New study to use smart phones to track air pollution exposure
University at Buffalo researchers are creating a new and unusual "app" for the smart phone: tracking air pollution.
Environment
Feb 8, 2011
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Pollution controls used during China Olympics could save lives if continued
The air pollution control measures that were put in place in Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games – if continued – would cut almost in half the lifetime risk of lung cancer for the area's residents from certain ...
Environment
Feb 8, 2011
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US orders more testing of chromium-6 in tap water
The Environmental Protection Agency has asked local US communities to test more carefully for hexavalent chromium, a probable carcinogen.
Environment
Jan 13, 2011
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Engineers key in potential new cancer drug delivery
Mechanical engineering professor Warren Finlay has taken on a major role in research to improve drug delivery for lung cancer patients.
Bio & Medicine
Jan 11, 2011
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34 percent of Galician secondary schools exceed maximum recommended radon levels
Researchers from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) have analysed levels of radon, a natural radioactive gas, in 58 secondary schools in Galicia. The results show that 34% of these schools exceed the limit of ...
Environment
Dec 21, 2010
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US water has large amounts of likely carcinogen: study
A US environmental group has found that drinking water in 35 American cities contains hexavalent chromium, a probable carcinogen, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
Environment
Dec 19, 2010
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Dogs can potentially sniff out prostate cancer, French researchers say
Man's best friend may cement his position if early results from French researchers can be replicated. A team of researchers from Tenon Hospital in Paris reported Tuesday at a San Francisco meeting of the American Urological ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 2, 2010
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Ancient Volcanic Eruptions Still Taking Lives
(PhysOrg.com) -- A cancer epidemic under way in southeast China may have been initiated by a string of Siberian volcanoes that spewed ash across the Earth 250 million years ago, according to a study published in the journal ...
Environment
Jan 13, 2010
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Coal from mass extinction era linked to lung cancer mystery
The volcanic eruptions thought responsible for Earth's largest mass extinction — which killed more than 70 percent of plants and animals 250 million years ago — is still taking lives today. That's the conclusion of a ...
Environment
Jan 6, 2010
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New beryllium reference material for occupational safety monitoring
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in collaboration with private industry and other government agencies, have produced a new reference material for beryllium. Beryllium, an ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 22, 2009
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