health risk study Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 06:41:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Unsurprisingly, Media Overstates Link Between Bacon and Cancer https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bacon-cancer-link-processed-meat-who/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bacon-cancer-link-processed-meat-who/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2015 06:41:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=57092 Yes, the World Health Organization (WHO) now states that eating processed meat like bacon and sausage can cause cancer. However, that certainly does not mean that it is “as big a threat as cigarettes”, as one headline on the subject read. The WHO’s list of carcinogenic, or cancer-causing, substances doesn’t address the degree to which they […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bacon-cancer-link-processed-meat-who/feed/ 0 57092 Republican Frank McNulty Against Colorado Fracking Health Risk Study https://www.greenoptimistic.com/republican-frank-mcnulty-colorado-fracking-health-risk-study-20140325/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/republican-frank-mcnulty-colorado-fracking-health-risk-study-20140325/#respond Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:01:09 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=46643 Big money and politics are at work again, and Colorado drinking water is at more risk than ever, thanks to a blocked health risk study proposed regarding hydraulic fracturing (fracking). Last week, Colorado House Bill 1297 was proposed, sponsored by Democrat Joann Ginal, who said, “There is lack of data on health risks” related to […]

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