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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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Prostate Cancer: Newsfeed 25 Jul Delaware drinking water at risk. Tainted groundwater is spreading across thousands of acres in northern Delaware and has reached the Potomac Aquifer, which supplies drinking water to people across much of Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey. 24 Jul Can BP ever rebuild its reputation? BP is already facing cleanup and legal bills to the tune of $60 billion. But a company worth $350 billion can survive a hefty financial hit. The damage to BP's image, however, is far more costly ? and will take much longer to fix. 22 Jul Acreage homes 'safe for families,' state environmental official says. After more than a year of a government investigation that cost at least a quarter-million dollars, Acreage residents don?t have anything to blame for their community?s cancer cluster ? and they might never have a culprit. 22 Jul No link seen between coffee, prostate cancer risk. Men who enjoy coffee appear no more likely to develop prostate cancer than other men. In an analysis of a dozen studies on coffee intake and prostate cancer risk, researchers found no strong evidence linking the beverage to either an increased or decreased risk of the disease. 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 Two studies link drinking milk with prostate cancer. Some experts believe that, in some cases, high consumption might not protect against disease - but cause it. Two new studies - an Italian one published this month, and earlier Canadian research - have linked milk consumption to a significantly higher risk of prostate cancer. 15 Jul U.S. cancer study seeks volunteers. Quad-Citians will be able to volunteer for a historic nationwide cancer study hoping to reveal ways to prevent the disease. 15 Jul BPA concerns create need to reconsider need for ban. When it comes to product safety, science, not politics, should rule. Armed with new scientific studies, California and the nation should not put their children at risk from further exposure to BPA. 14 Jul Crunching cancer with numbers. According to the WHO, this year cancer is set to overtake heart disease as the leading cause of death in developed countries. So the US National Cancer Institute enlisted high-powered researchers from physics, engineering, mathematics and computer science to see what extra ammunition they might supply. 14 Jul Senator wants to know if BP lobbied for release of convict. Senator Frank Lautenberg called on the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations ?to investigate the role that BP may have played in securing the early release? of a former Libyan intelligence officer convicted of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. 13 Jul Broccoli 'protects against cancer'. A new study has cast light on how broccoli fights prostate cancer. 11 Jul Lifesaving drugs may be killing health workers. Nurses, pharmacists and others who handle chemo drugs have been getting sick. Despite multiple studies that indicate the drugs actually may cause cancers, the federal government doesn't require safeguards on the job. 11 Jul Political landmark for BPA ban. When a bill to ban a common plastic additive in feeding products for young children passed the Assembly on July 1, it marked a milestone in state legislative efforts to regulate bisphenol A. 8 Jul The human genome: Big advances, many questions. The race to sequence the genome, which took 10 years and cost $3 billion, has been overtaken by a new goal: to sequence genomes by the thousands to parse the linkages between genes and disease. |