Cancer Prevention

Why I'm Anti-Antibacterial Soaps, Even in Flu Season

 ... But hand-washing obsessive though I might be, I won't use antibacterial soaps or antibacterial hand sanitizers as an extra precaution. They're not any better than washing with regular soap and water, and they contain something normal soap doesn't -- hormone-disrupting chemicals called triclosan and triclocarban.

How Healthy Is Your Home?

Is your home a healthy place for your family to live and thrive?

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CDC: Too few Americans getting screened for common cancers

The number of Americans being screened for colon, breast and cervical cancers still fall below national targets, federal health officials said Thursday.

In 2010, 72.4 percent of women were being screened for breast cancer, below the target of 81 percent, for cervical cancer it was 83 percent of women, while the target is 93 percent, and for colon cancer 58.6 percent of Americans were screened, missing the target of 70.5 percent, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

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BLOG: Cancer Prevention?

Richard Nixon launched the War on Cancer (not his words) in 1971 and since then we have suffered untold incidences of cancer and spent billions of dollars on research. We live in a time when cancer has become so commonplace that the news of new cases seems almost expected.

How You Can Prevent Uterine Cancer

Most women assume that ovarian cancer is the most common gynecologic cancer. They are surprised when I tell them that uterine cancer – also known as endometrial cancer – is actually the most common gynecologic malignancy and the fourth most common cancer in women.

Help GoodGuide Trash Cancer

Fran Drescher’s movement, Cancer Schmancer, recently launched a new campaign called Trash Cancer to empower consumers with the tools and knowledge to live a preventative lifestyle. Aiming to educate about chemicals found in everyday products, the website is powered by GoodGuide ratings allowing users to search for products that are free of known or suspected carcinogens.

Toxic-free Tips for a Safer Halloween from CHEJ

Wanna hear something spooky? With one of CHEJ’s favorite holidays, Halloween, right around the corner, we wanted to let you in on the chemical industry’s dirty little tricks.

10 Dangerous Everyday Things in Your Home

Top 7 Toxins in Your Home

An excerpt from “Smart Mama's Green Guide: Simple Steps to Reduce Your Child's Toxic Chemical Exposure”

I think we all generally feel that exposure to toxic chemicals isn’t good. The strong smell of paint stripper just doesn’t seem to be particularly healthy. We might not know precisely why they are bad, but we instinctively and intuitively know that if toxic chemical exposures aren’t good for us, then they can’t be good for our kids, either.

Antibacterial Chemical Raises Safety Issues

The maker of Dial Complete hand soap says that it kills more germs than any other brand. But is it safe?

That question has federal regulators, consumer advocates and soap manufacturers locked in a battle over the active ingredient in Dial Complete and many other antibacterial soaps, a chemical known as triclosan.

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