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CarcinogensLung Cancer Risks for Non-smokers
About 20% of people who die from lung cancer in the United States every year have never smoked or used any form of tobacco. Here’s what we know about why some non-smokers get lung cancer.
How to Test Your Home for Radon
Radon is a key cause of lung cancer, and it could be lurking undetected in your home. Testing is easy and inexpensive, and it could help protect you and your family.
Study Examines Cancer Rates Among Flight Attendants
Research from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has found that flight attendants have higher rates of several types of cancer than the general population.
What’s Wrong with Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, and Bacon?
Evidence shows that eating too much processed meat and red meat can raise your cancer risk. Find out how much is too much and what to eat instead.
Studies Examine Possible Cancer Risks for Firefighters at World Trade Center
Two studies examine whether exposure to chemicals from the wreckage of the World Trade Center during rescue and recovery work after the September 11, 2001 attacks increased firefighters’ risk of developing cancer.
Coffee and Cancer: What the Research Really Shows
In this interview, American Cancer Society researchers, Susan Gapstur, PhD, and Marjorie McCullough, ScD, provide insights into what studies to date really show when it comes to coffee and cancer, and discuss what other research is still needed.
12 Key Findings from the New Edition of The Tobacco Atlas
Learn about the physical, social, and economic harms of tobacco and about evidence-based solutions to advance toward a tobacco-free world.
Updated Cell Phone Study Findings Still Inconclusive
It’s still not clear whether radiofrequency radiation, the type of low-energy radiation given off by cell phones while they’re in use, can cause harmful health effects in people.