Tag: cancer
Decades of research link pesticide use around homes, farms to childhood...
A new comprehensive meta-analysis published last month in the International Journal of Cancer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln analyzed findings from 88 epidemiological studies spanning more than 40 years.
AI gives ‘problematic’ health advice study finds
The researchers found a significant gap when these tools are used to address real-world patient symptoms.
EWG sues EPA for inaction on glyphosate petition; violates federal law,...
In the suit, EWG requests a reduction in the glyphosate tolerance level for oats from 30 ppm to 0.1 ppm and a ban on its use as a pre-harvest desiccant.
Higher cancer rates tied to factory farm counties as new study...
Yale researchers found elevated cancer rates in heavily concentrated CAFO counties in California, Iowa, and Texas, adding urgency to concerns about manure waste, nitrate contamination, and rural drinking water safety.
EPA proposes to double amount of formaldehyde considered safe to inhale...
Is this change part of a broader reassessment of how the agency evaluates cancer risks from chemicals?
WHO classifies atrazine as ‘probably carcinogenic to humans’ raising concerns about...
This new evaluation confirms both the first—glyphosate—and second most used herbicides in the nation’s farm belt carry potential health and environmental concerns.
Glyphosate levels 40 times higher in period products than legal limit...
Conducted by PAN UK and Women's Environmental Network, the study said that millions of women and girls could be at risk of exposure to glyphosate, which is linked to life-threatening illnesses.
Cancer deaths projected to rise nearly 75 percent by 2050, Lancet...
Researchers say disproportionate growth in low- and middle-income countries highlights urgent need for equitable cancer control.
Study suggests breast cancer linked to exposure of phthalates in everyday...
As the second-leading cause of cancer death in women, most cases of breast cancer arise from environmental and lifestyle factors, the study found.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.