The pest control or pesticide industry has done a great job of getting their products registered without a focus of safety instead we as citizens are left with “risk assessment”The registration and regulation of pesticides is complicated. Federal EPA does the registration of the pesticide while local states DEP or DACS have jurisdiction on which pesticides are used in their states.Local governments including the county and dept of health are pre-empted from modifying the labels or determining what pesticide is registered. This is why we have a road behind us of DDT , Organophosphates, organo chlorines and Aldicarb Temik all products legally registered but now withdrawn due to significant health damage (more…)
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The Precautionary Principle should be the rule when it comes to pesticides
Posted in Health and Environment, National Cancer Insitute PCP Report- Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk on February 4, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Pesticide Hazards and Safe Pest Management- Synthetic Pyrethrins
Posted in National Cancer Insitute PCP Report- Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk, Safe Chemicals Act, Toxic Chemicals on February 3, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Pyrethrins
General Information
- Fact Sheet: Synthetic Pyrethroids.pdf
- Product Names:
- Chemical Class: Pyrethrin insecticide
- Uses: Pre-harvest and postharvest uses on many agricultural crops; livestock animals and premises; commercial and industrial facilities and storage areas where raw and processed food/feed commodities are stored or processed; wide area mosquito abatement use in areas which include aquatic areas; and residential settings. Targets many different types of insects and arthropods including ants, worms, beetles, mites, flies, gnats, spiders, weevils, caterpillars, grubs, moths, ticks, lice, wasps, aphids, midges etc.
- Alternatives: Organic Agriculture, Least-toxic mosquito control
- Beyond Pesticides rating: Toxic (more…)
NCI Phase I Toxicity Studies for Specific Antineoplastons Human/Clinical Studies
Posted in Health and Environment, National Cancer Insitute PCP Report- Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk on January 2, 2013 | 1 Comment »
National Cancer Institute -Human/Clinical Studies – Antineoplaston
Four patients obtained complete tumor response (two cases of bladder cancer, one case of breast cancer, and one case of acute lymphocytic leukemia); four patients obtained partial tumor response (two cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, one case of rectosigmoid adenocarcinoma, and one case of synovial sarcoma); six patients had stable disease; and two patients discontinued treatment. There were five deaths during the study that were not attributed to antineoplaston A toxicity.[1] (more…)
Cancer-killing compound spares healthy cells
Posted in Health and Environment, National Cancer Insitute PCP Report- Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk on December 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
CONCORDIA-LED RESEARCH FINDS FIRST COMPOUND THAT KILLS CANCER CELLS AND EXTENDS LIFESPAN reported/posted by Luciana Gravotta
This is a reporti on the research entitled “Lithocholic bile acid selectively kills neuroblastoma cells, while sparing normal neuronal cells” by Vladimir Titorenko, Professor in the Department of Biology and Concordia University Research Chair in Genomics, Cell Biology and Aging as well as Goldberg, Alexander A. and Beach, Adam and Davies, Gerald F. and Harkness, Troy A. A. and LeBlanc, André and Titorenko, Vladimir I. (2011)
Lithocholic bile acid selectively kills neuroblastoma cells, while sparing normal neuronal cells. Oncotarget . ISSN 1949-2553 Lithocholic acid (LCA), naturally produced in the liver during digestion, has been seriously underestimated. A study published in the journal Oncotarget shows that LCA can kill several types of cancer cells, such as those found in some brain tumors and breast cancer.
| Lithocholic bile acid selectively kills neuroblastoma cells, while sparing normal neuronal cells
Aging is one of the major risk factors of cancer. The onset of cancer can be postponed by pharmacological and dietary anti-aging interventions. We recently found in yeast cellular models of aging that lithocholic acid (LCA) extends longevity. Here we show that, at concentrations that are not cytotoxic to primary cultures of human neurons, LCA kills the neuroblastoma (NB) cell lines BE(2)-m17, SK-n-SH, SK-n-MCIXC and Lan-1. In BE(2)-m17, SK-n-SH and SK-n-MCIXC cells, the LCA anti-tumor effect is due to apoptotic cell death. In contrast, the LCA-triggered death of Lan-1 cells is not caused by apoptosis. While low concentrations of LCA sensitize BE(2)-m17 and SK-n-MCIXC cells to hydrogen peroxide-induced apoptotic cell death controlled by mitochondria, these LCA concentrations make primary cultures of human neurons resistant to such a form of cell death. LCA kills BE(2)-m17 and SK-n-MCIXC cell lines by triggering not only the intrinsic (mitochondrial) apoptotic cell death pathway driven by mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization and initiator caspase-9 activation, but also the extrinsic (death receptor) pathway of apoptosis involving activation of the initiator caspase-8. Based on these data, we propose a mechanism underlying a potent and selective anti-tumor effect of LCA in cultured human NB cells. Moreover, our finding that LCA kills cultured human breast cancer and rat glioma cells implies that it has a broad anti-tumor effect on cancer cells derived from different tissues and organisms. |
Nearly all cancers are caused by abnormalities in the genetic material of cells by exposure to carcinogens.
Posted in National Cancer Insitute PCP Report- Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk on August 13, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Nearly all cancers are caused by abnormalities in the genetic material of the transformed cells which may be due to the effects of carcinogens, such as tobacco smoke, radiation, exposure to chemicals such as pesticides, or infectious agents. Prevention of exposure to these carcinogens is the best cure.
