This isn't a photo of one of the actual judges from the stories mentioned in this post. But we'll allow it. Man, judges have been busy lately. Mostly dealing with companies that make wobbly claims about their products, or with people claiming that a company makes wobbly claims. Just yesterday, for example, a federal judge ruled that POM Wonderful had gone too far in marketing its pomegranate juice drink as a way to “treat, prevent or reduce the risk of heart disease, prostate cancer or erectile dysfunction." (As a commenter noted on this L.A. Times article, "It just goes to show that you should not take anything for pomegranate.") Also recently: The makers of Oreck vacuum cleaners settled with the Federal Trade Commission over false ... Continue reading →
Enlarge Photographer: B-D-S/iStockphoto.com Breasts are getting bigger and arriving earlier. They're also attracting chemicals and environmental toxins, which are getting passed along in breast milk. Photographer: B-D-S/iStockphoto.com Breasts are getting bigger and arriving earlier. They're also attracting chemicals and environmental toxins, which are getting passed along in breast milk. When writer Florence Williams was nursing her second child, she read a research study about toxins found in human breast milk. She decided to test her own breast milk and shipped a sample to a lab in Germany. What came back surprised her. Trace amounts of pesticides, dioxin and a jet fuel ingredient — as well as high to average levels of flame retardants — were all found in her breast milk. How could something like ... Continue reading →
Enlarge Photographer: B-D-S/iStockphoto.com Breasts are getting bigger and arriving earlier. They're also attracting chemicals and environmental toxins, which are getting passed along in breast milk. Photographer: B-D-S/iStockphoto.com Breasts are getting bigger and arriving earlier. They're also attracting chemicals and environmental toxins, which are getting passed along in breast milk. When writer Florence Williams was nursing her second child, she read a research study about toxins found in human breast milk. She decided to test her own breast milk and shipped a sample to a lab in Germany. What came back surprised her. Trace amounts of pesticides, dioxin and a jet fuel ingredient — as well as high to average levels of flame retardants — were all found in her breast milk. How could something like ... Continue reading →
