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PARTNERSHIP EVENTS
Partnership call: Health Effects of Indoor Air Contaminants
CHE WORKING GROUP EVENTS
CHE Alaska call: Coal's Assault on Human Health:
February 15, 2012
Cumulative Impacts Working Group call: Climate Change Vulnerability and Cumulative Impacts:
February 16, 2012
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Prostate Cancer: Newsfeed 31 Jan Research opens up scientists' concern over effects of controversial chemical BPA. Are you really doing enough to avoid the controversial chemical bisphenol-A, BPA for short? Probably not. 22 Jan Thousands of women could be at risk from DES, the 'silent Thalidomide.' Tens of thousands of British families are to be asked if they are victims of diethylstilbestrol, a drug given to pregnant women which can cause fatal illness in the second, and possibly even third, generations. Some women given the drug in this country have already obtained compensation in America. 19 Jan Wyoming's cancer-riddled Wind River Reservation fights EPA over uranium contamination. Kenny Slattery has lived on the Wind River Reservation for 51 years, and just across the street from the old Susquehanna-Western uranium mill tailings pile for that entire period of time during which many of his family members have died of cancer. 19 Jan Canada's cancer rate on the rise: Statscan. The number of people living with cancer is on the rise, according to a major new report from Statistics Canada. 12 Jan Unraveling the obesity-cancer connection. Obese and diabetic individuals have a far higher risk than lean healthy people of getting cancer, and when they do get it, their risk of dying from it is greater. And now that obesity and diabetes rates are skyrocketing, the need to understand this link has become far more urgent. A growing body of research shows that insulin and a related hormone play a key role in fueling tumors. 9 Jan Most cancer rates declined over past two decades. It?s mostly good news about cancer incidence and mortality rates in the annual report issued Wednesday by the American Cancer Society. The report estimates that a million cancer deaths have been averted over the past two decades. 5 Jan Cancer death rates in U.S. keep falling: report. Cancer death rates are continuing to fall, according to the American Cancer Society's annual report on cancer statistics released on Wednesday. But new cases of seven less-common cancers rose in the past decade, suggesting more could be done in America's 40-year war on cancer. 4 Jan Smart meters are not dangerous. The city made a big mistake when they offered to let some people have a smart meter that didn?t contain a radio transmitter. They might as well have given them a roll of tin foil with which to wrap their heads because it implies that their protests have a possible basis in fact, when they don?t. 1 Jan Bright future for US energy. Cleaner and more abundant energy is in the future for 2012. It's a dramatic improvement over fuel shortages and health costs for energy use in the past. 21 Dec DHEC pollution deal raises questions. State regulators have quietly struck an agreement with SCE&G to clean up some of the toxic mess created by decades of burning coal to make power in lower Richland County. 21 Dec Baldwin County plan underway to find source of contaminants. Vinyl chloride and arsenic detected in a test well at Baldwin County?s landfill pose little risk to nearby residents, and a plan to find the sources of the chemicals is under way, according to consultant Billy Cooch. 19 Dec Irish town in shadow of toxic dump has 40 percent higher cancer rate. The town of Cobh, in the shadow of the country's largest toxic waste dump, has a cancer rate 40 percent higher than the average. For years, the Government has insisted that the dump does not pose a public health risk. 18 Dec Mercury veteran: Contaminated or not, glad to help my country. Harold Cofer remembers being covered in mercury, emptying it out of his shirt pocket, pulling it out of his hair. There were a lot of problems during the 1950s startup of lithium operations at Y-12, but the biggest problem was trying to contain the mercury within the production facilities, he said. 15 Dec Wha's next for anti-BPA campaign? Multnomah County commissioners' enactment of Oregon?s first restrictions against products containing a widely used chemical compound, bisphenol A, gives momentum to broader campaigns against BPA and other toxic chemicals in our environment, especially in the food supply. |