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FDA Underestimating Gulf Residents’ Carcinogen Exposure From Eating Seafood: NRDC

December 9, 2010

photo: Louisiana Sea Grant College Program, Louisiana State University/Creative Commons

Something to bring the horror of the Gulf oil spill back fresh to memory: The NRDC says that the FDA is grossly underestimating the exposure to carcinogens in sea…

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Two New Cancer Studies Point to Seaweed and Sunlight For Prevention

November 28, 2010

Photo: FearfulStills

Recent University of South Carolina (USC) studies have outlined two important tools in cancer prevention. The studies, which were carried out at USC’s Arnold School of Health and the South Carolina Cancer Center, found that seawe…

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Cancer Sucks

November 16, 2010

Yesterday was not a good day for bad news.  Is any day?  It seems that, as I get older, each day presents itself as an opportunity to be reminded to enjoy life to its fullest.  I found…

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Smelly Helmet Assaults Nostrils to Save Noggins

November 16, 2010

Photo: Felizitas Gemetz for Fraunhofer IWM

We’ve covered all sorts of cycling helmets in the past. The Lazer helmet with lubrication between two shells, the Hövding Helmet, which is really an airbag for your head, the multisport Helium helmet that i…

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How to Fight Breast Cancer? Get Your Mammogram, Never Stop Giving and Take Pink…It’s SoTru!

October 29, 2010

How to Fight Breast Cancer?  Get Your Mammogram, Never Stop Giving and Take Pink…It’s SoTru!
Last week I had to go through the indignity of getting my yearly mammogram.  I say indignity…

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80,000 Chemicals Registered in the US; 1 in 8 Women get Breast Cancer. Can You Say Connection?

October 18, 2010

As you know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  As companies don pink ribbons on everything and pinkwash consumers, the Breast Cancer Fund proposes we change the purpose of the month from awareness to prevention.  They have just released the sixth edition of State of the Evidence: The Connection Between Breast Cancer and the Environment. [...]

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Should Breast Cancer Awareness Turn to Prevention?

October 16, 2010

A page from ‘State of the Evidence’ shows the difficulty of linking risks to causes for breast cancer. Courtesy Breast Cancer Fund.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and you’re likely to see pink ribbons along with fall colors, as groups rais…

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Pinkwash Free Zone: Best Eco-Friendly Beauty for Breast Cancer Research

October 6, 2010

Images courtesy of ecostiletto

This guest post was written by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff of ecostiletto.

Seeing pink? It must be October, when the beauty industry slaps a whole bunch of pink ribbons on products that donate to breast cancer research. Sou…

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12 Fruits and Vegetables Loaded with Pesticides

September 10, 2010

Unless you’ve been living in a cave or perhaps Cuba, you’ve probably heard that buying organic produce is better. Here’s why.

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The Skin Disease That Turns People Into Trees

September 2, 2010

Lewandowsky-Lutz dysplasia is a rare, hereditary disease that causes one to branch out with tree-like roots. The disease often leads to cancer and is very disfiguring.

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