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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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Ovarian Cancer: Newsfeed 25 Feb Issue fraught with science and emotion. Supporters of in situ leach uranium mining in Weld County claim that opponents of uranium mining are too emotional and do not know "the science." 21 Feb Agency says military base water tainted. From 1957 to 1987, residents and employees at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune on the North Carolina coast were drinking, showering in and washing dishes with water coursing with contaminants, according to the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. 9 Feb Study links estrogen hormone therapy to asthma. Estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy may increase the risk of developing asthma after the menopause, scientists said on Monday. 7 Feb Worrisome chemical BPA found in canned foods. Controversy is spreading about bisphenol-A, or BPA, a chemical used in water bottles and baby bottles. Now studies show a health hazard may lie in products found in most Americans? cabinets ? canned foods. 5 Feb Quitting tobacco use can reduce mortality by 90 percent. Avoidance and cessation of tobacco use can reduce the incidence of lung cancer and dying from the disease by 90 per cent, said Shifa International Hospital?s Medical Oncologist Dr Kamran Rasheed at a World Cancer Day seminar in Islamabad Thursday. 29 Dec Old ideas spur new approaches in cancer fight. In a shift in thinking about why cancer occurs and how to stop it, researchers are looking to a cancer?s surroundings. 27 Dec Assessing risks from bisphenol-A. Evaluating human health risks from endocrine disruptors such as BPA is difficult, but animal studies suggest trouble is afoot. 15 Dec When lowering the odds of cancer isn?t enough. If someone invented a pill to cut a cancer risk in half, would you take it? Who wouldn?t? Apparently the answer is millions of women. 10 Dec Talc producers failed to note cancer link, S.D. lawsuit says. A Sioux Falls woman is accusing Johnson and Johnson and two mining companies of failing for decades to warn consumers about a link between ovarian cancer and talcum powder. 4 Dec Senate backs preventive health care for women. The Senate voted Thursday to require health insurance companies to provide free mammograms and other preventive services to women - overriding new federal recommendations that said routine mammograms should begin at age 50, rather than 40. 24 Nov Contaminated North Pole water is unknown health threat. At least six households near the Flint Hills Resources refinery learned in the past few months that their drinking water is tainted with an industrial chemical whose long-term health effects are largely unknown. 21 Nov Cancer screening: What could it hurt? A lot, actually. After decades of focus on the upside of cancer screening, public health experts are increasingly reevaluating the wisdom of administering routine cancer screening tests to millions of asymptomatic people. 11 Nov BPA ban debated at public hearing. A Wisconsin bill that would make it illegal to make or sell infant bottles or cups for children under 5 that contain bisphenol A, or BPA, was debated at a public hearing at the state Capitol Tuesday. 31 Oct Congress to Navy: Assist Lejeune veterans & dependents. A letter of October 26st from twenty-eight Congressmen to the Secretary of the Navy expressed frustration and disappointment over the Navy's failure to provide assistance to Camp Lejeune veterans and dependents affected by the contamination of the base water wells. |