There are 5.1 million rural Arizona residents, according to a 2000 USDA Economic Research survey. It is difficult for many health institutions to provide cancer preventative services to these rural areas due to lack in resources and outreach.... Read more»
Arizona has the lowest reported rate of cancer in the nation, but those who get cancer here, are more likely to die from it. That’s because people in Arizona wait too long to get checked for cancer, and once diagnosed, the disease overtakes most cures.... Read more»
Counterfeits of Avastin, Swiss drug maker Roche’s multi-billion dollar cancer drug, are circulating in the United States, the company warned on Tuesday.... Read more»
U.S. law enforcement agencies are exposing people to radiation in more settings and in increasing doses to screen for explosives, weapons and drugs. In addition to the controversial airport body scanners, X-ray devices have proliferated in prisons, on the streets of New York and at our borders.... Read more»
Rep. Peggy Judd, a Republican from Willcox, has introduced a bill that would ban establishments from allowing those under 18 into tanning beds.... Read more»
Without autopsies, diagnostic errors go undiscovered, opportunities are lost to learn about the effectiveness of medical treatments and the progression of diseases and inaccurate information winds up on death certificates, undermining the reliability of crucial health statistics.... Read more»1
The controversial chemical bisphenol A was not on my radar screen back in 2008, when I ordered an electric food steamer online. Not so fun were the stories I started reading soon after, questioning the safety of polycarbonate in food applications, because that plastic contains BPA.... Read more»
While X-ray body scanners used in airports face concerns about potentially increasing cancer cases, a safer type of scanner has been plagued by another problem: a high rate of false alarms. France and Germany have decided to forgo using the scanners because of false alarms triggered by folds in clothing, buttons and even sweat.... Read more»
Even if X-ray body scanners would prevent terrorists from smuggling explosives onto planes, nearly half of Americans still oppose using them because they could cause a few people to eventually develop cancer.... Read more»
The Clean Air Act “watch list” is secret no more. Just days after iWatch News, NPR and TucsonSentinel.com reported that the EPA maintains an internal list that includes serious or chronic violators of air pollution laws that have not been subject to timely enforcement, the agency posted the list on its website.... Read more»1
Federal health officials are calling for protective measures at job sites where workers may be exposed to erionite, a cancer-causing mineral similar to asbestos that is found in rock and soil in at least a dozen western states, including Arizona.... Read more»
In some Hayden families, generations claim to have suffered ill effects from air pollution from the town’s copper smelter. Deaths from cancer are common. Now the feds are moving against Asarco when the state wouldn’t, which could mean millions in fines for the copper giant. (with video)... Read more»
It took five years of prodding before state regulators formally blamed Tonawanda Coke for the high levels of benzene and moved aggressively to enforce the Clean Air Act. Finally in 2009 the state, together with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, swooped down on the plant for a week-long surprise inspection.... Read more»
Scientists measured significantly higher levels than expected of the radioactive element cesium-137 in the earth’s atmosphere, according to a study by the Norwegian Institute for Air Research.... Read more»
A Venezuelan doctor who said President Hugo Chavez would die of cancer within two years has fled the country.... Read more»
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