Cancer Archive

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    Can broccoli cure cancer? - by frog



    I’ve spent quite a bit of time talking about the Greens’ food policies here in recent months.  Mostly when I do it is about the consumer rights to know and choose, the economic and environmental impacts of multinational industrial food versus locally grown and produced, and the need for people to have access to affordable [...] read more
    July 22, 2008 3:43 pm - 24 Comments
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    The endosulfan threat - by frog



    In the last few days Sue Kedgley revealed not only that the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) was recommending continuing to allow the use of Endosulfan, the highly toxic insecticide  which is banned or heavily restricted in more than 50 countries, but that traces of endosufan were turning up in our beef exports to South [...] read more
    July 11, 2008 8:19 am - No Comments
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    Food chemicals pose cancer risks for growers - by frog



    I thought gardening might be soothing, but according to research released this week by Massey University’s Centre for Public Health Research workers in plant nurseries are four times more likely to develop the cancer Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, with apple and pear growing associated with a five-fold risk. The researchers attribute this risk to exposure to the [...] read more
    February 6, 2008 9:45 am - 12 Comments