Tampons, which are used by millions of women, may carry “alarming” amounts of toxic metals including lead, arsenic and cadmium, a study by academics in the United States has warned.
The findings by a team of researchers led by Jenni A Shearston at the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley) are especially concerning because of the vagina’s greater capacity for absorbing chemicals compared with other parts of the body, experts said. Read More...
Activist Andrew Holmes has worked for years to build a safer community free of gun violence, and people wonder about his family, including his son.
Andrew Holmes is a well-known community activist and politician from Indianapolis, Chicago.
He works for families impacted by gun violence and aims to build a safe community and homes for children.
However, in 2015, his own family was subject to harrowing violence in the neighborhood. Read More...
After seeing so many bad baby names lately, I thought I’d share the worst I’ve heard in a while. Unfortunately this person is related to me, distantly thank goodness. My somehow somewhere down the line cousin named her baby boy [name]Jathan[/name]. Yep. [name]Just[/name] like [name]Nathan[/name] BUT with a J. Let’s all marvel it its uniqueness… Alright that’s enough. Yep, when he tells people his name is [name]Jathan[/name], they’ll just assume he’s [name]Jason[/name] with a really bad lisp. Read More...
