Carcinogens

Dividing cells. courtesy Wikispaces
Discover Magazine (blog)
We usually think of carcinogens as substances that mutate DNA, scrambling the program in a cell's genome and converting it into a cancer cell. But not all carcinogens are mutagens. Others work in a more subtle way. Every time a cell divides it must ...

Cooking Against Cancer: “Stealth” Brownies (with avocado pulp!) recipe from ...
Dallas Morning News (blog)
These compounds help decrease inflammation and stimulate enzymes that can help deactivate carcinogens. Foods containing dietary fiber have been shown to decrease colon cancer risk. *Farro: Good source of fiber; substances found in whole grains that ...

Cannabis Culture
Medical Marijuana & Crohn's Disease – Getting Your Doctor to Sign Health ...
Cannabis Culture
Tell him you will be using a vapourizer which eliminates all carcinogens as there is no smoke inhalation involved in this method. Here are some studies you can print off to help support your case: Cannabis Alleviates Symptoms of Crohn's Disease ...

Will next year be the end to student body smoking on Alabama's campus?
The University of Alabama Crimson White
For instance, every student that was required to take a middle school level health class knows the inhalation of smoke can lead to mouth and lung cancer due to the dozens of known carcinogens present in cigarettes, and most probably know the average ...

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Four Cancer Discoveries That You Need To Know About
Forbes
Researchers speculate that DNA-damaging carcinogens—chemicals linked to prostate and other cancers—produced at high temperatures could be to blame. Cancer treatment may get customizable. We may be getting closer than ever to winning the war on ...

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RAMSEY: Yes! Smoking departs Security Service Field
Colorado Springs Gazette
Not long ago, the smokers sat beside me, typing and puffing as carcinogens floated through the air we shared. Starting Thursday, those who smoke will have their own special place outside Security Service Field, home of the Colorado Springs Sky Sox.

North Carolina Lawmakers Propose State Religion
Huffington Post
Kringle April 03, 2013 14:14 ...something about FDA Approved carcinogens or something... Kringle April 03, 2013 14:14 E-Cigarettes = Highly-toxic, from what I've read. DeveyElise April 03, 2013 14:13 The only reason I voted for him is because he doesn ...

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What are the Causes of Breast Cancer? New Epidemiological Study
Center for Research on Globalization
The new study is unique for its consideration of worker exposures to mammary carcinogens and endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) and their association with the incidence of breast cancer in several industries. Some of these substances include: ...

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Chinadaily USA
Dragon's brew is the drink for spring
Chinadaily USA
In tea jargon, this characteristic is "clean and fresh", a sensation that comes from the amino acid-infused tea leaves, natural elements that are good for body and skin. Green tea works to guard the body against carcinogens and the leaves contain ...

Socialist Project
New Occupational Breast Cancer Study Challenges the Cancer Establishment
Socialist Project
The new study is unique for its consideration of worker exposures to mammary carcinogens and endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) and their association with the incidence of breast cancer in several industries. Some of these substances include: ...

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WILTZ: I feel like a kid with a new toy
Daily Republic
Another writer, a woman, enlightened me about the cosmetic industry, its slick advertising and the carcinogens in its products. I appreciated her information, but because I believe that a 60-year-old person should look like a 60-year-old, I have no ...

Melanoma cases on the rise for adolescents
WWSB ABC 7
"I and the American Academy of dermatology are thrilled to see states start to take an active roll in limiting the use of a known carcinogens such as a tanning bed," said Callahan. But tanning beds aren't the only risk factors. Officials, say spending ...

USGS Finds No Influence of Oil Platforms on Contaminant Levels in California ...
United States Geological Survey (press release)
Several PAHs are probable human carcinogens and many are toxic to fish and other aquatic life. Scientists were able to develop a new, more accurate method of sampling small traces of PAHs that may have been ingested and broken down within the fish.

Harmful chemical make up makeup
NYU Washington Square News
In 2008, the Environmental Working Group tested 7,500 beauty products and found that 80 percent of them contained 146 chemicals linked to cancer — known as carcinogens — which can also be found in smog and car exhaust. “There are many synthetic ...

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BoldSky
Does Cauliflower Wards Off Cancer?
BoldSky
Detoxification of carcinogens: All cruciferous vegetables including cauliflower contains sulphur compounds that support the detoxification system of our body and thus prevent cancer. Dithiolthiones and isothiocyanates present in cauliflower increases ...

Jobs that can ruin your health
South China Morning Post
New studies, however, have found a connection between certain occupations and health issues, from sleep deprivation and obesity to problems linked to being exposed to carcinogens. These six occupations are among the most dangerous in Hong Kong.

Astronaut touches down in town for a day
San Jose Mercury News
They reduce the risk of fires from using candles, and reduce the carcinogens people are exposed to from the kerosene." Threading her way through the room with her 7-month-old baby in her arms, LGUMC pastor Jennifer Murdock appeared as excited as the ...

Environmental Leader
EPA Chemical Risk Assessment Plan For 2013 to Focus on Flame Retardants
Bloomberg BNA
A peer-review panel convened by the National Toxicology Program recently recommended that 1-bromopropane be classified as a “reasonably anticipated human carcinogen” and included in the Report on Carcinogens, which would trigger hazard ...
Flame Retardants Focus of EPA Risk Assessmentwoodworkingnetwork.com

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Study Suggests Postponing The First Cigarette Of The Day
The Inquisitr
NNK (4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-[3-pyridyl]-1-butanone) is carcinogenic (cancer causing) and has been found to induce lung tumors in several rodent study models. Levels of NNAL (4-(methylnitrosamnino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol) in the blood and urine can be ...

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Filner exceeds expectations
U-T San Diego
... some of the country's most productive agricultural lands, contaminating ground water with a least three known carcinogens (naphthalene, benzyl chloride and formaldehyde), and spewing ever more carbon dioxide into our already burdened atmosphere.