Tag: Cancer
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5 Common Household Cleaners Hazardous to Your Health
Cancer, asthma, allergies, oh my. The toxins watchdog EWG has unearthed some unnerving data about cleaners commonly used around the house.
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Dietary Cadmium From Contaminated Crops Linked to Breast Cancer
Increased contamination of cadmium in a women's diet is linked to breast cancer.
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Study Linking Cancer and Diesel Exhaust, Suppressed for Decades by Industry Lawsuits, Finally Published
The tawdry saga of good science suppressed by endless litigation and what it means for people breathing diesel exhaust
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Q: How Many Americans Do Just 10 Coal Mines Kill? A: A Lot. (Infographic)
Infographic reveals how coal from just 10 Powder River Basin mines is killing Americans across the nation.
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EPA Sued to Ban Toxic Pesticide and Agent Orange Ingredient From Weed Killer
“This dangerous pesticide is lurking all over the place, from ball fields and golf courses, to front lawns and farms."
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New Study Strengthens Link Between Obesity, Diabetes and BPA
BPA had been found to trigger the release of insulin in nearly twice the amount as when glucose is ingested.
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Are Susan G. Komen For The Cure's Questionable Partnerships Hurting Their Cause?
Susan G. Komen endorses products that causes cancer rather than curing it.
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The Real Komen Controversy Remains After Planned Parenthood Fiasco
Susan G. Komen for the Cure has patched things up with Planned Parenthood, but the causes of cancer remain unaddressed.
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The Week in Pictures: Fairytale Eco-Huts, Castle Made of Junk, and More
Conical huts made from natural materials make up a new eco-hotel in Ukraine. We also have a castle made from trash, amazing recycled plywood sculptures, a cape made of spider silk, and more.
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Eating Processed Meat May Raise Risk of Pancreatic Cancer
Researchers found that eating the equivalent of one processed sausage per day can raise the risk of developing the cancer by 19%.
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Problems Continue in Michigan's Most Polluted Zip Code
Detroit's 48217 neighborhood suffers from many forms of industrial pollution.
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Chemical 'Snow' Blankets Cancer-Hit Turkish Town
A mysterious sticky white substance falling from the sky further fans pollution fears in an industrial suburb of Istanbul where cancer rates are already the highest in Turkey.
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Over Half of Child Car Seats Contains Toxic Chemicals
Healthy Stuff has released their test results for 2011 on child car seats. The organization has been testing car safety seats since 2008. The bad news in 2011: over half of child car seats still have elements detected
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Susan Freinkel on Our Toxic Plastic Love Affair (Podcast)
It clogs our oceans and tampers with our bodies, yet without it, all modern life would skid to a stop. Susan Freinkel's new book, Plastic: A Toxic Love Story, explores the rise of plastic into ubiquity, hails it for its life-saving wonders, and explores
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Ask Pablo: Can Food In A BPA-Lined Can Still Be Considered Organic?
There are really two questions here: whether or not the USDA consider
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Europe Proposes Seven New Chemical Substances of Very High Concern
This week Europe proposed to add seven more chemicals to the list of substances of very high concern (SVHC). The addition of a chemical to the SVHC list enables European regulators to ban the chemical from the market unless it is
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TCE Contamination Lingers & Little Is Done About It - Canadian Class Action Suit Seeks to Change That
Some problems just won't go away. That's what a lot of companies probably think about people who gripe about issues the companies would rather not deal with—as well as what the people griping think about the actual
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Cancer Alley: Big Industry & Bigger Illness Along Mississippi River
There's a region in Louisiana known as cancer alley (or chemical corridor, take your pick). You can guess why. Cancer claims victims at an alarming rate along the 85-mile stretch of the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge
