New, ‘interactive’ print ads fight for your attention (USA Today) The Web has an unlikely new rival when it comes to "interactive" advertising: magazine pages. [News Source]

Sustainable Living: Improving the efficiency of water use. Westerners seem to take water for granted on this sparkling blue planet. Yet less than three thousandths of 1 percent of all fresh water is available to us humans. [News Source]

Out of algae, a green idea. Big plastic bags of bubbling green water hang from metal stands outside the Sunflower Electric Power Cooperative generating station. [News Source]

Retail revolution to battle obesity. Off-licences, betting shops and tanning salons should make way for greengrocers in a bid to tackle the nation's obesity epidemic, Scotland's Public Health Minister said last night. [News Source]

DSM rises on back of increased forecast (Financial Times) Shares in DSM , the world’s largest producer of vitamins, rose by 3.8 per cent on Thursday after the company increased its full-year profit forecast and announced a stock buy-back. [News Source]

Halina Hladysz: Two berries with great medicinal properties (Rapid City Journal) My husband and I developed a tradition in our home. When our grandchildren are done eating a meal, they get supplements especially designed for children — chewable vitamins with minerals and antioxidants. Recently, in preparation for the school year and for prevention from colds and flu, we incorporated an herbal combination — [News Source]

Whole Foods Market to Promote Benefits of Natural Cosmetics (Progressive Grocer) SEPTEMBER 28, 2007 -- AUSTIN, Texas -- Whole Foods Market here said it will focus on natural makeup during the month of October to help educate consumers about the benefits of cosmetics with natural ingredients, minerals, and vitamins. [News Source]

Study: city kids vulnerable to osteoporosis (Hindustan Times via Yahoo! India News) Almost 90 per cent of Delhi school students are deficient in Vitamin D, making them vulnerable to osteoporosis, commonly known as brittle bones, says a study conducted by doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and published in the American Journal of Medicine. [News Source]

Tainted marshes yield fewer alligator eggs. Alligators living in marshes ridden with pesticides hatch only about half as many eggs as alligators in more pristine marshes, according to a new study. [News Source]

Education, wealth have different effects on health. The more educated you are, the less likely you are to become chronically ill or disabled, but the amount of money you make plays a bigger role in whether your illness progresses, a new study shows. [News Source]

Obesity fuelling a ‘diabetes epidemic’ with 70,000 new cases in a year. Campaigners in England renewed warnings of a diabetes epidemic yesterday after figures showed the number of patients with the condition shot up by 70,000 last year. [News Source]

Fattening carbs - some promote obesity and worse. Consumption of the wrong carbs can spur the development of body fat, even with no gain in weight. [News Source]