Reposted from http://www.psr.org/environment-and-health/environmental-health-policy-institute/i-leslie-rubin-md.html
by I. Leslie Rubin MD is President and Founder of the Institute for the Study of Disadvantage and Disability (ISDD), Research Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, and Co-director of the Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Unit (PEHSU) in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, and Medical Director of Developmental Pediatric Specialists in Atlanta.
REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL CANCER RISK – What We Can Do Now
Posted in About APP, National Cancer Insitute PCP Report- Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk, Pediatric Precautionary Health on July 26, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Share with all your friends Presidents Cancer Panel Report (2010) published by the National Cancer Institute – REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL CANCER RISK – What We Can Do Now
Please read the Presidents Cancer Panel Study 2010 ,which examines the impact of environmental factors on cancer and is subtitled “Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk, what we can do now.”
We need a regulatory approach to children’s health eliminating potential hazards without accepting a level of harm. Chemical companies must prove that their products will have no adverse effect on children’s health before the chemical is approved for use by EPA. (more…)
Chemical Exposure is Linked to Childhood Disease
Posted in National Cancer Insitute PCP Report- Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk, Safe Chemicals Act, Toxic Chemicals on July 24, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Source: http://saferchemicals.org/PDF/cancer-health-report.pdf
Cancer affects millions of American families and adds billions of dollars to our nation’s annual health care bill. According to the National Cancer Institute, almost 45% of men and 38% of women in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives.[1][2] Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the U.S., exceeded only by heart disease.[3] Nearly 1 out of every 4 deaths in the United States is caused by cancer.[4]Over the past two decades, the rates of some cancers have risen significantly. These include:[5]
- Kidney, liver, thyroid, esophageal, and testicular cancer, as well as melanoma in men;
- Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, melanoma, and cancers of the thyroid, liver, and kidney in women; and
- Childhood cancers overall, especially childhood leukemia and brain cancSOURCE: U.S. EPA. America’s Children and the Environment. http://www.epa.gov/envirohealth/children
DATA: National Cancer Institute, Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results ProgramCancer is the second most common cause of death for Americans under the age of 20. The incidence of childhood cancer increased more than 20% between 1975 and 1990. Since 1990, the incidence has remained roughly at this elevated rate. Mortality declined substantially during this period, due largely to improvements in treatment.[6]
In 2010, the direct medical costs of cancer were $102.8 billion and the overall costs were $263.8 billion.[7] Medical costs for pediatric cancers in 2008 totaled an estimated $1.9 billion.[8] (more…)
Must-see film: Pink Ribbons, Inc – Does the ‘Pink Ribbon’ Really Go For The Cure?
Posted in Health and Environment, National Cancer Insitute PCP Report- Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk on February 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Little known to many, for instance, is the fact that the original breast cancer ribbon was created by a woman named Charlotte Haley, now 68 years old, as an awareness tool to expose the fact that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) spent virtually none of its budget on cancer prevention. Today, that ribbon, which was originally a salmon color, has been hijacked by corporations and turned pink for the purpose of raising gobs of money in the name of “finding a cure.”
(NaturalNews) They are everywhere these days, a symbol of cause-based marketing at its most profitable. But are those little pink breast cancer ribbons really making any difference at all in the fight against breast cancer, or are they merely a crafty tool to funnel billions of dollars into an industry that thrives on the never-ending quest to supposedly discover a cure?
The new film Pink Ribbons, Inc., which recently made its debut in theaters across Canada, takes a hard look at all the pink ribbon mania and asks some serious questions about what it is actually accomplishing. Acclaimed filmmaker Lea Pool does a marvelous job exposing the corporate agenda behind those little pink ribbons, and her findings are sure to shock millions.
You can watch a two-minute trailer of the film at:
http://tv.naturalnews.com/v.asp?v=A6850654D4A85F4EA97EE37046D074F3 (more…)
Presidents Cancer Panel Report (2010) published by the National Cancer Institute – REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL CANCER RISK – What We Can Do Now
Posted in Health and Environment, National Cancer Insitute PCP Report- Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk, Pediatric Precautionary Health on December 8, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Click here to read the Presidents Cancer Panel Study 2010 ,which examines the impact of environmental factors on cancer and is subtitled “Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk, what we can do now.”
We need a regulatory approach to children’s health eliminating potential hazards without accepting a level of harm. Chemical companies must prove that their products will have no adverse effect on children’s health before the chemical is approved for use by EPA.
President’s Cancer Panel (PCP) -REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL CANCER RISK What We Can Do Now THIS IS PEER REVIEWED PUBLISHED SCIENCE WHICH LINKS CHEMICAL EXPOSURE AND CHILDHOOD DISEASE AND IS ADDRESSED IN THE PUBLICATION OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES CANCER PANEL STUDY (PCP) -
A Bridge to Somewhere – Responding to the President’s Cancer Panel Report by Dr.Sandra Steingraber
Posted in Health and Environment, National Cancer Insitute PCP Report- Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk, Pediatric Precautionary Health, Safe Chemicals Act on September 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The President’s Cancer Panel asks the right questions. The answers it provides compel us all to become environmental detectives in our own communities.Why is the rate of brain cancer rising among children and older adults? And what will future generations of children say about us if we choose to ignore these trends? The President’s Cancer Panel report, Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk: What We Can Do Now, has much to offer us especially the results of professional research on pesticides and cancer. The President’s Cancer Panel Report goes on to assert that the prevailing regulatory approach to environmental contaminants is dysfunctional. It is fragmented, underfunded, and weakened by industry influence, and it possesses “a lack of will to identify and remove hazards.” Let’s look at what the report has to say on the topic of professional research on pesticides and cancer. (more…)
