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Wall Street Journal: What's Lurking in Your Tap Water?

As detection technology improves, utilities are finding more contaminants in water systems. Earlier this year, media reports of trace amounts of pharmaceuticals in water across the country drew attention from U.S. senators and environmental groups, who are now pushing for regulation of these substances in water systems. Of particular concern, experts say, are the endocrine disrupting compounds such as
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those found in birth-control pills, mood-stabilizers and other drugs -- which are linked to birth defects in wildlife. Also alarming are antibiotics, which if present in water systems, even in small amounts, could contribute to the rise of drug-resistant strains of bacteria. Many pharmaceuticals taken by humans are excreted into urine, or are flushed intentionally down the toilet. Even though wastewater is treated, trace amounts of the drugs are often not eliminated.

Reuters: Ingredients in Cosmetics Linked to Reproductive System Damage

The report cites research linking smoking to attempts by women and girls
to control their weight. It notes that some ingredients in U.S. cosmetics,
such as hair sprays and nail polishes, contain phthalates that have been
shown to cause liver and reproductive system damage in animals.

Washington Post: Gum Disease May Serve as the Body's Warning System

The way to a person's heart is through his stomach, the adage goes. But
researchers now think the way to a healthy heart might be through your
gums and teeth. Evidence suggests the healthier they are, the stronger
and less disease-prone the heart is. If you don't floss or brush, you might
be setting yourself up not just for gum disease but also for heart disease.
The link between what's happening in your mouth and in the rest of your
body goes further still: Gum disease might be a kind of early warning
system, with poor oral health linked to diabetes, kidney disease, preterm
labor, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease and even certain types of cancer.

Washington Post: What if Animal Fats Are Actually Good for You?

Fallon's definition of "real" is vastly different from what many Americans
who consider themselves health-conscious might describe. She advocates
butter on bread "so thick you can see teeth marks in it," plenty of meat
and unpasteurized, or raw, milk.  Those are foods recommended by Price,
a Cleveland dentist who traveled the world studying primitive diets. His
1939 book, "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration," concluded that a diet
high in the vitamins found in animal fats and untouched by "modern"
innovations such as refined flour, sugar and chemically preserved foods
was the key to preventing chronic disease and tooth decay. For years,
these ideas were "as fringe as you could get, as politically incorrect as y
you could get," says Fallon, 60. "All of a sudden, people are listening."

Science Mag:"Bystander Effect" Hints at Dangers of Low-Dose Radiation

That lead apron you wear during a dental x-ray is supposed to protect the
rest of you from radiation. But it may not work very well, according to a
new study. When cancer-prone mice were placed in lead containers and
irradiated on the lower half of their bodies, they developed brain tumors.
The results suggest radiation could be riskier than scientists thought.

Asian News International: Why Daughters Are Rarely Like Their Mothers

The relationship between a mother and her daughter relationship can be
difficult to understand, even though they have the same genetic material.
Now, a new Northwestern University study has shown how this happens in
yeast cells. The research team has discovered a new mechanism for cell
fate determination - how one cell, the daughter, becomes dramatically
different from the mother, even though they have the same genetics . . .