The Good News: China is turning its ever judgmental eye within its own boarders. The near constant pollution creation in Beijing has lead china to suspend all “digging and pouting” of concrete from July 20th until September 20th. The goal of this construction slow down—because the world turns on cement—is to reduce the smog that is coating the city. In addition to the cement rules, nineteen of China’s heaviest polluting companies have been told to cut their emissions by 30% in that same time frame. The toxic mix of carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide that blankets the city will be further reduced by adding car and paint restrictions closer to the games. If the pollution has not thinned in time for the Olympic games, outdoor activities lasting more than one hour would be shortened.

The Scary: Recent cancer research has shown that drinking alcohol (even only one or two drinks) could increase breast cancer risks. Drinking can cause variations in genes that metabolize alcohol and this can lead to an increase in breast cancer. Those women with tumors caused by estrogen and progesterone (ER+/PR+) increased their risk as they drank. Moderate drinkers showed a marked increase in cancer diagnoses, and researchers found that the kind of alcohol you drink (vodka, whiskey, beer, wine) had no effect on your risk. So switching from tequila to wine won’t do you anything. Put down that glass sister.