Major stores pull plastic bottles off shelves
April 16, 2008
Health Canada expected to label chemical they contain – bisphenol A – a dangerous substance
Apr 15, 2008 08:15 PM
Brenda Bouw
THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER–Three of Canada’s major retailers said today they are pulling plastic water and baby bottles that contain the controversial chemical bisphenol A, in anticipation of Health Canada labelling it a dangerous substance.
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Where cancer-causing agents lurk
January 19, 2008
What do cosmetics have in common with cellphones? They both worry a leading cancer scientist about their potential as health risks
Jan 15, 2008 04:30 AM
Nancy J. White
Living Reporter
First off, Devra Davis won’t do the interview on her cellphone.
Call me back on the land line, she instructs. It’s not the money she’s concerned about. It’s the microwaves.
She’s also concerned about drinking diet pop, wearing a lot of cosmetics and eating non-organic red meat.
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Small molecule offers big hope against cancer
January 31, 2007
By Ryan Smith, ExpressNews Staff
January 16, 2007 - Edmonton - DCA is an odourless, colourless, inexpensive, relatively non-toxic, small molecule. And researchers at the University of Alberta believe it may soon be used as an effective treatment for many forms of cancer.
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Way to go, Schulich researchers!
January 1, 2007
Both women are faculty members at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at The University of Western Ontario.
New Canadian technology tracks cancer’s spread
Updated Sat. Dec. 30 2006 10:47 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
When it comes to cancer, it often isn’t the initial tumour that kills. It’s the cancer cells that migrate and spawn new tumours. Now scientists at the Robarts Research Centre in London, Ontario, have devised a new way of following cancer cells as they spread that may help them learn how to stop them.
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