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CHE Partnership call: 25 Years of the Superfund Research Program: Highlights and Hope
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Testicular Cancer: NewsfeedBrowse CHE's Portal to Science, preselected for cancer resources. 8 May Poolesville testing cell towers for health risk. Cellphone towers perched on top of the Poolesville water tower have brought more than $1 million in rental fees into the town?s coffers, but town officials now want to make sure they aren?t posing a health risk to residents. 6 May EHN Special Report: 'Chemicals of high concern' found in thousands of children's products. An Environmental Health News analysis of thousands of reports from America?s largest companies shows that toys and other children?s products contain low levels of dozens of industrial chemicals, including some unexpected ingredients that will surprise a public concerned about exposure. 27 Apr Our feel-good war on breast cancer. Mammography remains an unquestioned pillar of the pink-ribbon awareness movement. But how many lives, exactly, are being ?saved,? under what circumstances and at what cost? 19 Apr NRDC champions shoddy journalism on endocrine active chemicals. So, here we have a problematic study hyped erroneously by science-challenged activists only to be picked up by science-absent television journalists only to be recycled back to the public by anti-chemical activists. At the center of this fiasco: the NRDC. 18 Apr C8 lawsuits to go before U.S. District Court. All C8 personal injury lawsuits against DuPont over water contamination at its Washington Works plant have been moved to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. 11 Apr DuPont largely ignored EPA on C8 issues, attorney says. Many questions remain about the C8 contamination that has spread through the valley as a result of industrial activity at DuPont Washington Works near Parkersburg, W. Va. 23 Mar US soldiers sue over Fukushima radiation exposure. Fukushima's financial fallout is far from over. US military personnel and their families are seeking $2 billion in damages for illnesses they believe were caused by the nuclear plant's meltdown. 18 Mar Fears versus facts. Rates of hormone-related cancers, including breast, ovarian, testicular, endometrial and prostate cancer, have risen worldwide over the past 50 years, yet of the almost 800 chemicals known to be capable of interfering with human hormones, or suspected of doing so, only a small fraction has been investigated. 17 Mar Town hall meeting on link between health issues, tainted water. This month the C8 Medical Panel is expected to announce the protocols for the first phase of medical monitoring available to people in the Mid-Ohio Valley who have been drinking water contaminated with an industrial surfactant. 9 Mar A burning issue for firefighters: Flame retardants and cancer. There is no doubt that firefighting is a dangerous occupation. Firefighters put their lives at risk every time they enter burning buildings to save the victims of fire. Tragically, we know that firefighters are suffering from elevated rates of several cancers. Ironically, it is the presence of brominated flame retardants and other toxic chemicals in our homes and buildings that makes fires today much more toxic than ever before. 26 Feb Breast cancer and the environment: Studied for half a century, these women are 'a national treasure.' More than 15,000 mothers, daughters and granddaughters in the San Francisco Bay Area enrolled in a project known as the Child Health and Development Studies, launched in 1959. Tens of thousands of samples of the women?s blood are stored, providing more than 50 years of continuous data on health outcomes and environmental exposures linked to breast cancer. Part 2 of 2. 26 Feb Chemicals in everyday items pose a health hazard. We are making ourselves, and our children, sick, through widespread use of chemicals which can interfere with hormones in our bodies. Studies have found links between exposure to substances dubbed as ?endocrine disrupting chemicals? and the surge in modern-day ailments such as breast and prostate cancers. 21 Feb Chemical impact on hormones needs research, says UN. Experts from the UN Environment Programme and World Health Organization say evidence is mounting that so-called 'endocrine disrupting chemicals' (EDCs) become a health risk when they enter the environment, but key knowledge gaps remain. 21 Feb Poisoned by everyday life: Landmark study warns of gender-bending chemicals in your home. Global health chiefs warn that gender-bending compounds ? used in toys, PVC flooring, car dashboards and credit cards ? have "serious implications" for health. |