52 m. 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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2 h. ago Chiefs draw more fans in Brazil but some supporters disappointed Taylor Swift nowhere to be seen

The Kansas City Chiefs’ red and white dominated in the stands at NeoQuimica Arena on Friday night during their season-opening game against the Los Angeles Chargers

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4 h. ago 'Best hotel in the world' with infinity pool, hot tubs and swim

A hotel in Mexico has been called 'heaven on earth' thanks to its luxury setting and has been awarded the 'best in the world' - and it's easily accessible thanks to TUI,

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4 h. ago ANDREW PIERCE: The Red Queen may have departed but the Left will still control the Budget via a trio of radicals who subscribe to the mantra: Squeeze the rich 'until the pips squeak'

The truth is that yesterday's resignation of deputy prime minister Angela Rayner does not signal the end of the hard-Left's influence over the Prime Minister. Far from it.

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6 h. ago Scotland reaction: Steve Clarke tells it straight on bravery, has say on red card call and makes 'burst' claim

Head coach says he is paid to make big decisions like ones that paid off in Denmark

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7 h. ago Mystery of 70ft sea monster which washed up on Welsh beach finally solved

Beachgoers were left stunned after noticing the massive creature had washed up on Ceft Sidan Beach in Wales - with experts confirming it to be the second biggest animal on earth

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7 h. ago Solid Scotland make huge World Cup point but stubborn Steve Clarke still raises eyebrows – five talking points

The team selection was questioned but a clean sheet and a point in Copenhagen is not to be sniffed at

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9 h. ago Ryan Reynolds blasted for being 'rude' to a child on the red carpet

Ryan Reynolds has been slammed by fans for his 'condescending' manner towards a child on the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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11 h. ago As reshuffles go, this was more akin to rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic: JASON GROVES

Politics is about to get much tougher for Keir Starmer.

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11 h. ago Yuki Tsunoda's F1 career in doubt as Red Bull boss refuses to answer ominous question

Yuki Tsunoda's future with Red Bull is in the balance and the Japanese driver is fighting for his place on the 2026 grid after Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies refused to offer any assurances

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11 h. ago Yuki Tsunoda's F1 career in doubt after what Red Bull boss refused to say at Italian GP

Red Bull have to decide who will partner Max Verstappen in the 2026 Formula 1 season with Yuki Tsunoda having struggled for results and Isack Hadjar shining at Racing Bulls

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12 h. ago Joao Almeida wins Vuelta stage 13 atop mythical Angliru as Jonas Vingegaard keeps overall lead

The Portuguese rider conquered one of the Vuelta’s most fearsome climbs, with the battle for the red jersey increasingly looking like a two-horse race

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12 h. ago 'I went to dinner with David and Victoria Beckham – her behaviour would surprise people'

Wayne Rooney spent six years as David Beckham's international team-mate as the Red Devils icon had quite the experience when visiting Madrid to have dinner with the Inter Miami co-owner

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12 h. ago 'Alien ship' hurtling towards Earth has 'hidden friend' that may crash into Mars

A Harvard apace boffin has defied the consensus of his peers to insist a giant unidentified mass hurtling through space towards Earth could be an extraterrestrial space vehicle

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13 h. ago Abby Dow and England near record territory as Australia search for upset

Red Roses hoping to extend winning streak to 30 games while Wallaroos hunt for spot in quarter-finalsNothing the Red Roses do is boring. Those are the words of the centre Tatyana Heard as England head into their final pool match of the Rugby World Cup with the aim of topping the pool and equalling their own world record of consecutive wins. If the heavy favourites come away with a victory against Australia, they will extend their winning streak to 30 games.Their previous 30-match run ended in the 2022 World Cup final loss, which is the last time they were defeated. Discussions in the buildup to this tournament had been around whether it would be beneficial for England to have lost a game between the World Cups to bank a different experience. But that is not the mentality in the Red Roses camp and the defence coach Sarah Hunter says the current run of victories has not been brought up. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Asia will get a prime view of this weekend's total lunar eclipse

The year's second total lunar eclipse is coming up fast, and this time Asia will have the best seats in the cosmos

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13 h. ago ‘Humanity is facing a reckoning’: Venice shrugs off the glamour to take aim at politics

Stars waved as usual from the city’s water taxis, but there was a repeated focus on films that help audiences interpret a chaotic worldFor most of its 82 years, Venice has been perceived as the world’s most glamorous film festival. This year was no exception: stars including Julia Roberts, Cate Blanchett, Jude Law and George Clooney dutifully waved from canals and trooped down red carpets (although Law tripped while on a water taxi and Clooney got ill).But the films themselves struck a different note. Jury president Alexander Payne may have rebutted questions about current affairs during his opening press conference, declaring himself concerned only with discussing cinema, but cinema at Venice this year was concerned largely, it turned out, with discussing current events. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Red Bull boss makes ‘crazy’ assertion on 2026 engine project with Ford

For the first time in two decades in Formula 1, Red Bull will become an engine manufacturer next year

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14 h. ago Inside the gun absolutists’ bold plot to repeal one of America’s strongest firearms laws

Gun Owners of America, which sees the NRA as soft, has the National Firearms Act in its sights – and it’s ready for battleBefore Donald Trump had even won last year’s presidential election, Gun Owners of America, one of the country’s most aggressive second amendment champions, saw an opportunity to use the coming budget bill to overturn one of the country’s core gun laws. Their target: the National Firearms Act.Passed in 1934 in response to gangster-era crime, the NFA imposed registration and a $200 tax on machine guns, silencers, and short-barreled rifles and shotguns. The tax roughly equaled nearly $5,000 back then, acting as a de facto ban for most would-be buyers. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago The departure of Labour's Red Queen threatens a new era of instability for Starmer

Politics is about to get much tougher for Keir Starmer.

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