Toxic Waist: The Health Impacts of Waist Size
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Your waist size could be your most important vital sign. Recent research shows that waist size is one of the most controllable risk factors of heart attack.
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Kim Kardashian's waist trainers are a hit, but are they safe?
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Thinx period pants lawsuit: do they contain toxic chemicals?
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Waist Circumference: Examining the hidden dangers of abdominal obesity
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Waist Size Matters, Obesity Prevention Source
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A multi-medium chain modeling approach to estimate the cumulative effects of cadmium pollution on human health - ScienceDirect
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Occurrence and potential release of heavy metals in female underwear manufactured in China: Implication for women's health - ScienceDirect
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Waist Trainer Corset Review and Health Effects - Thrillist
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How modern life has mutated the human body in 50 years
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Modeling the effects of toxic wastes on population dynamics - ScienceDirect
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A toxic trash site in Kenya is making women sick
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Here's How Corsets Deformed The Skeletons Of Victorian Women
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Environmental impact and human health effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and remedial strategies: A detailed review - ScienceDirect