http://healthandenvironmentonline.com What environmental issues mean for health and healthcare Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:56:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://healthandenvironmentonline.com/issue-archive/cancer-rates/#comment-270 Fri, 28 May 2010 16:30:51 +0000 http://healthandenvironmentblog.wordpress.com/?page_id=71#comment-270 [...] Where are the gloves and masks for the people who stay behind and have to live and work in these buildings? When I ask manufacturers about this, they defend their products. Unlike cigarettes, you cannot point to the formaldehyde in that one piece of furniture and say that was the cause of your cancer. But the collective exposure to thousands of chemicals in your home and office all contribute to your cancer risk. Although the death rate for cancer has dropped, thanks to early detection and treatment, the incidences of cancer continue to climb. [...]

]]> http://healthandenvironmentonline.com/issue-archive/cancer-rates/#comment-268 Fri, 28 May 2010 10:14:33 +0000 http://healthandenvironmentblog.wordpress.com/?page_id=71#comment-268 [...] Where are the gloves and masks for the people who stay behind and have to live and work in these buildings? When I ask manufacturers about this, they defend their products. Unlike cigarettes, you cannot point to the formaldehyde in that one piece of furniture and say that was the cause of your cancer. But the collective exposure to thousands of chemicals in your home and office all contribute to your cancer risk. Although the death rate for cancer has dropped, thanks to early detection and treatment, the incidences of cancer continue to climb. [...]

]]> http://healthandenvironmentonline.com/issue-archive/cancer-rates/#comment-235 Thu, 20 May 2010 16:02:12 +0000 http://healthandenvironmentblog.wordpress.com/?page_id=71#comment-235 [...] chemicals with cancer and a range of other diseases. Since 1970, age-adjusted rates of many cancers have increased drastically (e.g. rates of NHL and prostate have [...]

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