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Consumer alert: Popular air fresheners found to contain toxic chemical Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Walgreens pulls its air freshener products According to the NRDC, the air freshener products with the highest levels of detectable phthalates were walgreens Air Freshener, walgreens Scented Bouquet, and Ozium Glycolized Air Sanitizer. walgreens has since pulled its air freshener products from its shelves, apparently out of this newly revealed health concern. Four consumer advocacy groups (and environmental groups) are now filing a petition with the EPA and Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), calling for the agency to start testing air freshener products for this toxic chemical.

Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs Melody Petersen See book keywords and concepts

All over the city of Des Moines and its suburbs, the walgreens pharmacies were rising. Workers had recently constructed more than a half dozen red-brick walgreens drugstores, most of them on the high-priced prime corner lots that had long been home to gas stations. Someone driving across Des Moines on University Avenue in 2005 would spot three or more of these sprawling new pharmacies. The walgreens stores sold everything from liquor to laundry soap, but 64 percent of their total sales came from the pills dispensed at the counter in the back.

Disease Economy: How the United States economy runs on "treating" chronic disease Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Retailers like walgreens have mastered the art of selling products on both sides of the equation. At the front of the store, walgreens sells junk food products, soft drinks, candy and a lot of food that really has no nutrition. At the back of the store, they sell prescription drugs -- drugs that treat the symptoms of diseases that are ultimately caused by people's poor dietary choices and their consumption of junk food. walgreens has really mastered this. They will sell you the problem and the treatment, all in the same store.

Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs Melody Petersen See book keywords and concepts

Someone driving across Des Moines on University Avenue in 2005 would spot three or more of these sprawling new pharmacies. The walgreens stores sold everything from liquor to laundry soap, but 64 percent of their total sales came from the pills dispensed at the counter in the back. In 2005 walgreens opened drugstores in America at the rate of one every day. It now had more drugstores than Domino's had pizza kitchens. And it had not stopped its expansion with Des Moines.

Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry Stacy Malkan See book keywords and concepts

The tests found phthalates in a baby's teething ring made by Prestige Brands, a Goldberger's Fuzzy Fleece Baby doll and a yellow rubber ducky sold at walgreens.19 In the absence of federal leadership, some US states are acting on their own. California, New York and Maryland introduced legislation to ban phthalates from toys or cosmetics in the 2004-2006 legislative sessions. The chemical industry lobbied extensively against the bills, and none passed. But the push for protective laws continues.

Disease Economy: How the United States economy runs on "treating" chronic disease Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

At the back of the store, they sell prescription drugs -- drugs that treat the symptoms of diseases that are ultimately caused by people's poor dietary choices and their consumption of junk food. walgreens has really mastered this. They will sell you the problem and the treatment, all in the same store. One reason walgreens is so incredibly successful as a business is because it has mastered the art of selling products to consumers as part of the disease economy. It is a flagship company of the disease economy, perhaps even more so than pharmaceutical companies.

Consumer alert: Popular air fresheners found to contain toxic chemical Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Why was walgreens selling products if it didn't know what was in them? And what about retailers like Wal-Mart, Costco and Sam's Clubs? Aren't they also aware that many of their consumer products contain cancer-causing chemicals? The sad truth is that most brand-name consumer products contain at least one toxic chemical, and that's true for food as much as it is for home care products.

The big vitamin scare: American Medical Association claims vitamins may kill you (opinion) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

I would personally never take vitamins purchased at common retailers such as Wal-Mart or walgreens. I only recommend and consume vitamins from high-end nutritional supplement companies. Blurring the line to scare consumers But conventional medicine researchers try to blur the line between "junk vitamins" and "quality vitamins" by classifying all nutritional supplements as "vitamins," regardless of what they're really made from. By discrediting a few synthetic chemicals, they can effectively dissuade the masses from taking ANY vitamins, including the good ones.

Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs Melody Petersen See book keywords and concepts

The new walgreens pharmacy was charging the most at $116.69. The most helpful pharmacist, the one behind the counter at Drug Town, suggested I ask the doctor to write a prescription for forty-milligram pills and then cut the tablet in two, allowing an order of fifteen pills, costing $59.09, to last the month through. With construction rampant on Civic Mills, there was a good chance more fast-food restaurants and gas stations would soon be built.

