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July 2010

• Media Release (July 27)
  Metro Vancouver must re-examine biased incinerator report
• Media Release (July 22)
  Tide Shifting Away from Waste Incineration in Metro Vancouver
• Vancouver Sun (July 21)
  Metro Vancouver committee recommends trash incinerator for region
• BBC News (July 21)
  Dangers in the dust: Inside the global asbestos trade
• Reuters News (July 15)
  U.S. groups target 20 possible causes of cancer
• Georgia Straight (July 8)
  Metro Vancouver waste-to-energy incinerator opponents fired up for a fight
• The Networker (July 2)
  Reflections on the President’s Cancer Panel Report
• Globe and Mail (July 1)
  Researchers ask Canada to ban asbestos

June 2010

• CTV News (June 30)  National health organizations are calling on governments to ban the use and export of asbestos
• CBC News (June 30)  Don’t revive asbestos mine: cancer society
• Media Release (June 29)  Canadian Cancer Society urges Québec Premier to not revive asbestos mine
• Globe and Mail (June 29)  Radiation exposure at Ontario nuclear plant prompts industry-wide investigation
• The Tyee (June 28)  Asbestos: Quebec Labour’s Shame
• Healthwise Ottawa (Summer Issue)  Cancer Prevention: Take Action
• The Ecologist (June 15)  Workplace cancer costing 8,000 UK lives a year
• Canadian Press (June 14)  Québec breathing new life into one of Canada’s last asbestos mines
• Montreal Gazette (June 12)  Asbestos industry in for boost
• Globe and Mail (June 12)  Delay refinery until health effects are studied, Alberta regulator urged
• Toronto Star (June 6)  Deathbed reprieve for killer industry?
• Coquitlam NOW (June 2)  Waste-to-energy doesn’t deal with the root problem: We’re still creating too much garbage

May 2010

• Media Release (May 27)  Canadian Idol star releases song to help fight waste incineration
• Toronto Star (May 19)  Ecologist Sandra Steingraber is the Rachel Carson of the new millennium
• Environmental Defence (May 18)  North Americans Routinely Exposed to BPA from Food Cans
• Globe and Mail (May 17)  Heavy use of cell phones may increase tumour risk: study
• Chemical & Engineering News (May 17)  Preservatives Under Fire
• New York Times (May 6)  New Alarm Bells About Chemicals and Cancer
• Environmental Health News (May 6)  President’s Cancer Panel: Environmentally caused cancers are “grossly underestimated” and “needlessly devastate” lives
• The Province (May 4)  Let’s trash region’s plan to incinerate garbage
• Microwave News (May 3)  Children and Cell Phones: Time To Start Talking Sense

April 2010

• Canadian Press (April 28)  Indian official blasts Quebec premier’s view on asbestos as borderline racist
• Globe and Mail (April 27)  MPs to hear arguments on microwave exposure levels
• BC Local News (April 27)  Metro halts grant for scientist who opposed incineration
• Globe and Mail (April 24)  Bisphenol A remains off toxic list as Ottawa reviews mystery complainant’s objection
• Environmental Health News (April 22)  U.S. food still tainted with old chemicals
• Telegraph (April 22)  Mobile phones, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease: study is launched
• PR Watch (April 21)  Can eating junk food cure breast cancer?
• Canada News Wire (April 21)  Great Lakes Still Under Siege from Toxic Pollution
• New Scientist (April 20)  Rats on junk food pass cancer down the generations
• Huffington Post (April 16)  Susan G. and KFC: An Unholy Alliance
• Scientific American (April 13)  Does Stress Feed Cancer?
• Globe and Mail (April 13)  Graveyard shifts may raise disease risk, studies say
• Washington Post (April 8)  FDA says studies on triclosan, used in sanitizers and soaps, raise concerns
• Scientific American (April 6)  Fruits and Veggies Help Just a Little in Decreasing Cancer Risk
• The Independent (April 1)  Workplace chemicals linked to breast cancer

