Rural drivers using cell phones while driving are nearlyfour times more likely to cause automobile accidents thanrural drivers not using cell phones. Especially if you livein the country, you should hang up and concentrate on theroad. This is a puzzling statistic, because there is muchless traffic on country roads than there in big cities.
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For the first time, researchers have found a link betweenpregnant women’s exposure to a common type of plastics andadverse effects on genital development in their malechildren. And babies still aren’t safe after they’re born:the bottles used to feed infants or the containers holdingleftovers in the refrigerator can cause them serious harm.One researcher says, “The science is clear and the findingsare not just scary, they are horrific. When you feed a babyout of a clear, hard plastic bottle, it’s like giving him abirth control pill.”
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