A study in Cancer Research found long-term exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons was associated with higher breast cancer risk: 20% for a spouse's tobacco smoke, 30% for synthetic firelogs, 45% for ingesting PAHs and 46% across all sources combined.
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Environment
Mt. Hood Meadows Poised for Limited Opening Friday
Mt. Hood Meadows expects to run at least one lift Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with Buttercup scheduled to operate after snow harvesting built the base to a foot. Officials say a forecast 12 to 18 inches could open more lifts and terrain.
Environment
Mt. Hood Meadows Presents a Pray for Snow Day and Party Saturday
Mt. Hood Meadows picked up 10 inches of snow this week, not enough to run lifts, and is holding a Saturday event with a free snowshoe demo, a rail jam, a coat and clothing drive for Saint Vincent de Paul, dinner with CEO Matthew Drake and an evening party.
Environment
Save the rusty patched bumblebee
A petition drive urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to finalize Endangered Species Act protection for the rusty patched bumblebee, whose abundance and distribution the agency estimates have fallen 91% since the mid-to-late 1990s. The comment docket closes in a week.
Environment
Residing near AM radio transmitters raises leukemia risk
A Korean study reports that children living within 2 km of an AM radio transmitter had double the odds of leukemia of all types compared with those more than 20 km away. Radiofrequency exposure from the transmitters was not associated with brain cancer or infantile cancer.
Environment
Smartphones can increase brain tumor risk
In a U.S. Toxicology Program study, rats exposed to GSM or CDMA radiofrequency radiation nine hours a day for two years developed malignant glioma, glial cell hyperplasia and Schwann cell tumors of the heart. Up to 3.3% of exposed males had glioma; no control rats did.
Environment
Mobile phones damage male reproductive system
A review of 27 studies led by B.J. Houston at the University of Newcastle found negative effects of mobile phone radiofrequency radiation on the male reproductive system in 21 of them, including declines in sperm mobility, more reactive oxygen species and DNA damage.
Environment
Night work not linked to breast cancer?
A review of 10 studies funded partly by Cancer Research UK claims night shift work does not raise breast cancer risk. The piece argues that finding is surprising given earlier evidence, IARC's 2007 classification of shift work as a probable carcinogen, and melatonin's role in cancer protection.
Environment
Lead. PFOA. Atrazine - Newsletter 092216 from EWG
A fundraising letter from EWG citing its new analysis that cancer-causing chromium-6 contaminates water supplies serving more than 200 million Americans in all 50 states, and asking for donations to finish a national drinking water contaminant database.
Environment
NEW STUDY: Monsanto's Roundup Has Caused Massive Damage to Environment
An Organic Consumers Association fundraising email citing a University of Virginia study that ties GMO soybean adoption to higher herbicide use and a massive negative impact on the environment, and previewing the October Monsanto Tribunal in The Hague.
Environment
One reason why mobile phones can increase cancer risk
Microwave radiation at GSM and UMTS phone frequencies inhibited 53BP1 foci, a marker of DNA double-strand break repair, in human fibroblasts and mesenchymal stem cells. The authors say this suggests a possible rise in leukemia and brain cancer risk.
Environment
National Honey Bee Day - 3 steps to save bees
The Center for Food Safety says neonicotinoid seed coatings are among the biggest threats to bees: only about 5 percent of the chemical enters the plant, leaving 95 percent for dust, soil and runoff. Nearly all US corn and much popcorn grows from coated seed.
Environment
EWG's first-ever back to school box!
An EWG fundraising appeal offering a back-to-school box of children's products, including a Green Toys storybook, Thinkbaby sunscreen, goat milk yogurt and fruit pouches, soup, a snack bar and a reusable tote, to readers who donate $35 or more.
Environment
Government advises airlines to spray pesticides on passengers
Citing NaturalHealth365, the piece says the International Civil Aviation Organization and WHO acknowledge that aircraft cabins are sprayed with a fast-acting insecticide while passengers are aboard before takeoff, and that some airlines instead apply a residual-insecticide aerosol before boarding.
Environment
Dental x-ray linked to thyroid cancer
A Kuwaiti case-control study published in Acta Oncologica in 2010 found dental x-ray exposure associated with 110 percent higher thyroid cancer risk, with higher doses linked to higher risk and no variation by age, gender, education or parity.
Environment
Original Study Report: Radio, TV towers linked to increased risk of melanoma
In this reposted article, engineer Orjan Hallberg reports that people whose homes were covered by four FM radio or TV towers were more than twice as likely to have melanoma as those covered by one, and questions whether more sun exposure alone explains the rise since 1960.
Agriculture
Agriculture News in India: Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet-2016
Rajasthan's agriculture minister and FICCI announce the Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet, set for Jaipur on November 9-11, 2016, with a July 25 Mumbai roadshow and press conference covering state grants, regulations and policies for agriculture and allied sectors.
Environment
Toyota recalls millions of vehicles due to air bag problems, fuel emission controls
Toyota is recalling 1.43 million vehicles over air bag inflators that can crack and partially inflate, and 2.87 million more over emission control parts that can crack and leak fuel. Toyota says the defects caused no injuries or deaths; the emissions models skipped North America.
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