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How do doctors diagnose non-small cell lung cancer?
31 Jan 2023 14:21 GMT
… 000 people receive a lung cancer diagnosis each year in … arsenic or asbestos
exposure to radiation
family members with lung cancer … a person has regular lung cancer screening.
If someone notices … type of lung cancer is NSCLC. This form of lung cancer includes …
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Test your home (or school) for radon to reduce lung cancer risk
26 Jan 2023 17:30 GMT
… comes from the breakdown of uranium and thorium in soil and … the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking.
This year the … non-smoker, Nixon believes the lung cancer she was diagnosed with six … a slight amount more of uranium and thorium in the soil …
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NC Officials Encourage Testing for Radon
30 Jan 2023 08:22 GMT
… by the natural breakdown of uranium in the soil and rocks … the second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S. with … assessing risk for radon induced lung cancer.
"Number one is testing …
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Uranium and arsenic are in drinking water — but some communities have it worse than others
04 Jan 2023 22:37 GMT
… significantly higher” concentrations of arsenic and uranium in their drinking water, … drink.”
Low levels of uranium and arsenic, generally within the Environmental … disease, kidney damage, and lung cancer. Arsenic, meanwhile, is a known carcinogen …
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Electric Vehicles And The Environment: Good, Bad, Or Indifferent?
30 Jan 2023 15:39 GMT
… NOx) represent emissions from gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles … Diesel and high-performance gasoline engines run much … transportation energy from gasoline to EV electricity saves … from cardiopulmonary disease and lung cancer. Environment International DOI: …
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The breathtaking state of truck pollution in Melbourne’s west
29 Jan 2023 08:45 GMT
… heaters and vehicle exhaust.
Diesel exhaust contains a cocktail of … Agency’s monitoring stations. Diesel exhaust contains a cocktail of … in the development of lung cancer over many years of … meaning they filter out diesel exhaust and COVID-19.
This …
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Schools testing for invisible threat
28 Jan 2023 14:28 GMT
… the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking. The only way … produced by the breakdown of uranium in soil and rocks that …
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Radon gas a health danger
28 Jan 2023 06:04 GMT
… odorless and is produced when uranium breaks down. It can … s the leading cause of lung cancer among nonsmokers and the … second leading cause of lung cancer overall, right behind smoking. … that the risk of developing lung cancer among people who smoke …
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RIVERS: Redouble Environmental Justice Efforts
28 Jan 2023 00:45 GMT
… be fatal. Disease rates for lung cancer, stroke and chronic obstructive pulmonary … more environmentally friendly than traditional gasoline or diesel fuel. Additionally, the …
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Taiwan Is Retreating From Nuclear Energy. At What Cost?
27 Jan 2023 23:08 GMT
… two years before needing fresh uranium fuel. That makes atomic … emergency worker who died of lung cancer a decade after the incident … levels of the originally mined uranium. And given that the … become less toxic, the arsenic and mercury concentrated in coal …