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		<title>What happens if I eat mold?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/04/17/what-happens-if-i-eat-mold/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2022 12:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Food safety]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A common concern people have is the outcome of eating food that is moldy. This happens when you are not paying attention to what you are eating and suddenly realize that you just ate half a sandwich made with bread that has some mold on it. Then you go &#8220;Oh, crap, I just ate some &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/04/17/what-happens-if-i-eat-mold/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">What happens if I eat mold?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Aderlt Murvie Actas: Testing the Damaged Goods Hypothesis</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/09/01/peer-reviewed-research-about-kakadodo-nothing-to-see-here/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2018 13:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This post was originally published on December 3, 2012. Since it is now fairly old research, it may not be that important, but since I did go through the trouble of writing it, and people took the trouble to comment on it, I see no reason to delete the post. Yet, hpph;r (move your fingers &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/09/01/peer-reviewed-research-about-kakadodo-nothing-to-see-here/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Aderlt Murvie Actas: Testing the Damaged Goods Hypothesis</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>DO NOT PANIC ABOUT PLASTIC IN THE MICROWAVES!!!!</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/08/08/do-not-panic-about-plastic-in-the-microwaves/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2018 18:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Cooking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health and Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[additives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bpa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[microwave]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[OK, there is a report just out that suggests that we are playing too fast and loose with food additives and other chemicals, and that we might want to draw back on some of that. Fine. We should maybe. But I&#8217;ve already seen this report misconstrued, with panic ensued. I&#8217;ve seen people suggest that we &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/08/08/do-not-panic-about-plastic-in-the-microwaves/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">DO NOT PANIC ABOUT PLASTIC IN THE MICROWAVES!!!!</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>NPR: For Every Woman Who Dies In Childbirth In The U.S., 70 More Come Close</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/05/10/npr-for-every-woman-who-dies-in-childbirth-in-the-u-s-70-more-come-close/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2018 14:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Evolutionary Biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health and Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childbirth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[morbidity]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This latest in a series of reports from NPR is out. Over the past year, NPR and ProPublica have been investigating why American mothers die in childbirth at a far higher rate than in all other developed countries. A mother giving birth in the U.S. is about three times as likely to die as a &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/05/10/npr-for-every-woman-who-dies-in-childbirth-in-the-u-s-70-more-come-close/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">NPR: For Every Woman Who Dies In Childbirth In The U.S., 70 More Come Close</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Is Fracking Bad For You?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/03/19/is-fracking-bad-for-you/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 22:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[If that is a question you have, the answer may be in the fifth and current edition (2018) of Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking, by Concerned Health Professionals of NY. You can download it HERE. The report concludes that yes, Fracking is bad for you, and for &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/03/19/is-fracking-bad-for-you/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Is Fracking Bad For You?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why is my poop green?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/10/19/why-is-my-poop-green/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2017 15:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gatorade]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stomach cancer]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As a science blogger, I hear a lot of interesting questions, and this is one of the more interesting questions I&#8217;ve heard in a while. It is, I&#8217;m sure, rather disconcerting to notice that your feces are the color of a corroded penny, and not know why. Or, if your feces are the usual brown &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/10/19/why-is-my-poop-green/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Why is my poop green?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Puerto Rico Disaster Implications: Migrations, Politics, Cholera</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/09/28/puerto-rico-disaster-implications-migrations-politics-cholera/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2017 14:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Cholera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puerto Rico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Severe weather]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Two or three thoughts about the current crisis. When there is a major climate disaster in the US, people move. Since the US is big and has large gaps in population, it looks different than when a disaster happens in some other places. Five million (or more) Syrians leaving the Levant left a major mark &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/09/28/puerto-rico-disaster-implications-migrations-politics-cholera/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Puerto Rico Disaster Implications: Migrations, Politics, Cholera</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Did 13 Reasons Spark A Spike In Suicides?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/07/31/did-13-reasons-spark-a-spike-in-suicides/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2017 22:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[13 reasons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suicide]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We do not know if the airing of &#8220;13 Reasons Why&#8221; caused an increase in suicide or not, and that in and of itself is astonishing. In the world of very advanced techniques for collecting and monitoring data, and in a world that we are led to believe is on the edge of the next &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/07/31/did-13-reasons-spark-a-spike-in-suicides/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Did 13 Reasons Spark A Spike In Suicides?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A vaccine for heroin addiction</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/07/01/a-vaccine-for-heroin-addiction/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2017 14:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heroin addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vaccine]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Since reading this book, and listening to certain episodes of this podcast, I&#8217;ve been thinking about addiction now and then. Today, this came across my desk: I&#8217;ve not read the original article, but it certainly looks interesting. On the other hand it also brings up several difficult questions. Which, I&#8217;m sure, you immediately see.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Here is John Oliver on Vaccines generally and in Minnesota</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/06/27/here-is-john-oliver-on-vaccines-generally-and-in-minnesota/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2017 14:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anti-Vax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Oliver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[measles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vaccine]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The benefits of vaccines far outweigh the minuscule risks, but some parents still question their safety. John Oliver discusses why some people may still feel uncertainty about childhood vaccinations.]]></description>
		
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