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Chronic Diseases Are Killing Kids — and Exposure to Chemicals Is Driving the Epidemic

Mercola

According to a major study published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) by the Consortium for Childrens Environmental Health, these diseases now rank among the leading causes of illness and death for young people. Asthma, obesity and even certain childhood cancers now occur far more frequently than they did a few generations ago.

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NC House and Senate bills would raise age for tobacco sales to 21, create permitting system for retailers

NC Health News

He founded the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation in 1996 and began to push for state legislatures to raise the tobacco sales age. But in 2003, a town in Massachusetts raised the sales age for tobacco and nicotine products to 21 years old. By making it a state law, state Alcohol Law Enforcement officials could also enforce it.

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Trump administration health policies may target ultra-processed foods

HEALTHBEAT

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free national newsletter here. For years, the federal government has steered clear of regulating junk food, fast food, and ultra-processed food. The category of food processing and sales companies, which includes Tyson Foods and Nestle SA, tallied $26.7