Breast cancer, traffic pollution link examined in Montreal study.
Traffic-related air pollution may put women at risk for breast cancer, according to a new study from Quebec.
High pollution ‘can double risk of breast cancer.’
Traffic pollution can double a woman’s risk of getting breast cancer, a study claimed Wednesday. Cases of the disease were ‘clearly higher’ in areas with increased levels of nitrogen dioxide, researchers said. Breast cancer is the most common for...
Breast cancer linked to traffic-related air pollution.
Women living in areas with high levels of traffic-generated air pollution may be at greater risk for breast cancer, Montreal researchers have found. The results, published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, were “startling,” the rese...
Ditch pink ribbon and focus on breast cancer prevention, group urges.
A Montreal group wants consumers to stop buying "pink ribbon" products and give money to organizations that fund breast cancer prevention research. The group contends that the Pink Ribbon campaign mainly benefits corporations, many of which sell products with ingredients linked to cancer.
Apples or pears … it’s all in the genes ladies, not the diet.
For apple-shapes like Sophie Dahl who struggle to stay slim the news may come as a blow – a woman’s shape is not determined by diet but by 13 inherited genes.
Bad life habits raise your risk of getting cancer.
Whenever discussion arises about Delaware's higher-than-average cancer rate, the state's history of high pollution levels and environmental contaminants are usually cited as anecdotal – if not scientific – reasons. There's not nearly as much talk a...
Trying to understand our chemical exposure.
Our modern-day environment is loaded with man-made chemicals. What's the health fallout of this? In some cases, such as those for lead and mercury, the effects of environmental chemicals are clear. Not so much for others, such as bisphenol A and flame ...
Levels of worrisome chemical higher in female cashiers.
Research published Friday indicates that bisphenol A levels in pregnant women vary widely. Scientists examined BPA levels in urine samples from 386 pregnant women in Cincinnati. About 90% of the women had detectable levels of bisphenol A.
After hairstylist becomes suspicious of Brazilian Blowout, tests find formaldehyde.
Molly Scrutton's concerns over Brazilian Blowout, a hair smoother, led state and federal authorities in the United States and Canada to test the product for formaldehyde.
Coming clean about household cleaners.
Cleaning companies are notoriously secretive about the chemical contents of their products. But now, New York is reviving a 1976 law that requires manufacturers to disclose chemical ingredients in household cleaners.
