by Cary McNeal
801. www.cnbc.com/id/44759526.
802. www.forbes.com/sites/melaniehaiken/2013/09/12/buying-viagra-online-its-very-likely-fake-and-possibly-dangerous-new-data-say.
803. Ibid.
804. Ibid.
805. Ibid.
806. www.viagra.com/safety-information.aspx.
807. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/4925836/Drug-dealers-switching-from-cocaine-to-fake-Viagra.html.
808. http://nfl.si.com/2012/11/28/brandon-marshall-ive-heard-of-players-using-viagra-to-get-an-edge.
809. www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/23/gentil-ramirez-penis-surgery-amputated-viagra_n_3975407.html.
810. www.foxnews.com/story/2009/02/26/man-28-dies-after-guzzling-viagra-during-12-hour-romp.
811. www.nbcnews.com/health/too-much-good-thing-4-hour-erection-1C9926694.
812. www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/475721/Priapus.
813. www.webmd.com/erectile-dysfunction/guide/erectile-dysfunction-priapism.
814. Ibid.
815. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/05/01/man-blames-bmw-for-long-lasting-erection.
816. www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/29/spider-venom-viagra-brazilian-wandering_n_1840381.html.
24. DRINKS THAT AREN’T GOOD FOR YOU
817. www.prevention.com/food/healthy-eating-tips/diet-soda-bad-you.
818. Ibid.
819. www.hungryforchange.tv/article/are-diet-sodas-making-us-fat.
820. Ibid.
821. www.today.com/health/diet-soda-doing-these-7-awful-things-your-body-1C6558748.
822. www.prevention.com/food/healthy-eating-tips/diet-soda-bad-you; http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,20739512,00.html.
823. www.today.com/health/diet-soda-doing-these-7-awful-things-your-body-1C6558748.
824. www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20075358-10391704/new-study-is-wake-up-call-for-diet-soda-drinkers; www.hungryforchange.tv/article/are-diet-sodas-making-us-fat.
825. http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,20739512,00.html.
826. www.hungryforchange.tv/article/are-diet-sodas-making-us-fat.
827. Ibid.
828. http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,20739512,00.html.
829. www.hungryforchange.tv/article/are-diet-sodas-making-us-fat.
830. www.today.com/health/diet-soda-doing-these-7-awful-things-your-body-1C6558748.
831. Ibid.
832. www.prevention.com/food/healthy-eating-tips/diet-soda-bad-you.
833. Ibid.
834. http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,20739512,00.html.
835. www.prevention.com/food/healthy-eating-tips/diet-soda-bad-you.
836. www.today.com/health/diet-soda-doing-these-7-awful-things-your-body-1C6558748.
837. www.drweil.com/drw/u/QAA400466/Is-Bottled-Flavored-Green-Tea-Bad.html.
838. well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/whats-in-your-green-tea/?_r=0.
839. Ibid.
840. https://www.consumerlab.com/reviews/Green_Tea_Review_Supplements_and_Bottled/Green_Tea/.
841. Ibid.
842. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/whats-in-your-green-tea/?_r=0.
843. http://naturallysavvy.com/eat/whats-really-in-your-cup-of-green-tea.
844. www.nytimes.com/2013/01/12/business/more-emergency-room-visits-linked-to-energy-drinks-report-says.html?_r=0.
845. www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20080924/energy-drinks-hazardous-to-your-health.
846. Ibid.
847. http://brown.edu/Student_Services/Health_Services/Health_Education/alcohol,_tobacco,_&_other_drugs/energy_drinks.php.
848. www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/health-dangers-of-energy-drinks.
849. www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002579.htm.
850. www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/255078.php.
851. www.nytimes.com/2013/01/12/business/more-emergency-room-visits-linked-to-energy-drinks-report-says.html?_r=0.
852. www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/255078.php.
853. www.nytimes.com/2013/01/12/business/more-emergency-room-visits-linked-to-energy-drinks-report-says.html?_r=0.
854. http://brown.edu/Student_Services/Health_Services/Health_Education/alcohol,_tobacco,_&_other_drugs/energy_drinks.php.
855. Ibid.
856. www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20080924/energy-drinks-hazardous-to-your-health.
857. www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/cab.htm.
858. Ibid.
859. http://brown.edu/Student_Services/Health_Services/Health_Education/alcohol,_tobacco,_&_other_drugs/energy_drinks.php.
860. Ibid.
861. www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20080924/energy-drinks-hazardous-to-your-health.
862. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23315697.
863. www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/health-dangers-of-energy-drinks.
864. Ibid.
865. Ibid.
25. FREAK ACCIDENTS
866. www.mandatory.com/2013/07/03/10-of-the-freakiest-freak-accidents-ever.
867. www.newser.com/story/101564/segway-accident-kills-segway-co-owner.html.
868. http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92745&page=1.
869. www.mandatory.com/2013/07/03/10-of-the-freakiest-freak-accidents-ever/.
870. www.nytimes.com/1995/01/15/us/campus-s-killer-moose-destroyed-in-alaska.html.
871. www.foxnews.com/us/2013/08/18/year-old-utah-girl-dies-in-freak-trampoline-accident.
