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8 hours ago · Despite its industrial utility, asbestos is now recognized as a potent carcinogen, posing significant health risks to individuals exposed to its fibers. In 1977, the International Agency for Research on Cancer determined that asbestos meets the criteria for being a human carcinogen [2, 3]. All forms of asbestos have carcinogenic effects on ...
8 hours ago · Several controls and data weighting procedures were applied to the data collected, ensuring high-quality, consistent and unbiased results. Details of the criteria for the inclusion of cancer risk factors covered in WES, such as substance information, health effects and related legislation, can also be found in the newly released material.
8 hours ago · Properties and chemistry DDT is similar in structure to the insecticide methoxychlor and the acaricide dicofol. It is highly hydrophobic and nearly insoluble in water but has good solubility in most organic solvents, fats and oils. DDT does not occur naturally and is synthesised by consecutive Friedel–Crafts reactions between chloral (CCl 3 CHO) and two equivalents of chlorobenzene (C 6 H 5 ...
8 hours ago · In 2017, a study estimated that nearly half of hospital-associated care resulted from emergency department visits. As of 2017, data from 2009–2011 showed that end-of-life care in the last year of life accounted for about 8.5%, and the last three years of life about 16.7%.
1 day ago · The World Health Organization recommends the complete ban of all types of advertisement or product placement, including at vending machines, at airports and on internet shops selling tobacco. The evidence is as yet unclear as to the effect of such bans. Many countries have a smoking age.
8 hours ago · Social media can offer a support system for adolescent health, because it allows them to mobilize around health issues that they deem relevant. For example, in a clinical study among adolescent patients undergoing obesity treatment, participants' claimed that social media allowed them to access personalized weight-loss content as well as social ...
8 hours ago · The results, published in the journal Scientific Reports, highlight the importance of inhibiting the “rapid proliferation of cancer cells and its invasion into healthy tissues” specific to breast cancer. This is exactly what dandelion extract does—it inhibits their spread and “induce death in them.”
