17 h. ago Ingredient red flags: how to spot the chemicals to avoid in food, kitchenware and cosmetics

Should your makeup be fragrance-free? Is it time to purge your kitchen of plastic? Are all food dyes dangerous? These are the everyday ingredients that could be harming your health‘Far from being a rock or island it turns out that the best metaphor to describe the human body is ‘sponge’. We’re permeable,” write Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie in their book Slow Death By Rubber Duck: The Secret Danger of Everyday Things. While the permeability of our cells is key to being alive, it also means we absorb more potentially harmful substances than we realise.Studies have found a number of chemical residues in human breast milk, urine and water systems. Many of them are endocrine disruptors, which can interfere with the body’s natural hormones. “They can mimic, block or otherwise disrupt normal hormone function, leading to adverse health effects,” says Dr Shanna Swan, professor of environmental medicine and reproductive health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York. We (often...

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26 h. ago Police scrambled to 'body' in River Mersey find something very different

Police say the call for concern was with 'good intent'

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44 h. ago Body of missing man found in truck revealed by Lake Powell's low water level

Low water levels brought on by years of drought have revealed a submerged pickup truck containing human remains at Lake Powell near the Arizona-Utah border

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62 h. ago ‘Most tattooed man’s' 'excruciatingly painful’ transformation as ink removed

One man's body was once 95% covered by tattoos, earning him the title of 'most tattooed man' before one moment changed his life forever, and forced him to start eight years of treatments

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69 h. ago Police issue update after man's body found in North Wales dock near Caernarfon Castle

The body was found in the area of water known as Victoria Dock near Caernarfon Castle early on Tuesday morning, and a major emergency services operation was launched

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2 d. ago Burning Man homicide victim pictured after he was 'found dead in a pool of blood'

The man's body was found at Burning Man festival after 9pm local time on Saturday, August 30 "lying on the ground" in a pool of blood, the sheriff's office said

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2 d. ago Burning Man homicide victim named after he was 'found dead in a pool of blood'

The man's body was found at Burning Man festival after 9pm local time on Saturday, August 30 "lying on the ground" in a pool of blood, the sheriff's office said

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3 d. ago Foot model selling 'stinky' trainers 'run over by client she wouldn't let smell feet'

The woman's upper body was bruised and she suffered a friction burn, before the man tried to book a room in the same hotel he fled from.

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4 d. ago Neighbor realizes he unwittingly helped murderer dispose body after being told it was 'hockey mannequin', police say

Christopher Caron (pictured), 42, was charged with murder after he allegedly tricked his neighbors into helping him move a dead body by telling them it was a 'hockey mannequin'.

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4 d. ago Man's body found in Nepal jungle after 'tiger mauling' sparking search for head

Krishna Prasad Sharma was found dead after his family raised the alarm when he did not return from a trip into the Adhabhar forest on a scooter to collect food for his cattle

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4 d. ago Above the Knee review – man struggles with body integrity dysmorphia in gory amputation horror

A man grapples with an overwhelming desire to remove his leg in a lingering psychological interrogation from Norwegian film-maker Viljar BøeNorwegian director Viljar Bøe has been hacking out an interesting niche for himself in the horror genre, specialising in a variety grounded more in psychology than supernatural jiggery pokery. For example, Good Boy from 2022 revolved around a man and his “dog” (who is obviously a guy in a dog costume) acting like a mutt at all times. Similarly, his new feature features a character called Amir (Freddy Singh) with a psychological fixation that’s so unusual he feels he must keep it a secret from his girlfriend and all acquaintances: he has body integrity dysphoria (BID), which in his case means he has an overwhelming desire to amputate his left leg even though there’s nothing physically wrong with it.Amir lives with his super-nice, cheerful girlfriend Kim (Julie Abrahamsen) in hyper-tolerant, Scandi-socialist quasi-utopia Norway, so when he drunken...

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4 d. ago Primary school teacher horrified to find bizarre dead body part under public toilet

A small Japanese village was shook by a body found dead in the cess pit of the toilet. The man was so filfthy he had to be cleaned up twice before he could be identified.

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5 d. ago Retired vicar used scissors to carry out extreme body modification surgery

Geoffrey Baulcomb was friends with 'Eunuch Maker' Marius Gustavson

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5 d. ago Man 'drives dead body to hospital car park before telling staff and running away'

Christopher Caron, 42, is accused of driving a black Honda Civic to the South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Massachusetts, with a man's body in the backseat last Saturday

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5 d. ago Burning Man festivalgoer found dead in pool of blood as cops launch murder probe

The body of a man was found at the Burning Man festival over Labor Day weekend, prompting a homicide investigation and adding to a long list of tragedies at the event this week

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6 d. ago Sadistic crimes of the 'Brookyln Vampire': How 'Grey Man' cannibal serial killer strangled girl, 10, then wrote to her mother revealing which body parts he had cooked and eaten

He not only murdered, but mutilated and cannibalised children, leaving a trail of letters and confessions that shocked even seasoned detectives.

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6 d. ago Body discovered in River Thames after search for missing man

Body discovered in River Thames after search for missing man  This Is Local London

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7 d. ago Brit tourist dead in Benidorm after getting stuck in sea as search for two others goes on

Spanish police confirmed the 31-year-old Brit got into difficulty during a late-night dunk with pals. Coastguards were mobilised but were unable to locate the man until his body washed up along the shoreline.

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7 d. ago Man injured in horror XL Bully attack on Scots road as police race to scene

A man sustained injuries to his face and body after being attacked by the XL bully type dog.

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8 d. ago Man who tattooed 95 per cent of his body reveals what he looks like after painful surgery to remove them

Leandro de Souza, who resides in the Brazilian border city of Bagé next to Uruguay, once held the title of Brazil 's most tattooed man. But he now looks unrecognisable after getting 170 removed.

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