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People with Barrett’s oesphagus may still want to be especially careful about eating bacon.
Alcohol is classified by the World Health Organization as a Class 1 carcinogen. Our next federal government must step up with an Alcohol Act and a strategy to reduce harms from this recreational drug.
The amount of alcohol you’d have to drink before glyphosate posed even a negligible risk would harm you well before the glyphosate would.
Humans are not big mice so why are we still testing on these animals?
Many gyms use free tanning beds to lure in new members who are eager to look and feel their best. But this, argues Sherry Pagoto, runs against the health lifestyle premise these gyms are advocating.
A California judge ruled coffee should carry a cancer warning label but the evidence says something very different.
What causes cancer? A scary truth might be that we have created an environment for it. An anthropologist’s search for answers to her own diagnosis raises questions for all of us.
Tattoos often seem like a good idea in the moment, but tattoo regret is common. There is good reason, not the least of which is infection.
Of the 49 inks tested, only four complied with the European standards. Carcinogens were found in more than one-fifth of the samples, and in 83% of the black inks.
Chemicals that form in cooked food have been linked to cancer – but the full picture is more complicated.
The evidence appears contradictory – but there may be a good reason for this.
Coal dust and oil can spread toxic chemicals hundreds of kilometres out to sea. But Australia’s monitoring guidelines do not meet the standards used in countries such as the United States.
WHO has said that processed meats cause cancer. But there are more, less visible carcinogens to worry about
Fracking in the US has relied on chemicals linked to a range of health problems but the industry claims UK operations would be far safer.
Volkswagen’s cheating allowed its vehicles to pass rigorous emissions testing, giving customers maximum driving performance at the cost of the environment and our health.
Cancer is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental influences – a kind of genetic lottery where the odds are stacked by environmental and lifestyle factors.
Major causes have been identified for most common cancers, like liver and lung. But we still haven’t identified one for breast cancer.
So serious are the effects of air pollution on human health - the WHO recently categorised it as carcinogenic, responsible for 223,000 deaths a year worldwide - that it is easy to neglect its wider impact…
UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health has investigated 32 different lipsticks and lip glosses for potential health risk through…
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Research Director, Australian Microplastic Assessment Project (AUSMAP); Honorary Senior Research Fellow, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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