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PARTNERSHIP CALLS
CHE Partnership Call:
12/8/09: MP3 recording available - To Ban or Not to Ban: A Review of Atrazine from Both Sides of the Atlantic 11/11/09: MP3 recording available - Navigating the Scientific Evidence to Ensure Prevention
CHE WORKING GROUP CALLS
CHE-AK call: Environmental Contaminants and Reproductive Health: Reasons for Concern:
March 30, 2010
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Breast Cancer: Newsfeed
12 Mar The Pill 'cuts cancer risk and prolongs life.' Taking the contraceptive pill can help women live longer and reduce their risk of serious diseases, according to a major new study by Scottish researchers. 12 Mar Women who use the Pill 'cut their chances of dying of cancer and heart disease.' Women who have taken the Pill at any stage in their life are less likely to die from any cause - including heart disease and all types of cancer - than those who have never taken the oral contraceptive. 10 Mar Toxic make-up. A word of caution when it comes to your daily regimen: what you put on your skin can be just as important as what you put in your body. 9 Mar Yale study details how and why of BPA's dangers. Exposing a female fetus to a chemical found in plastics causes permanent changes in a daughter?s uterus that might result in cancer ? and a research team led by a Yale doctor has figured out why. 8 Mar Rethinking breast cancer toxicology. Evaluating chemicals for breast cancer risk should focus more on identifying critical disease pathways and high-throughput screening of compounds and less on traditional toxicology tests on adult animals, according to an expert panel. 8 Mar Researcher: Pesticide 'castrates' male frogs. Atrazine is widely used as weedkiller on American farms. And a new study shows this common chemical may have gender-bending effects on frogs. 6 Mar Shanghai cancer rate is nation's highest: 350 per 100,000 people. Shanghai's incidence of cancer is the highest in the nation, due to its large number of elderly and the persistence of unhealthy habits like smoking, Shanghai health officials said yesterday. 2 Mar Colo. could pass unique consumer safety law. No other state has passed a law similar to the one that's being proposed by Rep. Dianne Primavera, D-Broomfield. The bill targets shampoos, deodorants, shaving creams, cosmetics, and all kinds of products that use things like coal tar and arsenic as ingredients. 26 Feb Derived from flowers, but not benign: Pyrethroids raise new concerns. Chemicals derived from flowers may sound harmless, but new research raises concerns about compounds synthesized from chrysanthemums that are used in virtually every household pesticide. 25 Feb Hormone replacement tied to lung cancer risk. Women who use hormone replacement therapy combining estrogen and progestin may have a higher risk of lung cancer than non-users, a new study finds. 25 Feb Do toxins cause autism? Suspicions are growing that one culprit in autism may be chemicals in the environment. Concern about toxins in the environment used to be a fringe view. But alarm has moved into the medical mainstream. 24 Feb ABC's Toowong site 'a poisoned chalice.' Monday?s announcement that another woman who worked at the ABC?s former Queensland headquarters has been diagnosed with breast cancer was not good news for those involved in trying to sell the riverfront site, according to industry sources. 24 Feb Consumer products may harm your health. Let?s face it: The current system for overseeing chemicals used in consumer products is broken. 22 Feb Chemicals in toys, furniture may face tighter standards. Consumer advocates are now helping to shape what is expected to be a massive overhaul of American chemical policy. 22 Feb ABC staffer is 18th diagnosed with breast cancer. Another former Brisbane ABC staff member has been diagnosed with breast cancer. |