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Cancer screening: What could it hurt? A lot, actually.
After decades of focus on the upside of cancer screening, public health experts are increasingly reevaluating the wisdom of administering routine cancer screening tests to millions of asymptomatic people. Los Angeles Times, California. 21 November 2009.
Obesity in adolescence may increase girls' MS risk.
A woman's risk of developing multiple sclerosis during her lifetime is doubled if she was obese at age 18, but not at ages 5, 10, or in adulthood, new research shows. Reuters Health. 21 November 2009.
Funeral workers risk cancer from formaldehyde.
Morticians who use formaldehyde to embalm bodies have a higher risk of leukemia, researchers reported on Friday. Reuters. 21 November 2009.
In cancer testing, less is now better.
Worries that widespread screening for breast and cervical cancers can yield limited benefit and lead to unnecessary harm prompted decisions this week by two medical organizations to recommend less preventive testing. Wall Street Journal. 21 November 2009.
Women in 20s can go 2 years between Pap smear test.
New guidelines by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually to catch slow-growing cervical cancer. Associated Press. 21 November 2009.
The myth of the mammogram.
Many American women are resolutely rejecting the new mammogram recommendations, despite mixed reaction in the medical community. Newsweek. 21 November 2009.
Getting to the facts in the debate on mammograms.
It's such an appealing idea - catch breast cancer early, treat accordingly and your patients will live. So perhaps it's no wonder the new federal guidelines for mammograms were met with a maelstrom of impassioned reaction from doctors. Los Angeles Times, California. 21 November 2009.
Tamiflu-resistant swine flu strain found in North Carolina.
Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of H1N1, or swine flu, that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday. Associated Press. 21 November 2009.
Curbs to ship pollution would stoke global warming, study says.
Shipping is slowing climate change by spewing out sunlight-dimming pollution but a clean-up needed to safeguard human health will stoke global warming, experts said Friday. Reuters. 21 November 2009.
Unsupported health charges spoil bun sales.
The Shanghai Food and Drug administration has begun examining Yang's Fried Buns, a chain selling a traditional snack likely to be served inside the 2010 World Expo site, after an unsubstantiated Internet report claimed the buns contain cancer-causing pork. Shanghai Daily, China. 21 November 2009.
A solution made in Niagara.
A new trash-to-energy technology claims to avoid the dirty environmental reputation of incineration. St. Catharine's Standard, Ontario. 21 November 2009.
Dolgeville continues to try to solve problem of organics in drinking water.
The village of Dolgeville is continuing in its battle against elevated levels of haloacetic acids in its drinking water. Little Falls Evening Times, New York. 21 November 2009.
Pennsylvania residents sue over gas drilling.
Residents of a small rural Pennsylvania town sued Cabot Oil & Gas Corp, claiming the company's natural-gas drilling has contaminated their water wells with toxic chemicals, caused sickness and reduced their property values. Reuters. 21 November 2009.
EPA ruling unlikely to affect AVX.
Efforts to strengthen cleanup standards for trichloroethylene pollution probably will not impact Myrtle Beach-based AVX Corp. because any new regulations would not be retroactive, according to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. Myrtle Beach Sun News, South Carolina. 21 November 2009.
Dreaded carp near Lake Michigan.
The Asian carp may have slipped through a $9 million barrier designed to protect the Great Lakes and a $7 billion sport fishery from the voracious invader. Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minnesota. 21 November 2009.
Clean Ohio grant will speed recovery of neighborhood.
A $2 million state grant will help clean up a former West Columbia Street neighborhood, a project that could be completed by the end of next year. Marion Star, Ohio. 21 November 2009.
Dangerously 'hot' water in Hudson Oaks.
The drinking water for the entire City of Hudson Oaks was harboring dangerous levels of radioactive particles until March of this year. That's when state officials notified Hudson Oaks city officials of their findings. Fort Worth WFAA TV, Texas. 21 November 2009.
City to consider off-site PCE comparison study.
The Bozeman City Commission will consider authorizing a second, off-site study in conjunction with its investigation into whether dry-cleaning fluid vapors migrated from a Superfund site into nearby homes. Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Montana. 21 November 2009.
Chemist named director of Lawrence Berkeley lab.
Paul Alivisatos, a chemist whose pioneering research seeks promising new low-cost sources of solar energy, was named the director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on Thursday. San Francisco Chronicle, California. 21 November 2009.
Calif. Air Board may rethink diesel retrofit rules.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) may take another look at diesel retrofit rules adopted a year ago because the lead researcher overstated his credentials. One San Diego member of the board says he would support a new study. San Diego KPBS, California. 21 November 2009.
Radiation overdoses found at second hospital.
A second hospital in Los Angeles County has discovered that patients were receiving overdoses of radiation from CT scans used to diagnose strokes. Los Angeles Times, California. 21 November 2009.
Oysters, or not.
The FDA's attempt to regulate raw Gulf Coast oysters didn't sit well in the South, but something needs to be done because people are dying. Los Angeles Times, California. Editorial, 21 November 2009.
Grant Port of Oakland truckers an extension.
Air quality officials should grant an extension to allow affected truckers a reasonable amount of time to seek alternate funding. Oakland Tribune, California. Editorial, 21 November 2009.
8 ways we should clean up our food supply.
The landscape of health has changed. No longer are our families guaranteed a healthy livelihood, not in the face of the current rates of cancer, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimers and allergies. Daily Green. Opinion, 21 November 2009.
NIEHS Director: "We kind of jump from the proverbial fry pan into the fire" when replacing chemicals.
As head of the federal institute examining environmental health, Linda Birnbaum and her staff are taking on many controversial topics, including Bisphenol A and new flame retardants. She is concerned about what role chemicals play in cancer and other diseases. Environmental Health News. 20 November 2009.
Harvard finds kidney stones, malaria among global-warming risks.
Kidney stones, malaria, Lyme disease, depression and respiratory illness all may increase with global warming, researchers at Harvard Medical School said. Bloomberg News. 20 November 2009.
Radioactive waste contaminating Canadian water supply: Report.
Nuclear facilities and power plants are contaminating local Canadian food and water with radioactive waste that increases risks of cancer and birth defects, says a new report to be released on Friday. Canwest News Service. 20 November 2009.
Workers, students exposed to potential toxins at Paramus school.
Nearly 100 people affiliated with the West Brook Middle School are suing the school board and the borough, accusing them of knowingly exposing the plaintiffs to potentially toxic chemicals in 2007, according to documents filed in Bergen County Superior Court in Hackensack. Bergen County Record, New Jersey. 20 November 2009.
Culture clash in medicine.
Two new recommendations, calling for delaying the start and reducing the frequency of screening for breast and cervical cancer, have been met with anger and confusion from some corners, not to mention a measure of political posturing. New York Times. 20 November 2009.
Group issues clarification on mammography advice.
The federally funded task force that loosened guidelines for breast-cancer screening this week clarified its position Thursday, in response to an intense backlash generated by its new recommendations. Wall Street Journal. 20 November 2009.
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