Remediation will never get radiation to zero in the area affected by the 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant. Rather than safety, the conversation should focus on acceptable risk.
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Articles on Cancer
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This body map brings together evidence on proven cancer causes. Using credible, scientific sources it answers questions about whether alcohol, red meat or sun exposure increase your cancer risk.
Relative risk is the risk one group of people has of developing a cancer compared to the risk of another group.
Chronic stress accelerates cancer growth in mice, according to a new study, pointing to potential treatment targets to slow the progression of cancer to other organs.
A new study has identified that pancreatic cancer is not one, but four types of cancer, and opened the door to possible new treatments.
Hormones may not be the only thing that determines how your organs act.
The World Health Organization classifies the common herbicide glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans”. But this doesn’t mean using it to kill weeds in playgrounds will hurt children.
ABC’s Catalyst episode “Wi-Fried” claimed that mobile phones and Wi-Fi might be a cancer risk, but the leading experts are not so convinced.
The risks of UV radiation exposure are well-known, but some scientists are exploring lesser-known benefits of UV light.
Particle accelerators are helping to push forward the frontiers of theoretical physics but they’ve also had more impact on your everyday life than you realise.
The unfolding information about the Zika virus and saddening images of babies infected with microcephaly should really scare us all. The disease has spread “explosively” throughout the Americas, with 32…
Obama’s goal of “curing” cancer is unrealistic, simplistic and not achievable. Cancer is a group of more than 100 different diseases for which no single cure will ever be effective.
Scientists have found that cancer growth follows the same mathematical law that predicts earthquakes.
Vitamin D is often seen as a harmless supplement to take – the more the better. But the evidence suggests a different picture.
Two major studies have come to different conclusions – but there’s much more to it than chance alone.
Jimmy Carter is now cancer-free, but is it right to say that he’s been cured?
Thalidomide is notorious for causing death and disability but it – and its derivatives – are proving useful for conditions such as leprosy.
Few media reports in the health sphere generate as much attention as those with screaming headlines about a new link between food and cancer, but they’re not always based on the best scientific evidence available.
The World Health Organisation’s report on the increased cancer risk with eating processed and red meat has been met with mixed reactions.
WHO has said that processed meats cause cancer. But there are more, less visible carcinogens to worry about
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