lung cancer
Posted Nov 18, 2020, 2:20 pm
Josh Ortega
/Cronkite News
Arizona was in the bottom tier in three of six categories in a new American Lung Association report, which put the state dead-last for the number of patients who receive treatment after getting a diagnosis of lung cancer.... Read more»
Posted Mar 19, 2013, 9:53 am
David Heath
/Center for Public Integrity
For the past 60 years, water polluted with chromium (VI) has plagued Hinkley, Calif., the desert town made famous by the film "Erin Brockovich." Although residents there won their lawsuit against the polluter, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., there’s still a debate over whether the compound causes cancer in drinking water. The Environmental Protection Agency says yes, but industry scientists disagree.... Read more»
Posted Jun 13, 2012, 11:30 am
Jim Morris
/Center for Public Integrity
Diesel engine exhaust is “carcinogenic to humans,” an international health body declared Tuesday, bolstering the findings of a controversial study published recently in the United States.... Read more»
Posted Apr 16, 2010, 8:05 am
R. B. Stuart
/GlobalPost
When my sister, 101st Airborne Army Capt. Chaplain Fran E. Stuart, returned from Iraq, she was forever changed. Not only had the desert sand, gun blasts and heat penetrated her psyche during her one-year deployment, but a carcinogen had made its way into her body as well.... Read more»