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Submitted by David on Mon, 2010-11-01 18:16
BPA officially labelled 'toxic'
In related news, BPA appears to "adversely affect sperm in men"
Prostate Cancer Advocates Circulate Petition to the NFL: As Stadiums and Players Turn Pink This Month, Cancer Advocates Say Great, But Ask Where’s the Blue?
Personally I'd put both the pinkness of October, and this plan as a little silly. What does it actually accomplish?
In Quest for 'Legal High,' Chemists Outfox Law
The legal system versus new drugs
Second World War cartridge in firewood injures elderly Germans
Yeesh... "The live round must have been absorbed inside a growing tree."

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Sarennah

Mon, 2010-11-01 18:56

Whether you think the idea of dressing up as a colour is silly or not, the fact is that it definitely raises awareness (and thus potentially donations) to a disease. Dressing up as blue might seem silly but if it brings up more awareness of the illness and in particular causes men to get symptoms checked out earlier, then it's reaching its goal.