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Sunscreen ingredient may up skin cancer risk - Times of India


Sunscreen ingredient may up skin cancer risk
Times of India
... of Science and Technology, and his graduate student Qingbo Yang, suggest that when exposed to sunlight, zinc oxide, a common ingredient in sunscreens, undergoes a chemical reaction that may release unstable molecules known as free radicals.

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Abu Qatada could walk free from jail within days - Express.co.uk


Abu Qatada could walk free from jail within days
Express.co.uk
The latest move comes after it was revealed that failing to kick the radical cleric out of Britain has already cost hard-working citizens £3million in legal fees and prison costs. The firebrand, described by a judge as Osama Bin Laden's right-hand man ...

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Testing Antioxidant Power of Foods - Wall Street Journal


Testing Antioxidant Power of Foods
Wall Street Journal
The oxygen radical absorbance capacity, or ORAC test measures the antioxidant activity of foods and is being used by some food and supplement makers in their marketing. Antioxidants protect cells against the damaging effects of free radicals, ...

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Guest Column: Free speech applies to everyone, even those you disagree with - Western Front


Guest Column: Free speech applies to everyone, even those you disagree with
Western Front
I believe the students who go out of their way to bully and belittle the radical Evangelical guy who's been preaching in Red Square are an embarrassment to this college. For a college community that so often prides itself on its tolerance of others, ...

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Bill Cotterell: Careful what you call 'censorship' - Tallahassee.com


Bill Cotterell: Careful what you call 'censorship'
Tallahassee.com
There was a radical book shop on the Tennessee Strip in the 1970s, about where Ken's Tavern is now, where I used to buy the Berkeley Barb, Los Angeles Free Press and a few other lefty journals. One day, I ran into then-state Sen.

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