In seven years of environmental detective work for the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, Bob Ankenbauer says, he never saw anything as alarming as the abandoned APF Industries chemical lab littered with open jars of acid and cyanide. ...more

October 24, 2009

To avoid Alzheimer's disease, exercise the brain with thinking games such as chess and the board game Axis and Allies. As shown via brain scans, certain poisons such as dye are very bad for the brain cells. Alzheimer's disease is mainly caused by the death of brain cells slowly as we age, but faster if we ingest certain poisons such as artificial coloring or taste. The worst of all is dye, as in artificial color. Dye kills brain cells as was indicated in a TV show on the brain. Why our uncaring government has not passed a law prohibiting artificial color in processed foods and meat or red cherries used in ice cream and drinks, I can only guess. Dye in foods is big business although the only reason for using it is looks; a completely stupid reason. ...more

March 27, 2009

That piece of fruit or vegetable you're grabbing at the supermarket may be pretty and shiny, but don't let that fool you. Powerful poisons are sprayed on it and tons of other fruit. That poison usually dissipates to safe levels by the time it gets to your hands, but not so always for the hands that pick it in the fields. ...more

August 4, 2008

We still don't know who mailed the anthrax that killed seven people in 2001, but eyebrow-raising developments continue to happen. ...more

July 9, 2008

The government imposed new restrictions Thursday on some of the biggest-selling rat poisons, citing the danger they pose to children, pets and wildlife. ...more

May 30, 2008

There's a modest storefront at 1800 Drew St. that might give the casual observer the impression the business is there to sell T-shirts. There are golf and T-shirts inside, and a sign out front reads: "USA Financial Retail Store." ...more

May 21, 2008

CLEARWATER - The Federal Trade Commission today announced the results of Operation Tele-Phoney, which the agency described as the largest telemarketing investigation in history. The effort involved cooperation with Canada, federal authorities involved with the investigation said at a webcast press conference in Washington this morning. ...more

May 20, 2008

The U.S. government does not conduct surprise inspections of laboratories handling the world's most dangerous organisms and poisons, but regulators said Thursday that they may change their tactics. ...more

October 5, 2007

American laboratories handling the world's deadliest germs and toxins have experienced more than 100 accidents and missing shipments since 2003, and the number is increasing as more labs do the work. ...more

October 3, 2007