done by more than one person. Definitely, an inside job."Thousands of blank British passports have been stolen in a raid on a delivery van.Around 3,000...

Taxi drivers tested for TB Port Alberni BC Canada

Update 12:30 pm By Susan JonesRoutine victims of crime, cabbies did what they could to protect themselves.  Ron Smith General Manager of United Cabs in Port Alberni BC Canada says, "How do you screen an...

Study: Diabetes drug may be preventative (AP)

" The largest diabetes prevention study ever done has found that a drug already used to treat the disease also can help keep "pre-diabetics" from developing it. But many experts say that losing weight and exercising remain a safer, cheaper approach. The drug, rosiglitazone,...

Woman Has Rare Case of Bubonic Plague

The Bubonic Plague, more commonly referred to as the "Black Death," ravaged Europe between the years 1347 and 1350. During this short period, 25 million people (one third of Europe's population at the time) were killed.  Thousands of people died each week and...

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