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Chemicals In Your Food Making You Fat?
If you try to lose weight and it just doesn’t work, could chemicals in your food be to blame? Some people believe chemical compounds called obesogens could be a major factor in making people fat....
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Arsenic & Apple Juice Report Rattles Parents
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — First pediatricians warned us that too much apple juice with its acid and sugar content was putting our kids’ teeth in danger of developing cavities. Now a TV doctor says we should...
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School In Beechview Facing Another Bed Bug Problem
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Beechwood PreK-5 school in Beechview will be treated with pesticides Saturday after school officials say they found a bed bug on a student recently. The same school...
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Home Air Quality: Are Americans Suffocating Themselves?
From apartment buildings towering over crowded urban streets to sprawling, tree-lined colonials situated on open rural roads, the most lovingly tended, pristine home can be harboring enough air-borne...
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Phipps Cuts Down On Pesticide Use By Turning To Bugs
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A lot of people these days are worried about the health effects and risks that chemical pesticides have on the environment. However, there are some insecticides out there that pose...
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Consumer Reports: Avoiding Pesticides In Fruits & Vegetables
http://media.pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/CBSPIT_0204201517481106963AA.mp4 PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — We know that it’s healthy to eat more fruits and vegetables. But a lot of produce contains pesticides. That’s...
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Chemical Companies Respond To Local Family’s Lawsuit
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A local family is targeting major chemical companies, blaming pesticides for leading to a man’s death, and several companies have issued statements in response to the lawsuit....
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Local Family Targets Chemical Companies For Father’s Death
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — In a David and Goliath battle, one local family is taking on the major chemical companies in the United States regarding the manufacture and use of chemical pesticides. Can those...
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City Of Pittsburgh Working To Eliminate Pesticide Use
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Schenley Park is an urban wonder — 456 acres of natural beauty with spectacular views, wooded trails and all of the invasive insects and plants that threaten any forest. “There’s...
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Bees Dying At Alarming Rate In Pa., Could Impact Food Supply
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — For many of us, bees are something to avoid; but for the agricultural community, bees are all about success or failure of their crops. To the farmer or grower, an active bee hive...
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Study Ties Pesticides In Food To Reduced Fertility In Women
(CNN) — Fruits and vegetables are an essential part of a healthy pregnancy diet, providing vitamins and fiber. Yet some might also come with pesticide residues. Among women undergoing infertility...
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Kale Joins ‘Dirty Dozen’ List Of Fruits And Vegetables Most Likely To Contain...
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter (CBS Local) — Kale, that popular green of the health conscious consumer, has joined the list of 12 fruits and vegetables with the most pesticide residues, according...
View ArticleMosquito Spraying Scheduled For Westmoreland County
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pesticides are set to be sprayed in parts of Westmoreland County in an effort to control mosquitos. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection said they will be...
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Pa. Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Case Claiming Pesticide Chemicals Caused...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The state Supreme Court heard oral arguments from both sides Wednesday at the City-County Building in downtown Pittsburgh on whether some common pesticides caused a local man to die...
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Pa. Supreme Court Rules Family’s Lawsuit Against Chemical Companies For...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) — A groundbreaking civil case involving the long-time groundskeeper and superintendent at a local golf course will proceed, thanks to a ruling by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court....
View ArticleBeaver County Farmer, Employee Charged With Using Pesticide To Kill Protected...
By: KDKA-TV News Staff BEAVER, Pa. (KDKA) – A Beaver County farmer and his employee are accused of using pesticide-laced corn to kill dozens of protected migratory birds. Fifty-year-old Robert Yost and...
View ArticleAfter Family Files Lawsuit Over Father’s Death, Judge Rules There Will Be A...
By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A judge has decided there will be a trial against the makers of Roundup in Allegheny County. The family of Thomas Walsh, including KDKA’s Rich Walsh, filed a...
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