Liam Davenport DISCLOSURES Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) via daily use of plastics is a major contributor to the overall disease burden in the United States and the associated costs to society amount to more than 1% of the gross domestic product, revealed a large-scale analysis. The research, published in the Journal of the Endocrine...
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‘A piece of plastic with a 40-year-old drug in it’: J&J touts promising early data for bladder cancer treatment
Lei Lei WuNews Reporter In an early cut of data, Johnson & Johnson said Sunday afternoon that seven of eight bladder cancer patients who received its experimental bladder cancer treatment — a decades-old chemotherapy delivered in a device which its developers call “the pretzel” — saw their tumors go away. The Phase II study, known...
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Chemicals in plastic may contribute to weight gain
NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY It may sound strange, but chemicals in plastic may make the bathroom scale a less pleasant place to visit. Every day, we come into contact with plastic products. A lot of plastic is found in food packaging. Plastic packaging is common for practical reasons, because it is cheap and...