Tag: cancer
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SSB Consumption Allegedly Associated with Type I Endometrial Cancer
A recent study funded by the National Cancer Institute has allegedly linked higher intakes of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) to an increased risk of type I endometrial cancer. Maki Inoue-Choi, et al., “Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake and the Risk of Type I and Type II Endometrial Cancer among Postmenopausal Women,” Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, December 2013.…
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OEHHA Seeks Comments on Draft Templates for Tabulating Studies and Data
California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has issued a request for public comments on draft templates for tabulating epidemiology studies and data from animal studies for use by members of the agency’s Science Advisory Board Development and Reproductive Toxicant Identification Committee. Comments are requested by December 23, 2013. See OEHHA News Release, December…
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OEHHA Proposes Listing Rapeseed Oil Emissions as Carcinogenic Under Prop. 65
California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has issued a notice of intent “to list emissions from high-temperature unrefined rapeseed oil as known to the State to cause cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986” (Prop. 65). The proposal is based on the 2010 cancer identification by the…
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BPA Study Criticized for Misinterpreting Statistical Data
Tufts University researchers who recently published a study in Environmental Health Perspectives linking bisphenol A (BPA) to mammary gland cancer in rats have walked back their claims after Forbes reported that the statistical data cited in the results “clearly showed BPA had no effects and did not cause cancer.” Nicole Acevedo, et al., “Perinatally Administered Bisphenol…
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EFSA Issues Guidance for Two-Year Whole Food Studies
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued guidance principles for conducting two-year whole food studies “to assess the risk of cancer and/or toxicity from the long-term consumption of such foods by humans.” Acting at the behest of the European Commission, EFSA relied on testing guidance (TG) 453 from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and…
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OEHHA Agrees to Accelerate Chemical Review and Prop. 65 Listings
To settle litigation filed in 2007 by environmental and union interests, California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has agreed to a number of actions that would remove certain steps from the Proposition 65 (Prop. 65) chemical-listing process that would accelerate the listings. Sierra Club v. Brown, No. RG07356881 (Cal. Super. Ct., settlement…
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Codex Adopts New Food Safety and Nutrition Standards
The Codex Alimentarius has announced new food safety and nutrition standards that strive to “protect the health of consumers worldwide.” The regulations include guidance on preventing and reducing ochratoxin A—a reportedly carcinogenic contaminant—in cocoa, avoiding microbiological contamination of berries, preventing hydrocyanic acid in cassava, and when to label food with ”non-addition of sodium salts.” The commission also…
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UK Advertising Standards Authority Takes Action Against PETA Ad
The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint against a print advertisement by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Foundation alleging that meat consumption raises heart disease and cancer risk. According to ASA’s report, the poster under review featured a child smoking a cigar and the following text: “You Wouldn’t…