March 2010

• Toronto Star (March 31, 2010)  Ottawa to test for toxic dust in daycares
• New York Times (March 29, 2010)  Scientists Say F.D.A. Ignored Radiation Warnings
• Montreal Gazette (March 23, 2010)  Asbestos lobby group maintains federal funding
• Kamloops Daily News (March 19, 2010)  Company pulls plug on incineration plant
• Montreal Gazette (March 19, 2010)  Lobby group takes flak over federal funds
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch (March 4, 2010)  CT scans for children face more scrutiny
• Toronto Star (March 3, 2010)  Anger mounts over Durham incinerator plan; Doctor says polluted air will
  lead to cancer despite province’s favourable environmental review

February 2010

• Chronicle Herald (February 23, 2010)  Electrosmog can be bad for health
• Canadian Medical Association Journal (February 17, 2010)  Québec stands firm on asbestos exports despite dangers
• Montreal Gazette (February 4, 2010)  It is deeply immoral for Québec to sell asbestos
• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (February 1, 2010)  Waste-to-energy incineration is noxious and expensive
  
• CBC News (February 1, 2010)  Indian workers rebuke Québec over asbestos

January 2010

• Globe and Mail (January 29, 2010)  Ban asbestos exports, scientists urge Charest
• Media Release (January 28, 2010)  Scientists from 28 countries condemn Québec’s asbestos export
• New York Times (January 24, 2010)  Radiation Offers New Cures, and Ways to Do Harm
• Globe and Mail (January 15, 2010)  U.S. agency changes tune on bisphenol A
• Canadian Press (January 14, 2010)  Pesticide ban opponents seek charges against Ontario minister
• Globe and Mail (January 8, 2010)  D is the new C: Sunshine vitamin is suddenly hot
• Prevention.com (January 1, 2010)  Is Dirty Electricity Making You Sick?

December 2009

• New York Times (December 28, 2009)  Old ideas spur new approaches in cancer fight
• Toronto Star (December 27, 2009)  Meet Quebec’s ‘Mr. Asbestos’
• Canadian Press (December 2, 2009)  Quebec gov’t holding onto report into link between asbestos and cancer

November 2009

• SEHN News (November 20, 2009)  Devra L. Davis, PhD MPH: “Why I’m concerned about cell phones”
• Globe and Mail (November 13, 2009)  Experts urge tracking of X-rays, CT scans
• Globe and Mail (November 11, 2009)  Doctors to use vitamin D in cancer fight
• CHE News (November 10, 2009)  AMA Endorses Resolution in Support of The Endocrine Society Statement
  
• Associated Press (November 8, 2009)  Asbestos killing more Canadians than ever; like old ‘landmines’

October 2009

• Media Release (October 27, 2009)  Protect Canadians from asbestos harm, PM Harper urged
• CNN Health (October 26, 2009)  Tweens challenged by grown-up malady: breast cancer
• The Bulletin (October 25, 2009)  Gardasil researcher drops a bombshell
• Canwest News (October 16, 2009)  Controversy heats up as cities look to incinerators to solve waste woes
• The Guardian (October 12, 2009)  Scientists prove cancer can be passed on in the womb
• Toronto Star (October 7, 2009)  Québec’s asbestos consensus crumbles
• The Globe and Mail (October 1, 2009)  Study probes the link between cancer and stress

September 2009

• Montreal Gazette (September 28, 2009)  Whatever you call it, asbestos is deadly
• Metro News (September 28, 2009)  Canada is a leader in prevention
• Globe and Mail (September 26, 2009)  To find a global solution to cancer, we need a global conversation
• Ottawa Citizen (September 24, 2009)  Babes on a national mission
• Huffington Post (September 21, 2009)  Talcum Powder: The Hidden Dangers
• Media Release (September 14, 2009)  Don’t back down, two Conservative backbenchers urged by eco groups
• The Independent (September 7, 2009)  Time to ring the changes on your mobile phone use
• Ottawa Citizen (September 5, 2009)  Conservative conscience
• Reuters (September 1, 2009)  Lead Levels in Lipstick Much Higher Than Previously Reported

