Environment
As BPA Concerns Rise, Can Companies Seek Alternatives
Canned foods have been getting the cold shoulder from a growing number of grocery shoppers lately -- not because of their nutritional content or their taste, but because the linings ...
Radiation Exposure from Airport Scanners
A message from the Academy of Radiology Research: In light of some inquiries regarding the safety of radiation exposure resulting from airport scanners, we are sending some information that you ...
FDA- ‘Improper use’ of CT scanners led to perfusion overdoses
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been investigating reports that patients undergoing computed tomography (CT) brain perfusion scans were accidently exposed to excess radiation. The FDA found that when ...
Researchers Trace Toxins’ Links to Reproductive Health
When Molly Gray had trouble conceiving several years ago, she decided to make some lifestyle changes. Gray, a naturopath and midwife who lives in Seattle, bought foods grown without pesticides, ...
Searching for breast cancer culprits in chemicals
When Heather Rogers was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago, she asked herself, "Why me?" Like 90% of women with the disease, Rogers had no family history of breast ...
Canada Becomes First Nation to Officially List BPA as Toxic
Effective immediately, the chemical Bisphenol A is officially considered toxic in Canada. BPA, as you're likely aware, is a chemical commonly found in plastics, food cans, water bottles, and paper ...
Are Cell Phones and Wi-Fi Hazardous to Your Health?
You may not be able to see electropollution, but your body responds to it as though it were a cloud of toxic chemicals." --Ann Louse Gittleman, author of Zapped: Why ...
Something’s in the air: BPA found around the world
A global study finds bisphenol A is in the air, showing yet another possible way people are exposed to the notorious endocrine disruptor. Add air to the growing list of ...
Something’s in the air: BPA found around the world
A global study finds bisphenol A is in the air, showing yet another possible way people are exposed to the notorious endocrine disruptor. Add air to the growing list of ...
Dangers in Household Cleaning Products to be Exposed
ALBANY, N.Y. - Environmental and health organizations went to court a year ago to try to force the makers of hundreds of well-known household cleaners to reveal what dangerous chemicals ...
Cancer Incidence in Female Cosmetologists and Manicurists in California, 1988–2005
Health concerns have been pronounced for cosmetologists and manicurists, who are exposed daily to cosmetic products containing known or suspected human carcinogens and endocrine disruptors. In this retrospective cohort study, ...
Top 5 Suspected Everyday Carcinogens in the American Cancer Society’s Scary New Report
Some carcinogens you already know and fear: cigarettes, asbestos, smoked meat. But what about the ones you've never even heard of? That's the crux of a new report from the ...