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When It Comes to Cancer, I Say Why Take the Chance

by Jennae Petersen In January 2010, my 4 year-old daughter was diagnosed with cancer (leukemia, to be specific). I still don’t like to use that word. In fact, I almost never say it. I don’t believe my daughter has ever said it, and she’s probably heard it only once or twice when doctors and nurses […]

Filed Under: Health Science Tagged With: cancer, chemicals green living, childhood cancer, environmental links to cancer, Green Your Décor, Jennae Petersen, leukemia, president obama, toxic chemical reform

Toxic Chemicals and the Rise of Childhood Cancer: What is the Relationship?

Listen to the teleconference with professors, parents and our own Andy Igrejas of Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families

Filed Under: Health Science Tagged With: Andy Igrejas, asbestos, brain cancer, cadmium, carcinogens, childhood cancer, christine brouwer, formaldehyde, hazardous chemicals, lead, leukemia, President’s cancer panel, richard clapp, safer chemicals, sean palfrey, toxic chemical regulation, toxic chemicals, toxics, trichloroethylene, vinyl chloride

President’s Panel Releases Groundbreaking Report Linking Toxic Chemicals to Cancer

Pending “Safe Chemicals Act” Needs More Public Health Protections to Reduce Carcinogens in Products, Communities

Filed Under: Health Science Tagged With: Andy Igrejas, asbestos, BPA, brain cancer, cancer, carcinogens, childhood cancer, environmental justice, formaldehyde, hazardous chemicals, hot spots, kindey cancer, leukemia, lymphoma, melanoma, National Academy of Sciences, NRDC, President’s cancer panel, Safe Chemicals Act, safer chemicals, sarah janssen, tce, testicular cancer, toxic chemicals, toxics, TSCA, TSCA reform

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