A NEW STUDY REVEALS...WEEK 2Portable Perils - "The World Health Organization [...] has launched a five-year project [...] to determine whether cellular phones, lawn mowers and other shifty devices have [...] 'health effects such as cancer, changes in behaviour, memory loss, Parkinson's and Alzheimer diseases, AIDS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and many others, including increases in suicide rates'. Terrific: one-stop shopping". Globe and Mail, Tuesday September 24th, 1996 Coffee and Tea ' Are as Bad as Cigs' - Tea, coffee, sugar and alcohol are 'social poison' as bad as cigarettes, a health group (Woman's Nutritional Advisory Service) claimed yesterday." The Sun, 25th March, 1993 TV is Blamed For the Junk-Food Generation - "Television was blamed yesterday for spawning a junk-food generation of children deliberately coaxed away from healthy eating. Slick advertising and promotional gimmicks for fast foods and sweets have helped hold down the standard of children's diets for the past decade, says a new survey ... Education chiefs are now launching a counter-attack to challenge the dominance of the multinationals." Evening Standard, 27th July, 1992 Pickled Food Linked With Throat Cancer - "Eating too many pickled onions increases the risk of throat cancer and a preference for taking very hot soup or drinks as well will increase the risk further." The Independent, 29th May, 1992 Barbecued Meat Can be Linked to Cancer - "Meat fried or barbecued for long periods and at high temperatures produces substances that have induced cancer in several species of animals, including monkeys, a scientist from American National Cancer Institute has reported." The Times, 27th March, 1991 Toast Joins Cancer Danger List Foods - "Mushrooms, pepper, celery, coffee, potatoes and even toast contains substances that can cause cancer, according to a study in the latest issue of the magazine Science ... There are a large number of mutagens (gene-damaging substances) and carcinogens in every meal ..." The Scotsman, 17th September, 1986
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