Toxin

...cause us alarm," Davis said. Davis is referring to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's discovery of a cancer-causing toxin in the air near some natural gas operations in the Barnett Shale. The benzene levels were discovered...

In this article: Benzene, Natural gas, Leukemia, and Cancer

...was not safe for humans when cooked (7). They also expressed concerns about unpredictable health effects, increased levels of toxins in high- lysene corn, and possible allergies and links to cancer. It does not appear that the varieties...

In this article: Monsanto, EFSA, Maize, Kevin Rudd, Bt toxins, Cancer, and Allergy

In places like China, Vietnam and South Africa, the combination of aflatoxin and hepatitis B virus exposure boosts liver cancer risk by 60 times, and toxin-related cancer causes up to 10 percent of all deaths in those nations. Tsai,...

In this article: Cancer, Aflatoxin, Nature, Johns Hopkins University, University of California, and Washington

...States in 2007. Many use electronic cigarettes to avoid the toxins of combustible cigarettes and to protect nonsmokers from inhaling secondhand smoke, which is known to cause cancer, heart disease, and other health problems. "According to...

In this article: Tobacco, Matt Salmon, Cancer, Nicotine, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

...Branch of he N.C. Division of Public Health. State and county investigators have not found any toxin that residents in the area are drinking or inhaling from the landfills. Further research would be needed to prove such a link,...

In this article: Cancer, Pancreatic cancer, Guilford County, Waste, and Multiple myeloma

London, Oct 22 : Scientists from University of California, Irvine, have identified a protein that triggers the deadly food toxin found in fungi on nuts and grains, which if consumed in large quantities can cause liver cancer. Because...

In this article: Cancer, Aflatoxin, Nature magazine, University of California, Irvine, and London

...Trigger For Deadly Food Toxin Article Date: 22 Oct 2009 - 5:00 PDT A toxin produced by mold on nuts and grains can cause liver cancer if consumed in large quantities. UC Irvine researchers for the first time have discovered what triggers...

In this article: Aflatoxin, Cancer, Polyketide, Medical advice, Nature, Johns Hopkins University, and U.S. Department of Energy

...(Dec. 12, 2006) Heavy smokers who have reduced their number of daily cigarettes still experience significantly greater exposure to toxins per cigarette than light smokers, according to a new study by researchers at ... > read more Tobacco...

In this article: Seizure, Epilepsy, Caffeine, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Cancer, Nicotine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and M.D.

...flame retardants. Some of these chemicals can stay in the body for decades, and in numerous studies over the past eight or so years, environmental toxins have been linked to everything from early puberty to cancer. David Servan-Schreiber,...

In this article: Cancer, Pesticide, Dioxin, and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey