Cancer Prevention
Non-toxic Thanksgiving?
Only you can devise the right strategy for avoiding toxic family drama, but here are some quick tips for keeping the big meal chemical-free. Don’t gobble antibiotics. Choose a heritage, ...
UN agency calls outdoor air pollution leading cause of cancer
* Cancer agency ranks polluted air alongside tobacco smoke * Some 23,000 lung cancer deaths in 2010 due to pollution * Transport and power generation are major air polluters The ...
This Is Your Brain on Toxins
“Lead helps to guard your health.” That was the marketing line that the former National Lead Company used decades ago to sell lead-based household paints. Yet we now know that ...
Target takes serious first step to address toxic chemicals
You spoke up, and Target listened. It was a mere nine months ago that we launched our Mind the Store campaign with the goal of working with, and moving the ...
BPA’s possible role in miscarriages examined
Study shows possible connection between BPA and miscarriages for some women. BOSTON - New research suggests that high levels of BPA, a chemical in many plastics and canned food linings, ...
Breast Cancer & Our Environment
It's difficult to examine the effects of individual chemicals on risk for a disease as complex as breast cancer. The time between exposures and development of the disease may be ...
Women take on cosmetics industry
It began more than a decade ago with four women who wondered whether the hair spray, perfume and shampoo they were using every day were safe. Their quest to find ...
Researchers raise concerns about BPA and breast cancer
A growing number of health advocates are raising concerns about possible links between the estrogen-like chemical BPA and breast cancer. Consumer concern about BPA, or bisphenol A, has led manufacturers ...
My Top 12 Cancer Prevention Strategies
There is so much you can do to lower your risk for cancer. But please don’t wait until you get the diagnosis—you have to take preventative steps NOW. It’s much ...
Flame retardants banned years ago finally declining in women, study suggests
Scientists have documented for the first time that banned flame retardants have declined in people in the United States, where levels of the chemicals had been growing exponentially. The small ...
Reality Check on Cancer: Fast Progress But Too Many Preventable Deaths
The latest status report from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) shows that most cancer deaths are avoidable. Compared to 1990, one million fewer people died of cancer and ...
Wal-Mart announces phase-out of hazardous chemicals
Do you know what's in your cosmetics? Or your perfume? The nation's largest retailer announces it will try to get its suppliers to disclose and eventually phase out 10 potentially ...