Chemicals

• Science & Technology
• Policy & Insight

Diesel exhaust fumes 'definitely' cause cancer - should we be worried?

We speak to our carcinogen expert Professor David Phillips about this week's announcement by IARC that diesel exhaust fumes cause lung cancer. We speak to our carcinogen expert Professor David Phillips about this week's announcement by IARC that diesel exhaust fumes cause lung cancer.

14 June 2012

• Health & Medicine

The causes of cancer you can control

7 December 2011

The Pill and prostate cancer

15 November 2011

• Health & Medicine

No need to worry about having a shower or drinking water

17 March 2011

• Health & Medicine

Our 'cancer controversies' pages – a one-stop myth-busting shop

24 November 2010

• Health & Medicine

Claims that cancer is only a 'modern, man-made disease' are false and misleading

14 October 2010

Cleaning products and breast cancer – what’s the real story?

20 July 2010

• Health & Medicine

DIYers urged to be asbestos aware

A new survey has highlighted the need for Britons to improve their awareness of asbestos. A new survey has highlighted the need for Britons to improve their awareness of asbestos.

5 July 2010

• Health & Medicine

Cancer risks of cooking on a gas hob overplayed

18 February 2010

Cannabis chemicals stop prostate cancer growth

ACTIVE chemicals in cannabis have been shown to halt prostate cancer cell growth according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer today. ACTIVE chemicals in cannabis have been shown to halt prostate cancer cell growth according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer today.

19 August 2009

• Health & Medicine

Roll-your-own cigarettes as deadly as ready mades

Roll-your-own (RYO) cigarettes expose smokers to similar levels of cancer-causing chemicals as manufactured cigarettes according to a new study by Cancer Research UK now published in Addiction Biology. Roll-your-own (RYO) cigarettes expose smokers to similar levels of cancer-causing chemicals as manufactured cigarettes according to a new study by Cancer Research UK now published in Addiction Biology.

7 July 2009

• Health & Medicine

'Baby boom' carpenters at greatest risk of developing asbestos related cancer

One in 17 British carpenters born in the 1940s will die of mesothelioma - a cancer of the lining of the lung caused by asbestos - according to new research* published in the British Journal of Cancer. One in 17 British carpenters born in the 1940s will die of mesothelioma - a cancer of the lining of the lung caused by asbestos - according to new research* published in the British Journal of Cancer.

3 March 2009