Why Do Orthopedic Surgeons Have Such High Breast Cancer Rates?
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The first time Loretta Chou drilled a hole in a bone, as a medical student in the mid-80’s, she thought it was the most fun thing she had ever done. “I liked that you could…
Like So Much in 2020, the Pandemic Is Screwing Up Cancer Research
Cherie Diez/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Cancer research, like so much else about this cursed year, has been derailed by the coronavirus pandemic. Clinical trials—which are crucial for discovering new treatments—have been shut down, postponed, and disrupted. Other trials have been modified to protect participants and…
Health Officials in “Cancer Alley” Will Study if Living Near a Controversial Chemical Plant Causes Cancer
Louisiana health officials plan to knock on every door within 2.5 kilometers of the controversial Denka Performance Elastomer plant in St. John the Baptist Parish in hopes of determining exactly how many people in the neighborhood have developed cancer. Neighbors say the inquiry, first announced in late August, is long overdue. The Denka plant is…
“God Told Me To Fight”—Inside the Battle to Stop Another Petrochemical Plant in “Cancer Alley”
Mother Jones illustration; Alejandro Davila Fragoso/Earthjustice Sharon Lavigne has lived all of her sixty-seven years in St. James Parish, Louisiana. She can tell you about a time when the fig and pecan trees in her neighborhood produced plenty to eat and to sell, and when her grandfather caught fish and shrimp in the Mississippi River.…
Communities in the American Southwest Were Exposed to Nuclear Fallout. Can They Get Compensated?
Universal History Archive/Getty This story was originally published by Undark. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The atomic bomb was born in the desert. In the early hours of July 16, 1945, after a spate of bad weather, a 20-kiloton plutonium-based nuke referred to as “the gadget” detonated near Alamogordo, New Mexico. Firsthand testimonies…
There Is Something Called “Forever Chemicals” Coursing Through the US Food Supply
Awakening/Getty These chemicals take millennia to break down, have negative health consequences, and Tuesday the FDA revealed they exist throughout the US food supply. Concerns about per- and polyfluoroalykyl substances (PFAS), have typically been associated more with water than food. But when the FDA decided to look at the food supply, they found considerable levels…
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