Pesticides

21 07, 2018

From the Hill: Trump taps pesticide company exec to be USDA’s chief scientist

By |2018-07-21T01:25:26-04:00July 21st, 2018|Uncategorized|

  Photo by Srikanta H. U   "President Trump this week named a former Dow Chemical Company executive who worked in the company's pesticide division to be chief scientist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the third major hire of a Dow alumnus in his administration. Trump on Monday announced his intention

4 10, 2013

Chatham University’s Eden Hall Campus : Creating a brighter, healthier tomorrow.

By |2017-11-10T21:05:52-05:00October 4th, 2013|Chatham University, Uncategorized|

Esther L. Barazzone,Ph.D President Chatham University At Chatham University, our commitment has long been to prepare students to excel in their professions and to be engaged, environmentally responsible, globally conscious, life-long learners, and citizen leaders for democracy. Our Eden Hall campus, located in the northern suburbs of Pittsburgh, is the embodiment of a commitment Chatham

9 07, 2013

Less Cancer Board Member, TV Journalist Miles O’Brien Training For Less Cancer Challenge 300

By |2017-11-10T21:05:53-05:00July 9th, 2013|Breast Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Prevention, Less Cancer, Miles O'Brien, Port Huron Mackinac|

  Television journalist and Less Cancer Board Member Miles O'Brien (pictured here for a Herring break)  as been in the Netherlands training for the Less Cancer Challenge 300. The first annual Less Cancer Challenge 300 is a program of LessCancer.org that encourages individuals to get out and move during the month of July.  For example, a commitment to walk

2 07, 2013

Red Meat – Colon Cancer Study

By |2017-11-10T21:05:54-05:00July 2nd, 2013|Bill Couzens, Less Cancer, Next Generation Choices Foundation, Uncategorized|

  Andrew M. Seaman of Reuters Health wrote people who report eating the most red and processed meat before being diagnosed with colon cancer are more likely to die during the next eight years, according to a new study. "It's another important reason to follow the guidelines to limit the intake of red and processed meat,"

24 06, 2013

Cancer Prevention – More Than A Sound Bite

By |2017-11-10T21:05:54-05:00June 24th, 2013|A World Without Cancer, Cancer, cancer cluster, Cancer Prevention, Huffington Post, M.D.|

New LessCancer.org board member Margaret Cuomo, MD, blogged in the Huffington Post that while improvements have been made in the curricula of American medical schools over the past few decades, cancer prevention is one essential area that is still neglected. The emphasis is on treatment, rather than prevention. You can read more here by clicking

9 05, 2013

Redoing Prop 65

By |2017-11-10T21:05:55-05:00May 9th, 2013|Cancer, Cancer Prevention, Chemical Companies, Prop 65, Uncategorized|

Marc Lifsher in the LA TIMES May 8, 2013  writes  Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing an overhaul of California's 26-year-old landmark clean water and anti-toxins law that he said is being misused by "unscrupulous lawyers" filing lawsuits. Brown proposed revisions to limit attorney's fees; requiring plaintiffs to present more information in support of their claims; reconsider levels of

19 04, 2013

May 4th Charlottesville Moves for Less Cancer at The Southern on the Downtown Mall

By |2017-11-10T21:05:55-05:00April 19th, 2013|The Southern, Thomas M Sherman MD, Uncategorized, William U Couzens, William Ulrich Couzens|

    May 4th Charlottesville Moves for Less Cancer at the Southern to the music of LOVE CANON. Charlottesville's popular shops, restaurants and ambience converge in one main area, known as the Downtown Pedestrian Mall. Located, as you would imagine, on Main Street, this thoroughfare also has an impressive collection of art galleries.

16 04, 2013

Why Less Cancer is Important to Me – Post By Martha Fruehauf

By |2017-11-10T21:05:55-05:00April 16th, 2013|Couzens, Couzens Couzens, Martha Fruehauf, National Cancer Prevention Day, Next Generation Choices Foundation, pediatric obesity, Pesticides, Prevention, Toxins|

Martha Fruehauf is a Less Cancer volunteer who's current project is Move Charlottesville for Less Cancer. The event, May 4th will be at the Southern in Charlottesville, Virginia. The event will be featuring the Kentucky Derby at 6pm and dancing at 8pm to the music of the band Love Canon.     Yesterday’s events at

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