Carcinogens

Is Your Laundry Detergent Toxic?

Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Tide Chemicals, Proctor & Gamble, Video, Laundry Detergent, Tide Carcinogenic, Green-Living, 4-Dioxane, Carcinogens, 1, Dioxane, Toxic Laundry Detergent, Tide Detergent, Tide Detergent 1, Tide Cancer, Green News

From Mother Nature Network's Matt Hickman: Now, you probably have enough to worry about as it is with geese colliding into airplanes, Kim Kardashia...

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The California Nail Polish Scandal and What it Means for Your Manicure

Amy Ziff | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Amy Ziff, Toxic Nail Polish California, Carcinogens, Toxic Trio, Formaldehyde, Toxic Nail Polish, Safe Nail Polish, Manicure, Non-Toxic Nail Polish, Dbp, California Nail Salons, Nail Polish Scandal, California Nail Polish, Nail Salons, Health News, Nail Polish Toxic Trio, Nail Salon Scandal, Healthy Living News
Amy Ziff

I used to think a mani/pedi made for the perfect relaxing, healthy way to escape from my life for a few minutes. As it turns out, this seemingly-benign reward can be extremely hazardous for our health.

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Follow Up Study to the Red Meat/Cancer Study

Nancy Deville | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Seven Countries Study, Red Meat Study, Carcinogens, Cancer, Red Meat Cancer, Red Meat Cancer Study, Health News, Healthy Living News
Nancy Deville

There's a new study out telling us once again not to eat red meat. The study followed about 38,000 middle-aged men for an average of 22 years and 84,000 women for 28 years and concluded that red meat contributes to cancer.

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Would the Kochs Rather Attack Me Than Stop Cancer? (VIDEO)

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: David Koch, Anthony Samsel, Koch Brothers, Charles Koch, Crossett Arkansas, Koch Industries, Carcinogens, Cancer, Koch Brothers Exposed, Robert Greenwald, Georgia Pacific, Brave New Foundation, Video, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

We challenge the Koch brothers to engage in an honest debate. We challenge them to see the film and show one false claim. Generalizing about bias and false claims is easy; actually rebutting what we've documented is another matter.

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Debate Rages Over Report Linking Cola To Cancer

Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Coca-Cola, Video, Carcinogens Cola, 4-Mi Cola Dye, Carcinogens, Carcinogen Cola Dye, Coke Cancer, Diet Pepsi, 4-Mi Coca-Cola, Cancer, Cola Dye, Pepsi, Diet Coke, Pepsico, Food News

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a consumer interest group, released a report today linking Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Pepsi and Diet ...

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BEWARE: This Hair Product Emits Carcinogenic Formaldehyde

AP | Posted 01.31.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO -- The maker of a popular line of hair-straightening products has agreed to alert consumers that two of its formulations emit formaldehy...

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No More Toxins: J&J Removing Harmful Chemicals From Baby Products

AP | By LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: 4 Dioxane, Baby Shampoo, Boycott, Johnson & Johnson, Carcinogens, 1, Parents-Babies, Parents-Childrens-Healthy-Lifestyle, Children's Health, Phthalates, Toxins, Formaldehyde, Parents News

TRENTON, N.J. -- Amid pressure from activists, Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday that it is continuing efforts to remove traces of two harmful chemical...

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The Trauma of 9/11: Of Spirit, Cell, Distance And Time

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 11.11.2011

Read More: Distance, Time, Katz, Trauma, Healthy, Energy Fields, 9/11, Carcinogens, Radiation, Toxins, 9/11 First Responders, Health, Dr. David Katz, Cancer, News, Conditions, September 11th, September 11 Anniversary, Omar Al Bashir, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

We have yet to see the full toll of 9/11 among first responders, even 10 years out. All relevant resources should be made available to address the burden of illness shouldered by these brave souls who rushed toward the very thing most of us with just average courage would flee.

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The Great Global Poisoning Experiment

John DeCock | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Clean Water Act, Food Safety, Toxic Chemicals, Food Safety Legislation, Chemicals Cancer, Exposure to Chemicals, Carcinogens, Chemicals, Cosmetics Chemicals, Green News
John DeCock

No matter how carefully you eat or drink or watch your exposure to toxins, your body has chemicals in it that do not belong there and have the potential to make you ill, even fatally ill.

