Tag: cancer
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FDA Amends Rule on Compounds of Carcinogenic Concern Used in Food-Producing Animals
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule that amends regulations about concentrations of compounds of carcinogenic concern in the diet of food-producing animals and residues of carcinogenic concern in specific edible tissues. The changes clarify certain definitions “to enable the Center for Veterinary Medicine to consider allowing the use of alternative…
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PCRM Failed to Investigate Grilled Chicken Claims, Court Dismisses Prop. 65 Warning Suits
A California court has reportedly dismissed claims filed by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) against fast-food chains, finding that the group failed to investigate its allegations before suing under Proposition 65 (Prop. 65). PCRM v. McDonald’s Corp., No. BC383722; PCRM v. KFC Corp., No. BC457193 (Cal. Super. Ct., Los Angeles Cty., decided August…
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Rhesus Monkey Study Allegedly Reveals Link Between BPA and Breast Cancer
A recent study has reportedly claimed that bisphenol A (BPA) alters mammary gland development in rhesus monkeys, raising concerns about the chemical’s alleged link to breast cancer in humans. Andrew Tharp, et al., “Bisphenol A alters the development of the rhesus monkey mammary gland,” PNAS, May 2012. According to the study, researchers fed fruit containing…
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New Research Presented at Childhood Cancer Conference Targets Sucralose
New research conducted by Morando Soffritti, director of the Ramazzini Institute in Bologna, Italy, has allegedly found that male mice systematically dosed with sucralose throughout their life cycles were more likely to develop a specific type of cancer. Presented at the April 25 childhood Cancer 2012 Conference in London, the research evidently relied on 843…
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Study Finds No Link Between Coffee Consumption and Chronic Disease
A recent study has purportedly found that “neither caffeinated nor decaffeinated coffee was associated with an increased risk of total chronic disease, CVD [cardiovascular disease], or cancer,” according to a concurrent editorial published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Anna Floegel, “Coffee Consumption and Risk of Chronic Disease in the European Prospective Investigation into…
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IOM Report Looks at Role of Obesity in Cancer Survival
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has issued a workshop summary examining the role of obesity in cancer survival and recurrence. Held October 31-November 1, 2011, by IOM’s National Cancer Policy Forum, the workshop included presentations from experts on “the latest laboratory and clinical evidence on the obesity-cancer link and the possible mechanisms underlying that link.”…
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Industry Interests Appeal Court’s Dismissal of Challenge to 4-MEI Prop. 65 Listing
According to a news source, the industry interests that lost their challenge to the listing of 4-MEI as a chemical known to California to cause cancer have filed an appeal in the Third District Court of Appeals. Cal. League of Food Processors v. OEHHA, No. C070406 (Cal. Ct. App., 3rd Dist., appeal filed February 10, 2012).…
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Researchers Allege “Modest Positive Association” Between Soda Consumption and Risk of Pancreatic Cancer
A recent pooled analysis from 14 prospective cohort studies has reportedly confirmed “a suggestive, modest positive association” between sugar-sweetened carbonated beverage (SSB) consumption and increased pancreatic cancer risk. Jeanine Genkinger, et al., “Coffee, Tea and Sugar-Sweetened Carbonated Soft Drink Intake and Pancreatic Cancer Risk: A Pooled Analysis of 14 Cohort Studies,” Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers &…