A NEW STUDY REVEALS...WEEK 7The Health Drink Trap - Parents Who Feed Children Fruit Juice Can Stunt Their Growth, Say Experts. Daily Mail, 15th February 1995 Lack of Labels Cause Deaths - Up to 500 people a week are dying prematurely from heart attacks because the public is denied the nutrition information already required on pet food labels, health campaigners for the Coronary Prevention Group claimed yesterday ... deaths (could) be avoided if everyone used explicit packet warnings to help them tailor their diets to the lower fat and sugar guidelines by the Department of Health. The Guardian, 27th March, 1992 Meat Eaters and Alcohol Drinkers Doomed - Within 50 years people who eat red meat or drink alcohol will be ostracized. At social gatherings they will be able to indulge in these unhealthy - nay, barbarous - habits only after seeking the express permission of their disdainful companions. The vegetarian, teetotal majority will have enacted stiff laws to regulate those dangerous substances and will be especially vigilant in protecting the young. Studies will have shown that most carnivores take up their bad habit in childhood, before they can appreciate the force of the arguments against meat. Financial Times, 11th July, 1994 New Gamblings Addicts are Hooked on Lottery - According to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, scratch cards have increased "addictive gambling". They call for a state-run "Gambling Research Unit". Evening Standard, 17th July, 1995 Golf Concern - Tricia Barnett, co-ordinator of Golf Concern, stated on "World No Golf Day": "Golf courses, particularly in developing countries, frequently force people out of their homes and off the land, pollute the environment, and use up valuable national resources." New Statesman 30th April, 1993 Killer Plants for Sale at Garden Centres - The National Poison Unit called for all plants with poisonous leaves or berries to carry a skull and crossbones label [...] TV gardener Geoffrey Smith says, "If it stops just one child being killed or hurt, it will have been justified!" Sunday Express, 31st May, 1992 Halogen Light Poses Cancer Risk - Quartz halogen lamps, increasingly being installed at home and work, may put people at risk of skin cancer, researchers claim. The Times, 10th April, 1990 Dangers in the Potting Shed - According to the Department of Trade and Industry's Consumer Safety Unit figures there are 200,000 accidents in garderns every year. "Hidden danger lurks in the potting shed, with 2,000 gardeners injured by flower pots every year [...] Feet are impaled by forks, eyes are injured by flying twigs from edge trimmers, and 10 people are electrocuted by their lawnmowers [...] Flower pots lead to bruised feet, broken toes and crushed fingers, while spades are responsible for 5,000 accidents a year". The Daily Telegraph, 21st July, 1994 Dressed to Kill: The Link Between Breast Cancer and Bras. - Title of a book listed in The tao of Books Catalogue
The Dangers of Dental Fillings - "...Frightening diseases of unknown aetiology should be part of the picture. An American researcher obligingly claimed that dental amalgams could cause Alzheimer's disease." Form 1994 BBC Panorama: "The Poison in Your Mouth"
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