Food health warnings: consumers do not care
Chicago, November 2, 2015 — Last week’s release of a World Health Organization study showing a link between processed and red meat consumption and cancer raises the question, will consumers reduce...
View ArticleKids’ playgrounds and artificial turf made from crumb rubber need to be...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security...
View ArticleWhy charred, well-done, or fried meat may up cancer risk
Animal muscle, cooked at high temperatures, produces substances called heterocyclic amines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which can cause changes in DNA that may increase cancer risk, according...
View ArticleHigher nicotine, carcinogen levels among smokeless tobacco users compared...
Bottom Line: U.S. adults who used only smokeless tobacco products had higher levels of biomarkers of exposure to nicotine and a cancer-causing toxicant — the tobacco-specific nitrosamine NNK —...
View ArticleCancer fries: What potatoes turn into when you fry ’em
Newswise — Dec. 2, 2015 – French fry lovers, beware! You may be exposed to a chemical more commonly associated with heavy industry than crispy fried potatoes. Fortunately, researchers are finding ways...
View ArticleLarge majority of cancers are from extrinsic factors
Newswise — Stony Brook, NY, Embargoed Until 1 PM, EST; December 16, 2015 – A team of researchers from Stony Brook University, led by Yusuf Hannun, MD, the Joel Strum Kenny Professor in Cancer Research...
View ArticleResearch raises concerns over long-term use of chromium diet pills
Concerns have been raised over the long-term use of nutritional supplements containing chromium, after an Australian research team found the supplement is partially converted into a carcinogenic form...
View ArticleIs Common Shampoo Ingredient Sodium Laureth Sulfate Harmful?
Is sodium laureth sulfate (SLES) harmful? originally appeared on Quora – the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. Answer by Justin Dragna,...
View ArticleEssential oils could counter lung and liver ailments caused by air pollution
Certain ingredients in essential oils made from plants such as cloves, anise, fennel and ylang-ylang could serve as a natural treatment of lung and liver conditions caused by air pollution. This is...
View ArticleThe Geography of Environmental Crime: Conservation, Wildlife Crime and...
This book critically examines both theory and practice around conservation crimes. It engages with the full complexity of environmental crimes and different responses to them, including: poaching,...
View ArticleExclusive: WHO cancer agency asked experts to withhold weedkiller documents
LONDON – The World Health Organization’s cancer agency – which is facing criticism over how it classifies carcinogens – advised academic experts on one of its review panels not to disclose documents...
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