DuPont and the Japanese company Denka are killing the residents

"The small town of Reserve sits 30 miles from New Orleans in Louisiana. Home to just under 10,000 residents, it is also the place in America with the greatest risk of cancer because of air toxicity, according to US government science."

Read the story in the Guardian HERE

Blood pressure drugs cause cancer

Proving once again that the best 'drug' for preventing or lowering high blood pressure is exercise and healthy eating.

Read the story on CTV News

We're full of cancer, Africa needs scientists, and Black Holes simplified

"Study shows American's bodies are fulled of carcinogens" - Truth-Out

Oh great! It seems as if the average person's body contains more than 400 know carcinogens - courtesy of the soap, plastic containers, air pollution, and the "safe" water we drink. The researchers even found carcinogens in the umbilical cords of yet unborn children.


Letters from Africa: More science and less politics - BBC News

Great letter to the BBC from Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene on the importance of science. Well said Ms. Ohene!


Short answers to questions about black holes - New York Times

And while we're on the topic of science, check Dennis Overbye's great answers to questions submitted to him by New York Times readers.