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Runoff of nitrates and nitrites from fields sprayed with chemical fertilizers get into drinking water and cause cancer. can lead to cancer.
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Binkley, 51, director of Turning Point Women's Healthcare in Alpharetta, Georgia, said the strenuous paddling motion needed to move the 40-foot boat through the water helps breast cancer patients heal.
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But the risk of cancer from this water could still be very low.
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Fam Mirza recently created 1:Face Watch, a company that commits substantial revenue from the sale of every watch to support a global initiative like water, AIDS, or cancer research, that launched on Indiegogo.
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I'm going to take a look at some of the regulatory rollbacks of the Bush administration, such as the one that lowers the limit of cancer-causing arsenic in drinking water.
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Opponents warn that fracking is an environmental disaster waiting to happen, citing, among other risks, air and water pollution, the release of radiation and cancer-causing substances, and the acceleration of global climate change as methane and other greenhouse gases escape during fracking.
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He found high levels of poisonous heavy metals in the water and believed there was a direct connection between incidences of cancer and mining in the area.
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Cancer-causing chemicals were suddenly said to be everywhere: in water, in food, in packaging.
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But probably the most important factor for decreases in cancer rates of the types Mangano cites was immense improvements in California air, water and food quality during that time frame.
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Tokyo residents were warned on Wednesday not to give tap water to babies less than a year old because levels of radioactive iodine - which can cause thyroid cancer - are twice the recommended safe level in some areas of the city.
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She says she chose Lake Ontario for her swim because it's one of the hardest open-water swims in the world, and she wanted to "accomplish something difficult" for children who fight cancer.
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