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Government Lists Formaldehyde as a Known Carcinogen

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Household Carcinogens, Formaldehyde as Carcinogen, Formaldehyde, Carcinogens, Formaldehyde Carcinogens, Report on Carcinogens, Report on Carcinogens U.S., Green News
Robyn Griggs Lawrence

After years of delays because of pressure from the chemical industry, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has added eight substances -- including formaldehyde -- to its Report on Carcinogens.

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Beyond Cell Phones: 13 Known And Possible Carcinogens

Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Cell Phone Cause Cancer, Poll, Cell Phone Cancer, Carcinogens, Cellphone Cancer, Healthy Living Healthy News, World Health Organization Cell Phone, Cell Phone, Cell Phone Carcinogen, Slidepollajax, Cancer, Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer, Cell Phones Cancer, Cell Phone and Cancer, Healthy Living News

The World Health Organization made headlines Tuesday when they announced that cell phones could possibly cause cancer. Since then, there's been a lot ...

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David Cameron's Claims to Be a "Green" Prime Minister Go Up in Flames

Johann Hari | Posted 07.14.2011

Read More: Clean Air, Fracking, Oil Drilling, David Cameron, Gasland, Renewable Energy, Oil, Carcinogens, Clean Water, Logging, Trees, Green News
Johann Hari

You certainly wouldn't have expected Cameron's latest plan. He has decided to convert us to a new energy source that seems, in the U.S., to have released cancer-causing chemicals and radiation into the water supply.

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Is Your Peanut Butter Carcinogenic?

Slashfood | Posted 06.27.2011

Read More: Carcinogens, Aflatoxins, Peanut Butter, Carcinogenic Peanut Butter, Dr. Andrew Weil, Natural Peanut Butter, Food News

Though there's no immediate need to turn your PB&J's into jelly-only sandwiches, there is a chance that peanut butter may contain the carcinogen aflat...

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'Fracking' Injected Millions Of Gallons Of Carcinogens Into Wells, Report Says

AP | Posted 06.17.2011

Read More: Gas & Oil, Fracking, Fracking Water, Carcinogens, Fracking Water Contamination, Cancer, Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracking Carcinogens, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Millions of gallons of potentially hazardous chemicals and known carcinogens were injected into wells by leading oil and gas service com...

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The True Alar Story

Wendy Gordon | Posted 06.09.2011

Read More: Nrdc, Right Wing Media, Agrichemicals, Meryl Streep, Carcinogens, Alar, Apples, Cbs, 60 Minutes, Right to Know, Udmh, Children's Health, Environment, Nutrition, Green News
Wendy Gordon

Actually, the truth is that Alar was -- and is -- not a safe chemical. And it was not necessary for the health of the nation's apple industry.

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Lyme/Autism Group Blasts Genetically Modified Foods as Dangerous

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Seeds of Deception, Roundup Ready, Roundup, Infertility, Safety Test, Toxin, LIA Foundation, Lyme Induced Autism Foundation, Patient Advocacy, Liberty Herbicide, Campaign for Healthier Eating in America, Soy, Allergy, Shopping Guide, Digestive Disorders, Amy Dean, Cancer, Infant Mortality, Environmental Toxin, Genetic Engineering, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, Sterility, Genetically Modified Foods, Corn, Genetically Engineered Foods, Carcinogens, Reproductive Problems, Inflammation, Immune System, Rbst, Beneficial Bacteria, Arpad Pusztai, GE Crops, Gmos, Autistic Spectrum, Bt, Institute for Responsible Technology, Kimberly Wilcox, Liberty Link, Rbgh, Gut Flora, Genetic Roulette, Gmo, Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1, Livestock Disease, Dna, Fraternal Twins, Fda, Side Effects, Immune Reaction, World Health Organization, Autism Relief Foundation, Food Allergies, Herbicide-Tolerant, Lyme Disease, Jannelle Love, Animal Feeding Studies, Genetically Modified Organisms, Igf-1, Soy Allergies, GM Crops, Autism, GE Foods, Bovine Growth Hormone, Non-GMO Shopping Guide, GM Foods, Allergies, Aaem, Non-Gmo, Bt-Toxin, Healthy Living News
Jeffrey Smith

Stop eating dangerous genetically modified foods! That's the upshot of the Lyme Induced Autism (LIA) Foundation's position paper released today.