August 2009

• Ottawa Citizen (August 28, 2009)  Two Tories defy party, call for asbestos ban
• Beyond Pesticides (August 27, 2009)  CMA calls for ban on household products containing Triclosan
• Canwest News (August 26, 2009)  BPA found in popular water bottles
• Sarnia Observer (August 22, 2009)  CMA seeks asbestos export ban
• Winnipeg Free Press (August 21, 2009)  CMA calls for end to asbestos use and export
• Environmental Health News (August 18, 2009)  Herbicide more deadly to liver cells than its active chemical alone
• USA Today (August 16, 2009)  Rise in thyroid cancer may be tied to radiation
• New York Times (August 11, 2009)  China’s incinerators loom as a global hazard
• Environmental Health News (August 11, 2009)  Germ-killing chemical from soaps, toothpaste building up in dolphins
• Globe and Mail (August 7, 2009)  Reduce fetal exposure to BPA and phthalates, experts say
• CBC News (August 7, 2009)  Pesticide use on hospital lawns reviewed
• Durham Parent (August 6, 2009)  Families provide incineration ‘solution’
• New York Times (August 5, 2009)  Medical papers by ghostwriters pushed hormone therapy
• Environmental Health News (August 3, 2009)  Chemicals can turn genes on and off; new tests needed, scientists say
• Huffington Post (August 3, 2009)  An overdue ban on a dangerous sweetener

July 2009

• The Ecologist (July 30, 2009)  Household pesticide link to cancer
• Agence France-Presse (July 30, 2009)  Study finds pesticide link to childhood leukemia
• PCN News (July 29, 2009)  Andrew Nikiforuk wins prestigious Rachel Carson book award
• BBC News (July 28, 2009)  ‘No doubt’ sunbeds cause cancer
• Halifax Herald (July 27, 2009)  Nova Scotia lagging on reducing pesticides
• Montreal Gazette (July 25, 2009)  Quick, quiet genetic corn approval questioned
• CanWest News (July 23, 2009)  Go for colour, and health in fresh produce
• The Tyee (July 23, 2009)  Six Steps to Victory over Toxins
• The Tyee (July 20, 2009)  Learn from a Pro at Non-Toxic Cleaning
• The Tyee (July 17, 2009)  They Geared Up to Fight Pollution
• The Tyee (July 15, 2009)  Toxic Work: Know Your Rights
• New York Times (July 15, 2009)  Study Cites Hormones as Cancer Risk
• The Tyee (July 13, 2009)  Learn what’s in our chemical soup
• The Tyee (July 13, 2009)  Toxics: Your Right to Know
• Globe and Mail (July 10, 2009)  PCBs, dioxins make Great Lakes fish a risk to eat
• Toronto Star (July 8, 2009)  Don’t sneer at local fears - the cause can be just
• Blog News (July 8, 2009)  Demonstrators draw attention to “Canada’s Ugly Secret” on Canada Day
• Globe and Mail (July 7, 2009)  Food packaging leaks BPA, phthalates
• Edmonton Sun (July 6, 2009)  Vitamin D: Are you getting enough?
• New York Times (July 3, 2009) It’s Time to Learn From Frogs

June 2009

• CBC News (June 29, 2009)  Ontario drops plans for two new nuclear reactors
• Times Online (June 23, 2009)  Half of British kids 5-9 own cellphones
• Globe and Mail (June 23, 2009)  Clamping down on the ‘rubber duck’ chemical
• Environmental Health News (June 22, 2009)  Weed killer kills human cells: Study intensifies debate over ‘inert’ ingredients
• N.B. Government (June 18, 2009)  Province introduces lawn care pesticide ban
• Washington Post (June 18, 2009)  EPA to pay medical bills for people sickened by Asbestos in Montana
• The Daily Green (June 17, 2009)  30 ‘New’ Toxic Chemicals to Avoid
• Ottawa Citizen (June 15, 2009)  Only use pesticides when absolutely necessary
• Ottawa Citizen (June 12, 2009)  Why not prevention as a cure for cancer?
• Nature News (June 8, 2009)  Too few women in clinical trials? Cancer-drug studies fail to reflect true incidence of disease in the population.
• Vancouver Province (June 5, 2009)  Canadian, US, UK life, health insurers investing heavily in tobacco
• Ottawa Citizen (June 3, 2009)  Letter to the Editor, Ban on Asbestos
• Science News (June 3, 2009)  Pesticide may seed American infant formulas with melamine
• Media Release (June 2, 2009)  Most Nail Polishes Now Free of Toxic Ingredients
• Prevent Cancer Now, News Release (June 1, 2009)  Heed students and ban Canadian Asbestos, say health, environment and social justice organizations
• Abbotsford Today (June 1, 2009)  Petition Circulating Against Waste Incineration

