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PARTNERSHIP EVENTS
New CHE Partnership call: The Human Health Effects of the Gulf Oil Spill: A Summary of the IOM Workshop 5/11/10: MP3 recording available: The Information Age and EMF/RF Illness
CHE WORKING GROUP EVENTS
CHE-AK call: The Hidden Hazards of Coal Development in Alaska: Public Health and Coal Combustion Waste:
August 11, 2010
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Breast Cancer: Newsfeed
29 Jul Working to ban dangerous chemicals. Maine's awful ranking may inspire future legislation that will be ripe for enactment. I will oppose any effort to poison for profit our children and grandchildren from infancy to adulthood. 29 Jul Irvine Councilor Christina Shea speaks out on environmental mess at El Toro. City Councilor Christina Shea is coming out swinging at the old Marine Corps air base in Orange County, El Toro with allegations of cover ups, wasted taxpayer funds and major concerns about the health of people who once lived on the base, or today live near it. 24 Jul Toxic legacy of US assault on Fallujah 'worse than Hiroshima.' Dramatic increases in infant mortality, cancer and leukaemia in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, which was bombarded by US Marines in 2004, exceed those reported by survivors of the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, according to a new study. 24 Jul Boom & bust. Many women may have long suspected it, just as many men have secretly hoped for it. But it's official: women's breasts, and particularly those of younger women, are getting bigger. 22 Jul Could being too houseproud raise risk of breast cancer? Women who are fastidious about keeping their house clean and fragrant may be unwittingly increasing their chances of developing breast cancer, a study has warned. 21 Jul Study: Troops have higher rates of some cancers. After looking at 10 years? worth of cancer data, researchers at the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center found that service members tend to have higher rates of melanoma, brain, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, breast, prostate and testicular cancers than civilians. 21 Jul How safe are cosmetics? New bill wants to find out. Most American use about 10 personal care products each day. Many of these, public health experts say, have been linked to adverse health effects like cancer, birth defects and learning disabilities. There is nothing that the FDA can legally do about it. But that may begin to change later today. 21 Jul Study links household cleaning products to breast cancer. The regular use of basic cleaning products in the home may double the risk of women developing breast cancer, a U.S. study found. 21 Jul Soil, water samples taken for landfill litigation. Environmental consultants hired by the county went to the Roy Holt property on Eno Road to take soil and water samples last week. Holt?s property is near the Dickson County landfill. 20 Jul House-proud women cancer risk. House-proud women who like to keep their homes clean and fragrant may be at greater risk of breast cancer, research suggests. General use of cleaners doubled the risk of breast cancer in women who used them the most, experts found. 20 Jul The ugly side of beauty, some cosmetics can be toxic. A quiet protest by students in Waterville, Maine, was one of a growing number across the country. They gathered to mail 12 beauty products to an environmental lab, where they would be tested for toxins and other dangerous ingredients that many commonly used products contain. 20 Jul Houseproud women 'more at risk from breast cancer.' Women who regularly use cleaning products may be at higher risk of developing breast cancer than those who say they use them sparingly, according to a new study. 20 Jul Breast cancer link to cleaning products and air fresheners. Women who regularly used a combination of cleaning products were twice as likely to have breast cancer as other healthy women, US scientists found. The strongest link was between cancer and air fresheners and mould and mildew removers. 20 Jul Cancer risk in a clean house. Scientists have found links between cancer and use of cleaning products, air fresheners and mould removers. General use of cleaners doubled the risk of breast cancer in women who used them most, experts said. 20 Jul Cancer warning in house chemicals. Women who regularly use household cleaners, air fresheners and insect repellents double their risk of developing breast cancer, warn scientists. |