Studies Examine Nutrition Links to Prostate Cancer (RedNova) By DELTHIA RICKS Newsday Two large, unrelated studies last week renewed the focus on prostate health and nutrition, raising questions about vitamin supplements and a pigmented compound in tomatoes that colors the fruit red. [News Source]

Going green. Environmental movement catching on with restaurants, whether it means serving an organic menu, cutting down on electricity consumption or pushing recycling initiatives. [News Source]

Scientists help Walpole band probe health troubles. A scientific team is working with the band to get a grip on the cancer cases. Many band members drink bottled water. And industries that once sustained the band -- fishing, hunting, trapping and wetland tours -- are overshadowed by health and environmental fears. [News Source]

Climate change is food for thought. Australia's dietary guidelines may need to be modified in response to climate change, says one of the country's leading health experts. [News Source]

Obesity epidemic spinning out of control. NSW residents are getting fatter despite improvements in diet, exercise and alcohol consumption, prompting health experts to warn it will be decades before the obesity epidemic is under control. [News Source]

Food scares help China’s nascent organic market. Fish could give you cancer, snails meningitis and baby milk may kill your children--barely a day goes by without some new food horror story in China. This is helping drive sales in another, though still tiny, food sector in China--organic produce. [News Source]

Caution: Some soft drinks may seriously harm your health. Research from a British university suggests a common preservative found in drinks such as Fanta and Pepsi Max has the ability to switch off vital parts of DNA. [News Source]

E211 revealed: evidence highlights new fear over drinks additive. The row over artificial preservatives and flavourings in our foodstuffs has raged long and hard. Now the 'IoS' discloses how one substance may cause damage similar to alcohol abuse. [News Source]

Plantation workers look for justice in the North. For the first time, a U.S. jury will have the chance to weigh the accusation that Dole Food Co. knowingly used a pesticide manufactured by Dow Chemical Co. that sterilized workers in Latin America three decades ago. [News Source]

Scientists: EPA chemical screening program flawed. Scientists say the Bush administration is developing a chemical testing program on endocrine disruption that favors the chemical industry when it comes to judging whether certain substances in the environment might cause cancer, infertility, or harm to babies in the womb. [News Source]