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Weekly Mulch: Coal Ash in Our Stockings

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Regulations, Mother Jones, Epa, Carcinogens, Hexavalent Chromium, Coal Ash, Earth Island Journal, change.org, Green Movement, Coal, Coal Mining, Lisa Evans, Alternet, Green News
The Media Consortium

Editor's Note: Due to the holidays, the Weekly Mulch will appear on Thursday afternoon both this week and next week. We'll resume regular Friday morni...

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What Price Beauty? New Legislation Seeks Safety Regulations

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Ed Markey, Whole Foods, Sunscreen, The Story of Cosmetics, Parabens, Estee Lauder, Tammy Baldwin, Nail Polish Toxins, Carcinogens, Health and Beauty, Breast Cancer Fund, Environmental Working Group, Hair Dyes, Jan Schakowsky, Fda, Stacy Malkan, Annie Leonard, Fran Drescher, Personal Care Products Council, Skin Deep Database, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010, Phthalates, Healthy Living News
Marcia G. Yerman

Most Americans would be astonished to learn that of the approximately 12,500 individual chemical ingredients in personal care products, the overwhel...

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Why We Made the Story of Cosmetics

Stacy Malkan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carcinogens, Toxic Chemicals, The Story of Cosmetics, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, Cancer Prevention, Safe Cosmetics Act, Small Businesses, The Story of Stuff, Green News
Stacy Malkan

We are living in a time when one in two American men and one in three women will get some type of cancer in their lifetimes. This is not acceptable. This is not the way it was when our grandparents were born. Why is it this way now?

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Think Twice Before Taking a Paper Receipt

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bpa, Walmart, Whole Foods, Time Magazine, Carcinogens, Bank of America, Target, Environmental Working Group, Safeway, U.S. Postal Service, Jonathan-a-Schein, Scheinmedia, Starbucks, McDonald's, Bisphenol A, CVS Pharmacies, Metrogreenbusinesscom, Green News
Jonathan A. Schein

When shopping, how many times do you hear the cashier ask, "Would you like a receipt"? And how many times do you take one? Well, here's some eye-ope...

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The Story of Cosmetics: What's Really in Your Personal Care Products?

Annie Leonard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carcinogens, Cosmetics Carcinogens, Toxic Cosmetics, Lipstick Lead, The Story of Cosmetics, The Story of Stuff, Green News
Annie Leonard

Turns out the average American bathroom is a minefield of toxic chemicals. Sunscreens, lipstick, moisturizer, shaving cream -- many cosmetics contain chemicals linked to cancer or other health problems like learning disabilities.

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Top 5 New 'Suspected Carcinogens'

AOL News | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cancer, Marijuana, Shift Work, American Cancer Society, Dry Cleaning, Titanium Dioxide, Tetrachloroethylene, Styrene, Diesel, Health, Carcinogens, Suspected Carcinogens, Diesel Exhaust, Healthy Living News

Some carcinogens you already know and fear: cigarettes, asbestos, smoked meat. But what about the ones you've never even heard of? That's the crux of...

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A Bridge to Somewhere - Responding to the President's Cancer Panel Report (Part 2)

Sandra Steingraber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Carcinogens, President's Cancer Panel, Smithsonian Institution, Bladder Cancer, Green News
Sandra Steingraber

There is also a disconnect between what we in the scientific community know about the roles that chemical exposures play in the story of cancer and what cancer patients are told.

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The Unhappy Beginnings of Cancer's Happy Endings

Sandra Steingraber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Cancer Survivors, Breast Cancer, Relay for Life, Cancer, American Cancer Society, Bladder Cancer, Carcinogens, Green News
Sandra Steingraber

A field biologist by training, I'm familiar with nightly tick checks. My eyes saw it in the mirror before my fingers found it. At the lower edge of my right breast. Not a tick. A lump.

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Eco Etiquette: Is My Moisturizer Safe? 5 Petrochemicals to Avoid Now

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Living, Industrial Chemicals, Parabens, Skin Deep, Phthalates, Petrochemicals, Green News, Carcinogens, President's Cancer Panel, Environmental Working Group, Green Beauty, Green News
Jennifer Grayson

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. I'm a guy who recently st...

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