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New US research finds deadly links betweem talcum powder and ovarian cancer
What could be more benign than body powder, right? Some of Chicago`s most highly placed doctors would say, wrong. They are part of a coaltion of public health experts, medical doctors and consumers organizations that is petitioning the federal ...
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Chemical used to make non-stick coatings may be harmful to health - research
A chemical used to make non-stick coating for pots and pans, food wrappers and stain-resistant fabrics may harm the immune system, liver and thyroid and cause higher cholesterol in children, according to the initial findings of a study of 69,000 ...
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Mapping wildlife diseases may help prevent their spread
Tracking wildlife disease outbreaks around the world is now possible with another online map that shows where threats to the health of wild animals, domestic animals, and people are occurring. The Global Wildlife Disease News Map, developed ...
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Breathing in Los Angeles and Pittsburgh can be hazardous for your health
One out of every 10 people in the United States lives in an area with unhealthy levels of all three types of air pollution tracked by the new American Lung Association State of the Air report - ozone, short-term particle pollution and year-round ...
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US farmworkers sue to block use of four toxic pesticides
A coalition of farmworker advocates and environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Friday, seeking to force a halt to the use of four organophosphate pesticides. Some of these pesticides have been detected ...
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Type 2 diabetes may be linked to pesticide exposure
Cambridge University scientists are advocating more research into the possible links between environmental pollution and type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease. At least 171 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes, according to ...
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Los Angelenos` cancer risk from air pollution down 15%
A scientific study by regional air regulators in Southern California shows that, although overall cancer risk from air pollution has declined 15 percent in the past seven years, air quality in the Los Angeles Basin remains among the worst in the ...
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Handling Pesticides Poses Asthma Risk for Farm Women
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina, December 31, 2007 (ENS) - New research on farm women has shown that contact with some commonly used pesticides may increase their risk of allergic asthma. `Farm women are an understudied occupational group,` ...
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Research Funded to Find Out Which Candies Contain Lead
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, October 23, 2007 (ENS) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $96,798 to the University of Nevada -Las Vegas to develop a cost-effective method of screening imported candy to identify lead hazards. The ...
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National Children`s Study Probes Environment, Genetics
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, October 8, 2007 (ENS) - The largest study of child and human health ever conducted in the United States is one step closer to full operation with the award of contracts to 22 new study centers to manage participant recruitment ...
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Heat Shuts Down Chicago Marathon
CHICAGO, Illinois, October 8, 2007 (ENS) - One man died and hundreds of other people became ill as temperatures soared into the `80s during the 30th LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon on Sunday. The race had nearly 36,000 starters from all 50 states ...
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9/11 Environmental Health Services Offered at New Locations
NEW YORK, New York, September 20, 2007 (ENS) - The World Trade Center Environmental Health Center at Bellevue Hospital, a city-funded program that offers free, high quality health services to people experiencing health problems as a result of 9/11, ...
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Stopping Malaria at Its Source - Without Drugs
TROY, New York, August 29, 2007 (ENS) - Malaria kills over one million people around the world, mostly young children. And the problem is growing as the Earth heats up due to global warming. Outbreaks of the deadly parasitic disease are spreading ...
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Diesel Exhaust + Cholesterol = Cardiovascular Disease
LOS ANGELES, California, July 26, 2007 (ENS) - Exposure to a combination of diesel exhaust and high blood cholesterol increases the risk for heart attack and stroke far more than exposure to either factor alone, new research reveals. The results ...
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Cherokee Nation Joins Federal Environmental Health Program
DALLAS, Texas, July 18, 2007 (ENS) - The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma will take part in a new community health protection and education initiative sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the federal Centers for Disease Control and ...
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Recycling with FundingFactory Helps Fight Cancer
ERIE, Pennsylvania, July 9, 2007 (ENS) - Teams participating in the 2007 Breast Cancer 3-Day Race have found an environmentally friendly way to raise money - they are recycling used printer cartridges and cell phones. Breast Cancer 3-Day is a ...
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Ukraine President Wants to Renew Chernobyl Area
KIEV, Ukraine (ENS) - Today, on the 21st anniversary of the explosion and fire at Chernobyl that sent a radioactive cloud across Europe, the president of Ukraine urged the country to support renewal of the uninhabited, contaminated region around the ...
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Spain Donates $700 Million to Advance Millenium Goals
NEW YORK, New York (ENS) - The government of Spain has donated $700 million to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals, a set of eight globally agreed targets that aim to improve environmental conditions, combat poverty, and ...