Carcinogens

Entree Vous: Take cabbage beyond St. Patrick's Day
Poughkeepsie Journal
Sulforaphane, indole 3-carbinol and crambene are phytochemicals in these vegetables that play a role in detoxifying carcinogens before they damage cells in our body. There may also be a synergy between these phytochemicals and other nutrients in the ...

To smoke or not to smoke on stage? It's a question in Minnesota
Pioneer Press
"It's so much easier to use e-cigarettes or to use something else that doesn't have all the carcinogens in it," said Sen. Barb Goodwin, D-Columbia Heights. Minnesota is one of 11 states, plus Washington, D.C., in which smoking bans don't apply to ...

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Tempest in a pasta box or valid health concern?
Albany Times Union
The women, whose campaign has gained national attention, say the colorings Kraft uses are carcinogens. They also say the European version of the packaged pasta free of these additives. Some people say on Facebook that they signed the petition (now ...

Bill takes aim at fracking
The News-Press
A 2011 congressional study says there are 750 chemicals companies can use in fracking, 29 of them carcinogens, regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act or listed as hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act. The energy industry says fracking ...

ABC News
Health Matters: Concerned Mothers Petition For Kraft's Artificial Color ...
Fox 2 KFXV
The mothers say the dyes are known carcinogens man-made in a lab with chemicals derived from petroleum. Kraft products in Europe contain no artificial coloring; paprika and beta-carotene are replacements. The food and drug administration says these ...
Is mac and cheese dangerously yellow?Minneapolis Star Tribune
Mothers Petition Against Kraft's Use of Artificial Food DyesThe Daily meal
Moms Take on Dye in Kraft Macaroni and CheeseLA Weekly (blog)
Bayoubuzz (subscription) -Z6Mag
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Deli meat consumption causes premature deaths from heart disease, cancer ...
Toronto Star
“Fruit and vegetables might counteract, for example, some of the effects of some carcinogens as they are antioxidants or may act in other parts of the mechanism of carcinogens,” Rohrmann explained. The study also found that: Men and women who ate a lot ...

Could the U.S. Have Assassinated Hugo Chavez Using Cancer?
Gawker
We know, of course, that some things do cause cancer—the list of known human carcinogens numbers in the hundreds. And scientists do routinely give cancer to things: lab mice, for example, by actively implanting carcinogens or tumor tissues inside the ...

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Letter: Link between meat, cancer
Leavenworth Times
While the horsemeat and pink slime scandals have made consumers nationwide gag, the saturated fat, preservatives, and carcinogens in processed meat can make them terminally sick. Skip pro-cessed meat every day. Comment or view comments » ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
Study finds association between processed meat and disease
Los Angeles Times
... processed meat is treated by salting, curing or smoking,” they wrote. “These processes, however, lead to an increased intake of carcinogens or their precursors.” mary.macvean@latimes.com @mmacvean on Twitter. Copyright © 2013, Los Angeles Times ...
Sausages, bacon tied to early deaths?Times of India
Can processed meats lead to an early death?HLNtv.com
Processed Meat May Play a Part in Early Death: StudyWebMD
Yahoo! News (blog) -TopNews United States -FarmersWeekly
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LA Weekly (blog)
Moms Take on Dye in Kraft Macaroni and Cheese
LA Weekly (blog)
Are man-made in a lab with chemicals derived from petroleum (a crude oil product, which also happens to be used in gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt, and tar). - Yellow 5 and Yellow 6 are contaminated with known carcinogens (a.k.a. an agent directly ...
The War Against Macaroni and Cheese: Petition Asks Kraft to Remove Artificial ...Yahoo! Canada Shine (blog)

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DEP Proposes Allowing More Toxins in Water; Eating More than Three Shrimp ...
New Times Broward-Palm Beach (blog)
The agency is supposed to establish acceptable levels for carcinogens in water, so that humans do not get cancer via fish consumption or drinking water. But the agency's proposed changes would allow for more carcinogens than are currently allowed.

The Local.de
Cancer-causing fungus found in raw milk
The Local.de
Milk from cows which have ingested aflatoxin – one of the strongest naturally occurring carcinogens – is “particularly dangerous,” said Udo Paschedag from Lower Saxony's Agriculture Ministry. At the weekend, hundreds of farms in Lower Saxony were ...

Yahoo! Canada Shine (blog)
The War Against Macaroni and Cheese: Petition Asks Kraft to Remove Artificial ...
Yahoo! Canada Shine (blog)
The problem: Yellow 5 and Yellow 6, two artificial food dyes that give the dish it's day-glo hue but also contain known carcinogens. In Europe, foods that contain Yellow 5 are required to carry a warning label, and the chemical has been banned outright ...

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EDITORIAL: Nanny laws push low-income residents out of casinos
Oklahoma Daily
The sodium nitrates in processed meats reportedly form carcinogens, both regular and diet sodas increase one's risk of a heart attack and osteoporosis and trans fats in anything from potato chips to cheeseburgers can cause breast cancer. Shouldn't the ...

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U.S. News & World Report
Study Links Processed Meats With Early Death
U.S. News & World Report
Many processed meats contain carcinogens "or their precursors," according to the study. [READ: Meat Analysis Finds Drug Resistant Bacteria in Pork]. People who consumed the most processed and red meats had the lowest fruit and vegetable intake and ...
Processed meat could kill youHealth24.com

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Marijuana legalization: public health issues
Bradenton Herald
... of lungs there is no difference between marijuana and cigarettes, with some exceptions: the "active" ingredient is different (nicotine for one, THC for the other) and marijuana is classically smoked without a filter (meaning the carcinogens and ...

WFAA
McKinney Council tables vote on water flouridation issue
WFAA
McKinney conducted a public hearing to help decide whether to ask the North Texas Municipal Water District to discontinue the fluoridation of treated water. "It upsets me to think I'm encouraging my son to drink tap water full of carcinogens," said mom ...

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Editorial: VA dragging its feet on health claims
Tampabay.com
As many as to 1 million people were exposed to carcinogens at Camp Lejeune from 1953 to 1987 in what scientists have called one of the nation's worst cases of contamination of a large drinking water system. The number affected includes as many as tens ...

Fracking In The Age Of Cancer
PlanetSave.com
The three most common carcinogens, according to the industry, are naphthalene, benzyl chloride, and formaldehyde. In fact, nobody knows exactly which chemicals, or how much, are used in hydraulic fracturing operations. The industry fights hard to keep ...

Clyde carcinogen testing begins
Fremont News Messenger
An environmental engineer and his staff tested dust particles in the attic of a Clyde home as part of the search by city families and their attorneys for answers to what caused the Clyde Children's Cancer Cluster. Trina Donnersbach, whose daughter ...

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