Cancer Prevention
Firefighters Sound Alarm On Toxic Chemicals
More than 200 empty pairs of firefighter boots lined the steps of the Rotunda in San Francisco's City Hall on Wednesday. Each pair represented a local firefighter who lost his ...
The Toxins That Threaten Our Brains
Leading scientists recently identified a dozen chemicals as being responsible for widespread behavioral and cognitive problems. But the scope of the chemical dangers in our environment is likely even greater. ...
Cancer-Proof Your Body
Recent research reveals 8 stealth strategies to keep the killer at bay. It's time to raise your carcinogen shields—and your overall health—using these smart anti-C moves The average mouse doesn't ...
10 Ways for Men to Prevent Cancer Today
Sweat Daily In a University of Vermont study, the fittest men were 68 percent less likely to develop lung cancer and 38 percent less likely to develop colorectal cancers than ...
The Chemicals That Stick Around in the Body
How the U.S. tracks the potentially harmful substances that build up in humans Most Americans do carry traces of dozens—possibly hundreds—of potentially toxic chemicals in their bodies, according to the ...
The Scary New Evidence on BPA-Free Plastics
Update (3/3/14): After this story went to press, the US Food and Drug Administration published a paper finding that BPA was safe in low doses. However, the underlying testing was ...
BPA Absorbed From Cash Register Receipts, Study Finds
People who handled receipts coated with the controversial chemical BPA had the compound in their urine just a few hours afterwards, showing the compound soaks into the body through the ...
Cancer survivors warn teens of dangers of tanning, sun exposure
When prom season and graduation hover closer, many high school students urge one another to sign pledges to stay sober and act responsibly. But some are making a different sort ...
Fluoride and Other Chemical Risks
New research finds exposure to fluoride in drinking water and several other common chemicals in early life diminishes brain function in children. Study lead author, Philippe Grandjean, tells host Steve ...
Yellow pigments in clothing, paper contain long-banned PCB
New, unpublished research has found that polychlorinated biphenyls – banned in the United States 35 years ago – are leaching out of clothing and printed materials from around the world. ...
Walmart And Target Take Aim At Hazardous Ingredients
Big retailers formulate policies to regulate the chemicals that go into the products they sell Megaretailers Walmart and Target announced last fall that they would reduce or eliminate ingredients in ...
New test suggests antidepressant Paxil may promote breast cancer
A team of researchers from the City of Hope in Duarte has developed a speedy way to identify drugs and chemicals that can disrupt the balance of sex hormones in ...