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WHAT'S NEW
Now available: MP3 recording and other resources from the July CHE Partnership Call on how industrial animal production impacts health and the environment" - July 15, 2008
5/9/08: CHE featured in AARP: "The Body Toxic" 5/9/08: CHE Partner Dr. Philip Landrigan interview in Discover: "How Much Do Chemicals Affect Our Health?"
4/15/08: Now available: State of the Evidence 2008: The Connection Between Breast Cancer and the Environment 2/20/08: CHE LDDI scientific consensus statement on environmental factors. 9/1/07: The BioInitiative Report: A Rationale for a Biologically-based Public Exposure Standard for Electromagnetic Fields
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Ovarian Cancer: Newsfeed 13 Jul Mothers told to breastfeed children until two. Expectant mothers are to be told they should breastfeed children up to the age of two in a bid to boost the health and IQs of Scottish children. 7 Jul Genetic testing is no panacea for patients. When used incorrectly, it can lead to neglect of proper prevention, experts say. 4 Jul Some seek guidelines to reflect Vitamin D's benefits. A flurry of recent research indicating that Vitamin D may have a dizzying array of health benefits has reignited an intense debate over whether federal guidelines for the "sunshine vitamin" are outdated, leaving millions vulnerable to cancer and other ailments. 3 Jul Male toads are more likely to have gender problems in agricultural areas. Scientists in Florida report that intersex conditions found in amphibians are associated with agricultural land use. 1 Jul The health price of plastics. Many of us have simmerings of concern that plastic may be exposing us to harmful chemicals when it is heated, boiled, microwaved, frozen, left in the baking sun, dishwashed, scrubbed, chewed on, or dropped for the umpteenth time. 30 Jun First baby guaranteed NOT to get hereditary breast cancer. Doctors screened a woman?s embryos and removed a gene that would have left the baby with a 50 to 85 per cent chance of developing the cancer. So the child is guaranteed not to get hereditary breast cancer. 30 Jun Researchers discover promising cancer drug. A drug developed using nanotechnology and a fungus that contaminated a lab experiment may be broadly effective against a range of cancers, US researchers reported on Sunday. 26 Jun Uranium frenzy in the West. Abandoned archaeological ruins like Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde in the Southwest increasingly look like haunting hints of our own possible fate as global warming continues. 25 Jun Study confirms gene-cancer link. A new study has confirmed the link between a gene normally associated with breast cancer and a dangerous form of prostate cancer. 20 Jun 14 die of cancer in seven years living next to phone mast with highest radiation levels in UK. Fourteen people living within a mile of a mobile phone mast that emits one of the highest levels of radiation in the country have died of cancer. 29 May TCE found at 58 more Endicott sites. Nearly 60 more properties in Endicott will need mitigation systems to protect occupants from a TCE plume in the ground. 27 May Red flags for hereditary cancers. An estimated 5 to 10 percent of cancers are strongly hereditary, and 20 to 30 percent are more weakly hereditary. 24 May On cancer's trail. In over six decades of atomic health testing, no one had ever noticed that uranium, at low doses, can act like an estrogen. Now scientists are asking about its role in breast cancer, especially in the Navajo nation. 24 May Cancer test a genetic crystal ball for Jewish women. For the first time in Canada, Jewish women will be offered the chance to alter their genetic destiny by taking a test ? at no cost to them ? that will determine whether they are at high risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers. |