A NEW STUDY REVEALS...

WEEK 1





Pet Birds Blamed for Lung Cancer - "People who keep birds are more likely to develop lung cancer, doctors in Holland have found ... People who have kept birds at one time or another are seven time more likely to get lung cancer than people who have never kept birds ... It may be that continuous bird keeping is as likely to cause lung cancer as continuous smoking."

The Independent, 18th November, 1988


The Tragedy of Slipping on Soap Cannot Continue! - American safety activists have demanded safety ropes in all local shower baths.

The Carolina Critic, 5[4], 12th October, 1991


Food Mixers and Vacuum Cleaners Linked to Cancer - "Common household appliances such as food mixers and hair dryers send out enough electromagnetic radiation to induce cancer, coronary heart disease, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, according to a report leaked yesterday."

Irish Times, 10th April, 1990


Long Cooking a Cancer Risk - "Frying or barbecuing meat, chicken of fish produces potentially cancer-causing substances [according to the] United States National Cancer Institute".

The Daily Telegraph, 18th May, 1991


Nintendinitis - "Michelle LaBruzzy, a 17-year -old in Michigan, is suing Nintendo after developing an inflamed thumb from playing her home video game too much. She claims that her 'Nintendinitis' prevents her writing and interferes with school work."

The Carolina Critic, 5[4], 15th October, 1991


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