Research from China suggests that even low levels of nitrites in drinking water can cause cancer. Why is the West ignoring the evidence? asks Oliver Tickell
… Cancer-supporting nitrites - an … Comment Water China Drinking Water Nitrates Cancer Food And Health Water Health Pollution … of nitrites in drinking water can cause cancer. Why is the West ignoring the evidence? …
We get an entertaining selection of press releases each week at the Ecologist. Recently, however, amid claims for the greenest 4x4s ever, vegan-friendly breastmilk ice cream and strip-mining with a heart, one stood out.
… Tobacco Snuff Snus Betel Quid Health Risks CancerCancer Marketing Drugs Farming Cancer UK Marketing Fashion Drugs Health …
What do government and industry do when something is toxic but massively profitable? Most of the time, says Devra Davis, they just invest in better class of PR…
… Devra Davis | 15th May 2008 News Cigarettes Cancer PR Spin Marketing Marketing Drugs … amounts of asbestos, known now to induce lung cancer and mesothelioma – a tumour of the … problem. Until that time, the risks of lung cancer had been demonstrated in industrial …
The French grain-grower Paul François was the first citizen to successfully sue Monsanto over a toxic weedkiller, six years ago. There are considerable parallels between his case, and the recent ruling that RoundUp caused Dewayne Johnson’s cancer. NATALIE SAUER investigates
… ruling that RoundUp caused Dewayne Johnson’s cancer. NATALIE SAUER investigates A San … for failing to warn that RoundUp causes cancer. The news made headlines around the … lymphoma that has left his body crippled with cancerous lesions; Paul François suffers from …
A weedkiller that kills a lot more than simply weeds? If it’s worse than the poison it’s no cure at all, says Pat thomas
… Gm Products Monsanto Allergies Risk Cancer National Trust Industrial Pesticides … a Swedish study published in the journal Cancer revealed links between glyphosate … of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a form of cancer. Scientists warned then that with the …
It usually takes a major public health crisis to remove profitable toxins completely from marketplace. In the meantime most of us continue to be exposed to a variety of profitable poisons, including:
… | 15th May 2008 News Health Toxins Cosmetics Cancer Drugs Food And Farming Health Society … used as a rat poison, fluoride is linked to cancer, brittle bones and thyroid disease. … all stages of its life cycle, with links to cancer and damage to the immune and …
The once-hidden romance between Roger Bate of the free market, climate denying Institute of Economic Affairs and Big Tobacco becomes a public affair. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates
… responsible for killing millions of people. Cancer Lawsuit Bate hid his funding from the … court order after a class-action lawsuit by cancer sufferers. Oil companies, however, have …
Enough of the quick fixes, the sticking plasters that scarcely cover the wound. What farmers need now is help to get off the treadmill, and that requires a wholesale rethink of our food and farming systems - argues HELEN BROWNING
… of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the World Health Organisation's cancer agency, which found glyphosate to be a … Monsanto’s weed killer cause a man’s terminal cancer, but that the company knew its …
Air pollution awareness drive must match the scale of heart, cancer and anti-smoking campaigns.
… drive must match the scale of heart, cancer and anti-smoking campaigns. Experts are … up there with heart disease, diabetes and cancer. To properly deal with it we need a … more recently, Change for Life or Be Clear on Cancer health campaigns. An investment of at …
Credited in the Guiness book of records as the world's most slippery substance, Teflon has escaped the scrutiny of environmental regulators for 50 years. Now evidence suggests that the chemicals that leak from the Teflon pans during cooking may be more harmful to the environment and human health that DDT
… for obesity, insulin resistance and thyroid cancer. Laboratory studies also show that … signalling. This is a potential trigger for cancer, infertility and developmental … statistically significant excess of prostate cancer and female reproductive cancers in the …
Farmer and activist Hector Christie marches into Tesco and Asda to 'round up the Round Up' to protest the use of carcinogenic ingredient - and is totally stunned by how the staff in one North Devon superstore respond. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports
… | 25th May 2018 Activism Round Up Monsanto Cancer Tesco Asda … the warning, "No entry - glyphosate causes cancer ". Within minutes a team of ASDA staff … that an ingredient in Round Up could cause cancer. You can't be filming in the store. If …
How is asbestos regulated around the world, and what can we do to move towards a total ban?
