Suburbanites finally putting energy into energy problems. We suburbanites are lagging behind our neighbors in matters of energy. [News Source]

Plagued by sugar. The most surprising medical aspect of the mouse epidemic is not the worry that doctors have about diseases spread by mice after they have returned from the wheelie bins and are scuttling about between the internal walls. [News Source]

Organic cotton brings hope to north farmers. For Ugandan farmer Alex Okello and his family, growing organic cotton means one thing: no more poverty. [News Source]

Sunbathing and smoking blamed for increase in avoidable cancers. A rapid rise in potentially avoidable cancers linked to "lifestyle factors" such as alcohol, smoking, obesity and exposure to the sun, has been detected by researchers. [News Source]

Modern life pushes up cancer rate. Too much food, alcohol and sun has fuelled a massive rise in some forms of cancer, warn UK experts. Cases of melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, have risen by 40% in the past decade. [News Source]

Some risk linked to plastic chemical. A federal panel finds 'some concern' that exposure to bisphenol A -- an estrogen-like compound in plastic and found in low levels in virtually every human body -- affects brain development in children and infants. [News Source]

Exemptions to help ease burden of mineral and vitamin levels? (Food Production Daily) 09/08/2007 - The European Commission has issued a paper to Member States outlining the next step for the setting of maximum mineral and vitamin levels across the bloc - with many highlighted for exemption on the grounds of no evident safety concerns. [News Source]

Vitamin link to diabetics’ health (Coventry Evening Telegraph) PEOPLE with diabetes suffer from a lack of a vitamin which could be linked to a range of complications, say researchers in Coventry. Experts found diabetics had a far lower concentration of vitamin B1 - also called thiamine - in their blood and that patients "cleared" B1 from the body too quickly. [News Source]

Vitamin breakthrough could cut diabetes deaths (Daily Mail) A drug which could cut diabetics' chances of having heart attacks and strokes is being tested by scientists. The breakthrough follows a study which found diabetics suffer from a lack of vitamin B1 [News Source]