May 2009

• NBC News (May 28, 2009)  Au Revoir. Cell phones banned from French elementary schools
• Durham News (May 27, 2009)  Standing room only at Newcastle anti-incineration meeting
• UK Telegraph (May 24, 2009)  Men with big muscles cut cancer risk by 40 per cent
• Globe and Mail (May 22, 2009)  Ideal dose of Vitamin D? New recommendation doubles Cancer Society guidelines
• Globe and Mail (May 21, 2009)  Bird-killing agricultural pesticide faces ban
• Charlottetown Guardian (May 19, 2009)  Green Party Supports Charlottetown Cell Tower Opponents
• Globe and Mail (May 19, 2009)  Look out because this stuff is toxic
• Globe and Mail (May 15, 2009)  Pharma freebies sway med students
• Windsor Star (May 14, 2009)  Breast cancer, job links probed
• Durham News (May 11, 2009)  Group protests change in Clarington incinerator stance
• Montreal Gazette (May 10, 2009)  March targets cosmetics ingredients
• Montreal Gazette Blog (May 10, 2009)  No lead in my lipstick, please
• Vancouver Province (May 9, 2009)  British Columbia mother challenges safety of Wi-Fi use in schools
• Ottawa Sun (May 8, 2009)  Health issues sticky point with oil sands
• Prevent Cancer Now, New Release (May 7, 2009)  As cancer rates rise, PCN calls for ‘investment that works’
• Ottawa Sun (May 7, 2009)  Adapting to lawn order without pesticides
• Globe and Mail (May 4, 2009)  Lack of Vitamin D in kids linked to risks later in life
• Le Devoir (May 4, 2009)  Ignatieff jongle avec l’idée d’interdire l’exportation d’amiante

April 2009

• Ottawa Sun (April 30, 2009)  Silence still golden in public service
• Toronto Star (April 27, 2009)  Environmentalists in battle to be heard in NAFTA pesticide case
• Kansas City Star (April 24, 2009)  Farmers perplexed over free fertilizer’s health issues
• Media Release (April 23, 2009)  Toxic chemicals targeted for elimination under UN Agreement
• New York Times (April 23, 2009)  Advances Elusive in the Drive to Cure Cancer
• BBC World News (April 22, 2009)  Walnuts may prevent breast cancer
• Globe and Mail (April 22, 2009)  Motive questioned in failure to disclose Asbestos study
• New Scientist (April 22, 2009)  Could your trashcan solve the energy crisis?
• Canadian Press (April 21, 2009)  Ontario to enact tough pesticide law despite NAFTA trade challenge
• Ottawa Citizen (April 21, 2009)  Editorial: Immoral Exports
• Canadian Press (April 21, 2009)  More work needs to be done to clean up Ontario lakes and rivers: report
  
• Globe and Mail (April 20, 2009)  Folic acid may raise cancer risk in offspring
• Ottawa Citizen (April 17, 2009)  Asbestos: Supporting a Toxic Trade
• CBC Radio’s The Current (April 17, 2009)  The Politics of Asbestos
• Ottawa Citizen (April 16, 2009)  Health Canada sat on report tying asbestos to cancer
• The Hill Times (April 13, 2009)  Canada should call for a complete ban on export of asbestos right now
• Ottawa Citizen (April 13, 2009)  Top baby bottle leached more chemicals: report
• Le Soleil (April 11, 2009)  Conservative MP reiterates support for Asbestos Industry
• Ottawa Sun (April 10, 2009)   Asbestos exposure worries firefighters
• Canwest News (April 9, 2009)   Dow sues Canada over pesticide ban
• Washington Post (April 8, 2009)  EPA Is Reconsidering Dry Cleaners’ Use of Cancer-Causing Chemical
• Environmental Health News (April 7, 2009)  Pesticides blamed for some childhood brain cancers
• Prevent Cancer Now, News Release (April 7, 2009)  Ontario groups support law to reduce toxic substances
• Trail Rossland News (April 7, 2009)  Cancer Prevention Day huge success at Red Mountain
• CBC News (April 8, 2009)  Ontario targets companies’ use of toxic chemicals
• Chemical & Engineering News (April 6, 2009)  Genes Take A Back Seat
• Globe and Mail (April 3, 2009)  Researchers who touted high vitamin doses shut out of panel
• Ottawa Citizen (April 3, 2009)  EU Parliament backs tougher cellphone rules
• Winnipeg Free Press (April 1, 2009)  Canada duping the world by exporting asbestos: NDP MP
• Reuters (April 1, 2009)  Crop herbicide may cause cancer

