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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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Testicular Cancer: Newsfeed13 Jul Hazardous flame retardant found in household objects. A flame retardant that was taken out of children?s pajamas more than 30 years ago after it was found to cause cancer is being used with increasing regularity in furniture, paint and even baby carriers, and EPA's safety assessment is biased toward industry, again. 8 Jul Cancer's forgotten generation. Cancer incidence among young Canadian women is rising, according to a new federal report, while it has either stabilized or dropped in children and seniors of both sexes. 30 Jun Popcorn bags face possible new rules. A state senator is proposing that California become the first state to ban a class of potential carcinogens used in some popcorn bags, pizza boxes and other grease-resistant food packaging. 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. 20 Jun Bill would pinpoint state cancer hotspots. People seeking more information about the relationship between pollution and cancer rates may get some help from a cancer-mapping bill passed by state lawmakers. 18 Jun Cancer deaths 'higher in north.' Death rates from cancer are higher among people living in the north than in the rest of England, research shows. 13 Jun As concerns grow, BPA-free items in demand. Babies R Us was exchanging used plastic baby bottles and other items containing bisphenol A, a controversial chemical deemed dangerous by some health advocates, for safer products. That followed news this year that Wal-Mart and other retailers will phase out plastic baby products made with BPA. 12 Jun Chemical imbalance. Known as endocrine disruption, chemicals found in computers, shampoo, plastic water bottles and prophylactics are skewing our odds against cancers and causing developmental delays and reproductive roadblocks. 8 Jun Bill aims to fight cancer. Providence RI Fire Chief George S. Farrell suspects that years of running into burning buildings led him to where he is today ? living with cancer. 2 Jun Refinery presents health concerns . The increased incidence of leukemia and lymphoma is best documented in the workers, but a great deal of antidotal information suggests those living close to refineries are affected, as well. 28 May Exposé: Chemicals in food. If not for the work of a muckraking journalist a century ago, the FDA might never have existed. Now, with information from investigative journalists, the Senate is challenging the FDA to back up legislation on bisphenol A. 22 May Research targets dad's DNA. Would-be dads are rarely bombarded with pre-pregnancy tips on diet missteps and toxic exposures, even though sperm DNA is vulnerable to defects that can cause possible health problems for their children. 21 May Uganda: Without DDT spraying malaria will kill more. NO one who lives in Africa can ignore malaria. 18 May Effects of TCE still a haunting mystery. A subterranean chemical plume -- thought to be latent under layers of dirt, asphalt and cement -- was found to be pushing toxic gases through the foundations of hundreds of buildings south of the IBM campus in the heart of the village. |