Gasoline seen as leukemia risk for children
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Living near a garage or service station can quadruple the risk of acute leukemia in children, according to a report by French researchers in the September issue of the Journal of Environmental Medicine.
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To Texas litigator Scott Summy, methyl tertiary butyl ether, the gasoline additive that reduces air pollution, is the devil--and his savior. He claims to have proof that Big Oil knew that MTBE-laced gasoline would leak out of filling station tanks into the ground and contaminate water supplies across America--and is therefore culpable in a big public hazard. "We are talking about the public's drinking water, and these guys have intentionally contaminated it to the largest scale ever in this country," says Summy.
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MONDAY, Dec. 27 (HealthDayNews) -- Kids undergoing chemotherapy for the most common form of childhood leukemia have significant reductions in their antioxidant and micronutrient levels, which could lead to bad side effects from the treatment.
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Living near a petrol station or commercial garage may quadruple the risk of childhood leukaemia. The study in France found a link between cases of acute leukaemia among youngsters and how close they lived to a petrol station or a garage carrying out car ...
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Breastfeeding for even a few months may lower the odds that a child will develop leukemia, a new research review suggests. The analysis of 14 studies conducted since
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Pesticides or chemicals in the  environment may be behind the steady rise in cases of childhood  leukemia, which have increased five-fold since the early 1900s,  scientists said on Monday.
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Children who live next to a petrol station are four times more likely to develop acute leukaemia than other children in the same area, suggests new research.
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A three-year study into a cluster of childhood leukemia cases in Sierra Vista detected no toxic exposures that could have caused the illnesses, federal health officials said.
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Exposure to even small amounts of benzene may reduce white blood cell count, say scientists.
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NEW YORK  - In contrast to some earlier  reports, allergic conditions appear to increase, rather than  decrease, the risk of leukemia and lymphoma, according to a  Swedish study.
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NEW YORK  - Heavy babies apparently face a  heightened risk of one type of childhood leukemia, a  Scandinavian study indicates.
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NEW YORK  - U.S. investigators have found  that children who ate oranges and bananas or drank orange juice  most days of the week before age 2 were significantly less  likely than other children to be diagnosed with leukemia before  age 14.
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Clues about childhood asthma and allergies may be contained in umbilical cord blood, says a study in the latest issue of Thorax. The findings suggest that high levels of
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Health officials are looking closely at some worrisome research on flame retardants. A new study has found high levels of chemicals called PBDEs in mothers&#39; breast milk.
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A British study finds that children who live near high-voltage electrical power lines may have twice the risk of some kinds of cancer.
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U.S. investigators have found that children who ate oranges and bananas or drank orange juice most days of the week before age 2 were significantly less likely than other children to be diagnosed with leukemia before age 14.
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Blood from a newborn&#39;s umbilical cord, often thrown away but rich in cells that may rebuild the body&#39;s blood production system, is safe to treat leukemia in adults, two studies released on Wednesday show.