… century it was discovered that asbestos was a cancer causing agent. If broken or disturbed, … government recognizes that asbestos can cause cancer and other diseases, but there is no … Walsh is currently specializing in rare cancer research, specifically mesothelioma, …
The EPA in the US is planning to alter the current regulations on asbestos that may allow the harmful substance back into manufacturing.
… Asbestos Environment Protection Agency Cancer Carcinogens x The EPA in the US is … to cause mesothelioma and other forms of cancer. The use of asbestos is banned in more …
Why does only one in 100 mums follow government advice to feed her baby solely on breast milk for the first six months? Mike Stones meets the woman determined to change that.
… gastroenteritis and some types of childhood cancers, while boosting cognitive functioning. … babies and is said to protect against ovarian cancer, breast cancer and weak bone in later life. Pardoe …
Ensuring access to plant-based foods in our public institutions could have a long term positive effect on our diets - and the planet too.
… Organisation has classified as a cause of cancer. In addition, some research has linked … disease, type 2 diabetes and some types of cancer. Plant-based diets can reduce food …
Environmental toxins have given us lesbian seagulls and transgender crabs, but pollutants may also be causing gender ambiguity in humans, says Eric Francis
… once science worried about skin pustules and cancer, today the main concerns about … higher chance of developing childhood vaginal cancer. The female reproductive system is …
Fakenomics: Frederick Seitz - paid for tobacco to attack the science linking smoking to cancer - led the charge against the UN's second major climate change report in 1995. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates
… to attack the science linking smoking to cancer - led the charge against the UN's … the Western Fuels Association is like a lung cancer study funded by the tobacco industry.” …
Innovation in medicine must be geared towards public health and not private profit, according to a new report.
… shows that the prices the UK pays for some cancer medicines could be reduced by between … twice for medicines. A treatment for prostate cancer – Abiraterone – was discovered by the Institute for Cancer Research (ICR), which receives 38 …
Food scares like Sudan 1 are finally encouraging Britons to take a more Gallic interest in what they eat
… The UK is in a spin about food once more. The cancer-causing illegal dye Sudan 1 has turned … propyl gallate, an additive linked to cancer which is used to extend shelf life. …
What possible good can come from adding a known poison to our water supply? None at all, argues John Graham
… mid-1970s, concerns about fluoridation and cancer led the US National Toxicology Program (NTP) to carry out cancer studies in rats. The results came in … dose-dependent increase in osteosarcoma (bone cancer) among male rats treated with sodium …
Many mainstream toiletries’ incompatible ingredients require chemicals to bind them together. Pat Thomas considers the alternatives to this unholy alliance
… (volatile chemicals that are also potentially cancer-causing); and heavy metals such as … 15, TEA can promote the formation of cancer-causing substances known as …
The coal industry of last century is the prime reason Merthyr Tydfil has the worst health in the UK. Now, with more coal and cash to carve from one of Europe’s largest opencast mines, developers and the local authority are back to finish the job. Words and photographs by Amy Scaife
… 3rd June 2008 News Coal Pollution Health Coal Cancer Energy Health Coal290x163.jpg The coal …
This month shops in the UK will begin to phase out traditional tungsten bulbs as part of a government plan to replace them completely by 2011 and save 5m tonnes of carbon emissions a year. However the current crop of low energy light bulbs are coming under criticism for causing skin complaints and migraines, releasing Mercury into the environment on disposal and not being as energy efficient as new LED equivalents.
… Bulbs 7th January 2008 News Light Bulbs Led Cancer Artificial Light Industrial Landfills …
The answer to the ongoing Brofiscin saga lies not in the South Wales Quarry but in Doncaster. Jon Hughes explains the complex legal judgement that has paralysed the Environment Agency and undermined its raison d’etre; to make the polluter pay
… News Brofiscin Bawtry Gowan Monsanto Risk Cancer Pollution Society Archive_22.jpg The …