March 2009

• Canwest News Service (March 30, 2009)  NAFTA threat won’t stop Québec ban on lawn pesticides
• Associated Press (March 27, 2009)  States weigh ban on teen use of tanning beds
• Environmental Health News (March 27, 2009)  Food may contain environmental estrogens
• Globe and Mail (March 26, 2009)  Found: a c-word for cancer
• CBC News (March 17, 2009) Health Canada to test taps for cancer contaminants
• Ottawa Citizen (March 17, 2009)  Put warnings on cellphones, scientists urge
• UK Guardian (March 16, 2009)  Are night shifts bad for you?
• UK Daily Mail (March 15, 2009)  Breast cancer is linked to bad childhood diet, study reveals
• Globe and Mail (March 13, 2009)  Researchers explore supersized Vitamin D doses
• Washington Post (March 13, 2009)  Probable Carcinogens Found in Baby Toiletries
• New Internationalist (March 10, 2009)  Changing the food system is just what the doctor ordered
• CBC News (March 9, 2009)  P.E.I. banning cosmetic pesticides
• Ottawa Citizen (March 7, 2009)  Common chemicals declared toxic
• Globe and Mail (March 5, 2009)  Tests find Bisphenol A in majority of soft drinks
• Prevent Cancer Now, News Release (March 4, 2009)  Cancer prevention network warns of growing incineration trend
• Toronto Star (March 3, 2009)  Ontario to prohibit 85 cosmetic pesticides
• National Geographic (March 2009 Issue)  Scraping Bottom: The Tar Sands gamble

February 2009

• Globe and Mail (February 26, 2009)  Cure for cancer just might be prevention
• UK Guardian (February 26, 2009)  Indigenous people in legal challenge against oil firms over tar sand project
• Ottawa Citizen (February 25, 2009)  Alcohol increases risk of cancer for women: Study
• Globe and Mail (February 24, 2009)  Bisphenol A may pose greater threat to newborns
• Globe and Mail (February 9, 2009)  Majority would limit industry’s right to challenge environmental laws
• Environmental Health News (February 9, 2009)  A new window into hormone-altering chemicals
• CBC News (February 6, 2009)  Fort Chip cancer rates higher than expected: report
• Edmonton Journal (February 6, 2009)  Alberta community near oilsands has elevated cancer rates: study

January 2009

• CBC Marketplace (January 23, 2009)  Are cellphones really safe for your kids?
• CBC News (January 22, 2009)  Health Canada has little to say about cellphone risks for kids
• Montreal Gazette (January 19, 2009)  Label ingredients, cancer activists urge
• La Press (14 janvier 2009)  Cancer du sein: méfiez-vous de l’environnement
• Radio Canada (13 janvier 2009)  De l’importance de l’environnement

December 2008

• Rachel’s Democracy & Health News (December 11, 2008)  Zero Waste Activism takes on Global Warming
• Globe and Mail (December 4, 2008)  Toronto businesses must reveal toxic release

November 2008

• Ottawa Citizen (November 21, 2008)  Exposure to Toxic Chemicals starts at home
• United Press International (November 13, 2008)  Pesticides more dangerous than thought
• CBC News (November 13, 2008)  Alberta bans weed and feed lawn products

October 2008

• Canadian Press (October 28, 2008)  NAFTA challenge won’t stop Ontario pesticide ban: minister
• CBC News (October 22, 2008)  e-Waste Dumping Ground (VIDEO)
• Canadian Medical Association Journal (October 21, 2008)  Asbestos Mortality: A Canadian Export

Older News

• BBC News (August 4, 2008)  Vitamin C ’slows cancer growth’
• Calgary Herald (June 3, 2007)  A committed government can prevent many cancers
• United Press International (January 1, 2007)  EcoWellness: Breast cancer and pesticides
• CBC Marketplace (March 5, 2006): Chasing the Cancer Answer  Watch the Video! / Special Website