(Natural News) Parents have a seemingly endless to-do list, and modern conveniences can save a lot of time and hassle. While it’s easy to see the upsides of plastic goods – with their low prices, wide availability, and nearly indestructible nature – all this plastic exposure is compromising our children’s health. Plastic is everywhere, and […]

(Natural News) Do you know what’s really in your child’s diapers? While many parents may like to joke about the terrible things they see and smell while doing cleanup, the truth is that most diapers are “dirty” long before you put them on your kid. New research from a French safety group shows that commercial […]

(Natural News) The pesticide DDT has been banned in the U.S. for more than four decades, but its effects are still being felt by people who were exposed to the once-pervasive chemical – particularly women. A new study spanning 60 years found that women who were exposed to the pesticide DDT at an early age […]

(Natural News) Methane is one of the primary components in natural gas, a common source of fuel in the United States. Science tells us that when methane leaks into the air it absorbs heat from the sun, warming the atmosphere. Theoretically this means that methane released into the atmosphere through natural gas exploration could be […]

(Natural News) “Getting in touch with your wild side” is taking on a whole new meaning, now that we know chimps communicate in an astonishingly “human-like” way. Scientists say that while these clever primates may not be able to speak, their sign language follows many of the same patterns and rules used in human communication. […]

(Natural News) Nights are getting too bright for people to fall and stay asleep, warned South Korean researchers. They found that rising amounts of light pollution cast by artificial outdoor lighting can cause insomnia in older adults, forcing the affected people to take pharmaceutical drugs in futile attempts to improve their sleep. Published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, their […]

(Natural News) Water – and more specifically, clean water – is life. Without it we could not survive, let alone thrive. But drinking more water to improve one’s health is counterproductive when that water is contaminated with dangerous heavy metals like arsenic and lead. A recent Associated Press (AP) investigation has revealed that old, abandoned […]

(Natural News) A recent study from the journal Animal Production Science suggests using medicinal plant extracts to improve organic matter digestion and reduce methane production. Researchers from the University of Pretoria in South Africa led the study. Earlier studies have shown that certain medicinal plants can manipulate the rumen microbial system, which can reduce methane emissions. For […]

(Natural News) An intra-European research team is hard at work designing the newest iteration of “electronic noses.” The final version of their gas sensor will be sensitive enough to detect minute traces of industrial air pollutants in the environment. INITIO is an international research project of the European Union’s Horizon2020 FET-OPEN. Supported by the European Commission with […]

(Natural News) If you ever wondered if there would be real-world consequences for American society caused by Left-wing climate change hoaxers, here you go: Young people are increasingly shunning any effort at all to save for their retirement and old age because lunatic Democrats have convinced them the world is going to end in, like, […]