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Is There An Easy Way To Be Happier? One Company’s Marketing Survey Says Yes And It Might Not Be Bullshit

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

Is There An Easy Way To Be Happier? One Company’s Marketing Survey Says Yes And It Might Not Be Bullshit
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The Overlooked Wellness Hacks Might Be The Best Ones:

Every once in awhile, you find a piece of info that doesn’t arrive the way you’d think.

Especially if it’s about something you take for granted or is sitting in your blind spot.

This time around, the start of it doesn’t come from a study, but instead a marketing campaign or stunt designed to sell more drink powder.

-Which would normally raise strongly-worded questions.

But the results of their survey might accidentally be worthwhile…

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Microplastics In Your Water. Another Chapter In The Plastic Bottle Mystery Series That Started With BPA

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

Microplastics In Your Water. Another Chapter In The Plastic Bottle Mystery Series That Started With BPA
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Microplastic Menace; In The Quantum Realm!:

File this update as another case of, “Well, we thought it was safe because…”

A short while ago, we found a study that showed people were right to be cautious about plastic water bottles.

Not only did they have BPA in them before.

But that recent study found after awhile, they can leach between 300-500 different chemicals into the water that’s in them.

In many cases, this was even true of reusable bottles that had been put through the dishwasher.

The detergent alone introduced another 3500 chemicals into them, too.

But now Columbia & Rutgers teams are showing us we have a different problem…

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Plastic Bottles & Water: Even Reusable Plastic Bottles Leach Hundreds Of Chemicals Into Your Drink

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry

Plastic Bottles & Water: Even Reusable Plastic Bottles Leach Hundreds Of Chemicals Into Your Drink
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Weird Plastic Bottle Chemicals End Up In Your Water:
A little while ago, there was a big fuss about plastic water bottles.

The problem people pointed-out, was from a chemical called BPA.

This chemical can behave like the hormone Estrogen in some cases.

Well everyone got upset about it, especially people who found out it was in baby bottles.

And slowly but surely, plastic bottles with BPA in them got phased out.

Now we all know Jason Momoa recently got so upset at single-use plastic bottles that he shaved his head.

After this post, he’s going to have to find something else to shave…

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Science Finds Out That You Actually Are Made Out Of Stardust! (Superstars & Comets, Too)

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Noise, Thinking Out Loud

Science Finds Out That You Actually Are Made Out Of Stardust! (Superstars & Comets, Too)
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And Now For Something Completely-Different:
Let’s get weird for a sec.

I know we can all get caught up in the day-to-day, chore-like subsistence very easily.

And it’s also easy to get distracted from life itself by the little digital devil on your shoulder; that infinite social-addiction we call “smart”-phones.

But a recent cosmic discovery is another reminder of how special each and every one of us is.

But first, a little history…

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Video: Doctor Ken Jeong Answers The Internet’s Most Pressing Medical Questions

Filed Under: Disease, Featured, Video, Vitamins/Supplements

Video: Doctor Ken Jeong Answers The Internet’s Most Pressing Medical Questions


And Now For Something Completely Different:
Somehow in their infinite-power, Wired has managed to wrangle the best doctor ever to answer some health questions.

“The Hangover”-series crazy-man, Ken Jeong!

And although he’s a bit more serious here than in his roles as Mister Chow, or Ben Chang on cult-hit TV-show “Community”, he’s still a lot of fun…

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Video: ASAPScience Answers Internet Daredevil Question, “How Much Of Something Will Kill You?”

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Noise, Stupid Health Tricks, Video

Video: ASAPScience Answers Internet Daredevil Question, “How Much Of Something Will Kill You?”


[to which some YT-er will post the inevitable response-vid saying, “Hey Y’all, Watch This!!”]

-Ever wonder how much of something, harmless or not, that it would take to kill you?

Well from Mercury, to Polonium, Coffee, Alcohol, Water, Dehydration, Salt, Lack of Oxygen, Cherry Pits, Altitude, Height, Chocolate Bars, Marijuana, …

ASAPScience breaks out the numbers to answer your burning questions…

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Germaphobe? Feeling Sluggish? -Rolf Halden Gives Us A Good Scare About Antibacterial Soaps On Leonard Lopate

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Disease

Germaphobe? Feeling Sluggish? -Rolf Halden Gives Us A Good Scare About Antibacterial Soaps On Leonard Lopate
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So in a surprisingly-functional proposed ruling set to take effect in 2016, the FDA seems poised to +/-ban antibacterial soaps that show no definite efficacy over the average bear.

-Especially those that contain Triclosan and Triclocarban.

In this spot from the Leonard Lopate Show, Leonard interviews ASU Global Sustainability professor Dr. Rolf Halden on the subject and the revelations are pretty surprising.

It turns out these 50’s-era antimicrobials not only work by disrupting the microorganisms, but they also disrupt…

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So, -Happy Fish Then?? EPA Finds More Drugs In The Water Than We Thought

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Other, Sex, Meds, Rock n Roll

So, -Happy Fish Then?? EPA Finds More Drugs In The Water Than We Thought
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(previous shenanigans aside for the moment)

A new but familiar-sounding assessment, this time by the EPA, of 50 wastewater treatment facilities has found a bit more drugs in the water than anyone previously measured.

More than half of the drugs they tested for were found still present in the wastewater even after processing.

 
And several of them are high enough in max concentration to be mandated for additional study…

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