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Pharmacists vs. Health Food Store Employees: Who Gives Better Advice?
The accuracy of medical advice given by staff at natural food stores is compared to...
Dangerous Advice from Health Food Store Employees
Employees in natural food stores have been caught giving advice that is not only scientifically...
Bad Advice from Health Food Store Employees
Most health food store supplement aisle employees have little or no training and make wildly...
Health Food Store Supplement Advice
Studies in the U.S. and Canada focus on what advice and supplements natural food store...
Which Brand of Tuna Has the Most Mercury?
In a survey of three national brands of tuna in the United States, most cans...
Nerves of Mercury
Studies of the neurobehavioral toxicity of mercury on children suggest that no level of mercury...
Hair Testing for Mercury before Considering Pregnancy
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Red Fish, White Fish; Dark Fish, Atrial Fibrillation
The consumption of dark fish (such as salmon, swordfish, bluefish, mackerel, and sardines) may increase...
A Fine Kettle of Fluoxetine
Excreted pharmaceutical drugs, such as Prozac, can end up polluting our waterways, and may bioaccumulate...
Amnesic Seafood Poisoning
There's a rare toxin, called domoic acid, that can turn up in tuna and other...
SAD States: Standard American Diet State-By-State Comparison
The Standard American Diet is worsening, and falls far from the CDC goals for minimal...
