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Exposure to airborne carcinogens can be an occupational hazard for countless workers if the proper health and safety regulations are not being followed. Some of these same carcinogens could even be an exposure risk for anyone entering a building or worksite. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that more men and women die in this country from lung ...
The International Agency for Research on Cancer reports that as recently as 2020, there were over 13,000 new cases of cancer in Puerto Rico. Tragically, there were also more than 5,500 deaths due to cancer in Puerto Rico that year alone. The American Association for Cancer Research has reported that more than 40% of all diagnosed cancers in the U.S. can be attributed to preventable causes. ...
While cancer mortality has gradually declined over the past several decades in Puerto Rico, there are still more than 10,000 new cases of cancer and over 5,000 deaths each year on the islands. Nationwide, the National Cancer Institute estimates there were over 1,918,000 new cases of cancer diagnosed in 2022 and more than 609,000 people died from cancer that year alone. There are over 100 types ...
According to the Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan, supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), cancer is a leading cause of death in Puerto Rico, accounting for 17.7% of all deaths. While cancer mortality has gradually declined over the past several decades, there is still much that can be done to help prevent new cases. The American Association for Cancer ...
The British Occupational Hygiene Society, a scientific charity and the Chartered Society for Workplace Health Protection, is welcoming research published by Imperial College London’s DEMist project, which uses black carbon to track exposure of professional drivers to diesel exhaust. The study led by Dr Ian Mudway, Senior Lecturer at the MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Environmental ...
BOHS welcomes new research by IOSH-sponsored Imperial College into occupational exposure to diesel for professional drivers, but cautions that it highlights a COVID-19 dilemma with ventilation. The British Occupational Hygiene Society, a scientific charity and the Chartered Society for Workplace Health Protection, is welcoming research published by Imperial College London’s ...
Lung Cancer Awareness Month begins this Friday and runs the entire month of November. This time of recognition is acknowledged in most countries across the globe and is meant to be an opportunity to raise awareness and engagement in the fight against lung cancer. It is also the ideal opportunity to educate the public and workers about things they can do to minimize their chances of getting the ...
November is recognized as Lung Cancer Awareness Month and in the United States, as in many other parts of the world, more people die from this disease than from any other type of cancer. In the U.S. alone, approximately 200,000 people are told they have lung cancer and more than 150,000 die from the disease annually. Globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that lung cancer has been ...
Lung Cancer Awareness Month takes place each year during November. The designation is meant to raise awareness of this deadly disease that takes the lives of so many residents of Puerto Rica each year. As of 2014, the most recent year that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has lung cancer figures, more than 215,000 people nationwide were diagnosed with lung cancer. That same ...
The risk of cancer from airborne pollutants has dropped by more than 50 percent on average since 2005, according to a study released Thursday by the region's air quality regulators. Concerted efforts to reduce emissions from diesel trucks and other vehicles account for much of the drop. ...
EPA is providing over $1.5 million for four projects in Massachusetts to improve air quality through rapid deployment of clean diesel technologies. The EPA funds are part of a larger collaborative effort between EPA and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and several other organizations, to leverage significant resources to reduce diesel ...
Cochrane & Associates has dedicated its services to companies that work to help create healthy environments and clean indoor air quality (IAQ) to help fight asthma. May is Asthma Awareness Month when numerous organizations and government agencies help increase public awareness of asthma and its impact on our communities. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asthma affects ...
The Recovery Act will enable investments of $30 million in funding for the SmartWay Clean Diesel Finance Program. This funding will support the creation of national, state or local innovative clean diesel financing programs. Additionally, $20 million has been slated under the Recovery Act for the National Clean Diesel Emerging Technology Program. ...
LOS ANGELES, California, July 26, 2007 (ENS) - Exposure to a combination of diesel exhaust and high blood cholesterol increases the risk for heart attack and stroke far more than exposure to either factor alone, new research reveals. The results indicate that controlling air pollution may prove to be a powerful tool for preventing cardiovascular disease. Published in today's edition of the ...