872. www.mandatory.com/2013/07/03/10-of-the-freakiest-freak-accidents-ever.
873. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7982808/Former-member-of-ELO-killed-by-hay-bale-while-driving.html.
874. www.mandatory.com/2013/07/03/10-of-the-freakiest-freak-accidents-ever.
875. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/celebritynews/7984944/Mike-Edwards-hay-bale-death-celebrities-in-freak-killings.html.
876. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/203137.stm.
877. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2130244/Killer-swan-attacks-caretaker-Anthony-Hensley-kayak-Death-ruled-drowning.html.
878. www.mandatory.com/2013/07/03/10-of-the-freakiest-freak-accidents-ever.
879. www.theguardian.com/world/2012/aug/27/javelin-accident-kills-german?newsfeed=true.
880. http://gawker.com/5924191/four+year+old-boy-crushed-by-falling-tombstone.
881. www.mandatory.com/2013/07/03/10-of-the-freakiest-freak-accidents-ever.
882. Ibid.
883. Ibid.
884. www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/07/coach-dies-in-freak-accident-rio-linda-marion-adams_n_2829869.html.
885. www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/15/repairman-jason-jordan-ch_n_1151423.html.
886. Ibid.
887. http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2013/09/05/remote-control-helicopter-kills-man-in-brooklyn.
888. www.newser.com/story/119194/spanish-cyclist-xavier-tondo-dies-in-freak-garage-accident.html.
889. www.mandatory.com/2013/07/03/10-of-the-freakiest-freak-accidents-ever.
890. www.nhregister.com/general-news/20110413/a-true-tragedy-yale-student-asphyxiated-in-lathe-accident-at-chemistry-lab-medical-examiner-rules?viewmode=fullstory.
891. http://abcnews.go.com/US/bride-paralyzed-freak-bachelorette-party-accident/story?id=12163284.
892. www.newser.com/story/60069/mike-tysons-daughter-accidentally-strangled.html.
893. www.newser.com/story/22085/stingray-kills-boater-off-fla-keys.html.
894. www.ndtv.com/article/india/indian-origin-teenager-killed-in-us-in-freak-accident-416348.
895. www.mandatory.com/2013/07/03/10-of-the-freakiest-freak-accidents-ever.
896. www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57592421/parasailing-company-issues-statement-after-freak-accident-leaves-teen-girls-in-critical-condition.
897. http://fox
4kc.com/2013/03/22/boy-dies-after-being-hit-by-display-board-at-ala-airport.
898. www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/02/new-footage-of-fla-sinkhole-that-swallowed-and-killed-a-man-released.
899. http://quemas.mamaslatinas.com/in_the_news/117640/little_girl_suffocates_to_death.
900. www.lex18.com/news/campbellsville-university-employee-killed-in-freak-accident.
901. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-08-15/news/os-lawnmower-killed-traffic-crash-20120815_1_freak-accident-yucatan-drive-troopers.
902. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-10-24/news/1995297053_1_vacuum-cleaner-circuit-city-freak-accident.
903. www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Driver-killed-on-I-580-in-freak-accident-4539601.php.
904. www.smh.com.au/nsw/fathers-death-a-freak-accident-20120629-2181z.html.
905. www.freepresshouston.com/featured/mondo-houston-freak-accidents.
906. Ibid.
907. Ibid.
908. www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57590923-504083/miguel-martinez-14-dies-after-apparent-bizarre-accident-on-texas-tech-campus.
909. http://gothamist.com/2012/09/02/before_fatal_freak_party_bus_accide.php.
910. www.ynaija.com/freak-accident-man-crushed-to-death-by-sanitation-truck-after-falling-asleep-in-trash-bin.
911. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/pasta-company-fined-120k-in-fatal-freak-accident-1.1378070.
26. THINGS THAT STINK AND THEN KILL YOU
912. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/05/AR2005100500908.html.
913. Ibid.
914. www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/science/mercaptan.html.
915. http://electrical.about.com/od/electricaldevices/qt/defectiveswitch.htm.
916. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/05/AR2005100500908.html.
917. Ibid.
918. www.forensicconstructionexpert.com/basement_air.html.
919. www.hgtvremodels.com/interiors/choosing-eco-friendly-carpet/index.html.
920. www.sixwise.com/newsletters/05/03/22/the-toxic-dangers-of-carpetingare-the-carpets-in-your-home-or-office-a-health-hazard.htm.
921. Ibid.
922. Ibid.
923. www.nontoxic.com/purewoolcarpets/whattoavoid.html.
924. www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1327910/Paint-fumes-trigger-asthma-cancer-Hidden-dangers-decorating.html.
925. Ibid.
926. Ibid.
927. www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2007/pr180.html.
928. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajim.4700110403/abstract.
929. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7416405.stm.
930. http://pets.webmd.com/dogs/guide/bad-breath-dogs.
931. Ibid.
932. Ibid.
933. www.agf.gov.bc.ca/pesticides/b_2.htm.
934. http://healthland.time.com/2013/04/18/ammonia-exposure.
935. www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/ID/cafo/ID-361-W.pdf.
936. Ibid.
937. www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/pollution/diesel-exhaust.
938. Ibid.
939. Ibid.
940. www.health.ny.gov/environmental/outdoors/air/landfill_gas.htm.
941. Ibid.
942. Francesca Gould, Why You Shouldn’t Eat Your Boogers and Other Useless Information about Your Body (Tarcher/Penguin, 2007).
943. www.lifescript.com/health/centers/diabetes/articles/bad_body_odor_what_it_says_about_your_health.aspx.
944. www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/guide/candidiasis-yeast-infection.
945. Ibid.
946. www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/urinary-tract-infections-in-teens-and-adults-topic-overview.
947. www.lifescript.com/health/centers/diabetes/articles/bad_body_odor_what_it_says_about_your_health.aspx.
948. www.livestrong.com/article/280574-changes-in-body-odor-health.
949. Ibid.
950. www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007259.htm.
951. www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/acromegaly/basics/definition/con-20019216.
952. Ibid.
953. http://animal.discovery.com/insects/stinkbug-info.htm.
954. www.dentalfearcentral.org/fears/dental-environment.
955. http://nursinglink.monster.com/benefits/articles/21609-10-funky-hospital-smells?page=3.
956. www.armystudyguide.com/content/Prep_For_Basic_Training/basic_training_prep_articles/to-the-gas-chambers.shtml.
957. http://healthyliving.msn.com/health-wellness/surprising-things-that-make-you-stink.
958. Ibid.
959. Ibid.
960. Ibid.
961. Ibid.
27. DOOMSDAY SCENARIOS
962. www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/scientific-doomsday-scenarios/?pid=2881.
963. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/01/110119-yellowstone-park-supervolcano-eruption-magma-science.
964. Ibid.
965. www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/natural-disasters/12-ways-the-world-could-really-end-in-2012.
966. www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/supervolcano/article.shtml.
967. Ibid.
968. www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/natural-disasters/12-ways-the-world-could-really-end-in-2012.
969. www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/scientific-doomsday-scenarios/?pid=2881.
970. Ibid.
971. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130214-biggest-asteroid-impacts-meteorites-space-2012da14/?rptregcta=reg_free_np&rptregcampaign=20131016_rw_membership_r1p_us_dr_w#finished.
972. www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/scientific-doomsday-scenarios/?pid=2881.
973. http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov.
974. http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/apophis.
975. www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/scientific-doomsday-scenarios/?pid=2881.
976. Ibid.
977. http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l2/supernovae.html.
978. www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2003/0108supernova.html.
979. www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/scientific-doomsday-scenarios/?pid=2881.
980. www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/natural-disasters/12-ways-the-world-could-really-end-in-2012/.
981. www.livescience.com/14173-doomsday-scenarios-apocalypse-2012.html.
982. www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/scientific-doomsday-scenarios.
983. http://www.kansascity.com/2014/02/15/4826370/could-a-giant-sunburst-unplug.html.
984. www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/scientific-doomsday-scenarios.
985. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080110-black-holes.html; http://www.cracked.com/article_19117_7-horrible-ways-universe-can-destroy-us-without-warning.html.
986. http://showcase.netins.net/web/d503/Some%20fear%20debut%20of%20powerful%20atom-smasher%20-%20CNN_com.htm.
987. www.trutv.com/conspiracy/phenomena/doomsday-scenarios/gallery.html?curPhoto=1.
988. Ibid.
989. http://discovermagazine.com/2010/oct/30-ways-the-world-could-end#.UhrDDZKsiSo.
990. http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/curiosity/topics/20-ways-world-might-end.htm.
991. Ibid.
992. www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/natural-disasters/12-ways-the-world-could-really-end-in-2012/.
993. www.livescience.com/36999-top-scientists-world-enders.html.
994. www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/natural-disasters/12-ways-the-world-could-really-end-in-2012/.
995. Ibid.
996. http://computer.howstuffworks.com/moores-law.htm.
997. www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/natural-disasters/12-ways-the-world-could-really-end-in-2012/.
998. http://discovermagazi
ne.com/2000/oct/featworld#.Uhq8zpKsiSp; www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/natural-disasters/12-ways-the-world-could-really-end-in-2012.
999. http://discovermagazine.com/2000/oct/featworld#.Uhq8zpKsiSp; www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/natural-disasters/12-ways-the-world-could-really-end-in-2012.
1000. www.trutv.com/conspiracy/phenomena/doomsday-scenarios/gallery.html?curPhoto=1.
1001. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-505009/September-26th-1983-The-day-world-died.html.
1002. www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/natural-disasters/12-ways-the-world-could-really-end-in-2012/.
1003. Ibid.
1004. www.livescience.com/36999-top-scientists-world-enders.html.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I AM GRATEFUL for the many people who helped bring this book to life: Holly Schmidt, Allan Penn, Becky Thomas, and Monica Sweeney at Hollan Publishing; Meg Leder and John Duff at Perigee Books; my researcher, Connie Biltz; Cyndi Culpepper, Rachael Pavlik, Amy Carey, Kip Sears, and Jillian Nord; and my wife and daughter.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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