He could drive down to the walgreens at the busy corner of Highway 6 and First Avenue in Coralville, which was staffed with a pharmacist twenty-four hours a day. Iowans needing to refill prescriptions did not even need to park their cars. Drugstores had drive-through windows, where one could pick up a bottle of pills just like a Big Mac. Many people got their pills without ever leaving their homes. They simply pressed a few keys on the Internet or called a toll-free number and had their pills delivered just like a mail-order purchase from Sears or L.L.Bean.

In 2005 walgreens opened drugstores in America at the rate of one every day. It now had more drugstores than Domino's had pizza kitchens. And it had not stopped its expansion with Des Moines. It was staking out property for new stores in Iowa's more rural areas, anyplace where residents took enough prescriptions to meet its corporate goals. Wal-greens' aggressive expansion plan in Iowa and the rest of the country was very much in line with its corporate credo, which reads in part, "We believe that we can get what we go after.

The pills had arrived in a walgreens drugstore package with a form letter signed by local physicians. Given these marketing partnerships among pharmaceutical companies, pharmacies, and physicians, it is plausible that a health care provider shared Jerry's medical history and address with Parke-Davis, the company that was purchased by Pfizer in 2000 and no longer exists independently. Another troubling fact is that Jerry said he received the letter from Parke-Davis in 1996, before Rezulin was approved by the government in January 1997.

Don't Go Shopping for Hair-Care Products Without Me Paula Begoun See book keywords and concepts

Results is now found at Target and walgreens stores, where it was joined several months later by Worthington's Big Hair collection. Most consumers won't notice the change because die-hard Bloomies customers aren't about to shop for their hair-care or skin-care needs at a drugstore. They will most likely continue to assume that any product sold at an upscale store is better than one sold at a drugstore, even if that product is now selling at a drugstore! Other than the shopping experience and location, there is nothing about the Dream Hair line that is superior to the Results or Big Hair lines.

Disease Economy: How the United States economy runs on "treating" chronic disease Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

One reason walgreens is so incredibly successful as a business is because it has mastered the art of selling products to consumers as part of the disease economy. It is a flagship company of the disease economy, perhaps even more so than pharmaceutical companies. Illusions of wealth in the disease economy One of the funniest things about the disease economy is that the consumers who are diseased think they're doing well because they own stocks in the companies selling the products that harm them. This fascinates me.

If it's on a street corner, it's probably going to be a pharmacy -- maybe a new walgreens or CVS Pharmacy or a new drive-through Wal-Mart pharmacy. You even see pharmacies in grocery stores now, because they are so profitable. When you go into grocery stores and look at what's being sold there, you're getting a good look at the economic activity in this country. You mostly see products that promote disease, thanks to their disease-causing ingredients. Of course, the disease economy promotes Big Pharma companies.

Well there's always the Wal-mart and the walgreens. Give me a Snickers bar. If you can't sleep, you can always buy sleeping pills. If you can't wake up in the morning, you can always drink some coffee. It's the disease economy. The disease economy is all around you You're probably participating in it, and if you think you're not, check again, because almost everyone is. It takes an act of great self-determination and courage to extricate oneself from the disease economy and be a productive member of society. It is a rare thing to witness.

Hey, medheads! Here's the new language of the medication population (satire) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The Wall - Short for walgreens, one of the top street corner pharmacies in America. The Wall is where medheads and black boxers go to buy dangerous drugs to treat their fictitious diseases because they've been subjected to spontaneous mass diagnosis. Permission is granted to repost, reprint or reproduce this satire article in its entirety as long as no changes are made and credit is given to the Health Ranger + a link to http://www.NewsTarget.com/012580.html Like to read more health & medical satire by the Health Ranger? Click here for more satire / comedy articles on this site.

Disease Economy: How the United States economy runs on "treating" chronic disease Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

They are no longer customers of walgreens, CVS or the Wal-Mart pharmacy. They are no longer customers of surgeons, physicians, foot specialists or Alzheimer's doctors. This is why I believe there is absolutely no genuine investment in disease prevention in this country. There's really no investment at all, because preventing disease is the last thing that this disease economy wants. How do you make it worthwhile to keep people healthy?

Natural Cures Michael Castleman See book keywords and concepts

The Food and Drug Administration reports that since the 1970s, sales of homeopathic medicines have increased more than 100-fold, thanks in part to the fact that they are now carried at major drugstore chains, including Kmart, Payless, walgreens and Thrifty. Looking at the Evidence For all the controversy homeopathy has generated, it's amazing how few studies have investigated the effects of its medicines. Only about Cuts, scrapes, minor burns: Calendula. Earache or ear infection: Belladonna, Chamomilla, Pulsatilla, Ferrum phos, Heparsulph.

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