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The first round of community-sponsored testing of the air around a plant that uses ethylene oxide to sterilize medical equipment were released this week. The results were open to interpretation from both sides of the argument.

In a related matter, state Sen. Jen Jordan and two area residents filed a lawsuit asking a Fulton County judge to throw out a consent order on the Sterigenics construction plan that the company struck in August with state officials.

WebMD and Georgia Health News' ongoing coverage about ethylene oxide emissions coming from medical sterilization plants Smyrna and Covington, GA. An EPA report find higher cancer risks in three nearby census tracts due to the toxic gas.

For people living in "high-income" countries such as Canada, Sweden and Saudi Arabia, heart disease represented just 23%  of deaths, while cancer was to blame for 55%  of deaths, the researchers said.

Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division launched an investigation Tuesday of a previously undisclosed leak of toxic gas at a Smyrna medical sterilizing facility.

The treatments that childhood cancer patients receive often save their lives, but they also make survivors prone to heart troubles, a new study finds.

In recent weeks, state officials have been moving swiftly to make legal agreements with Sterigenics that, in some cases, have bypassed public input.

Residents at a community meeting expressed displeasure with state and federal officials who said working with the company on a voluntary basis would be most effective.

Meanwhile, the state Environmental Protection Division this week revealed results of an initial sample test for ethylene oxide at its South DeKalb monitoring station.

Warning labels for the suspected cancer-causing weed killer glyphosate (Roundup) won't be approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Studies have shown that CAR-T is effective against certain types of cancers, but can cause severe side effects.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on Tuesday reaffirmed its prior recommendation against routine screening for pancreatic cancer.

Sterigenics said last week that it had just submitted an application for a permit for the proposed facility changes. The company has been the target of protests from Smyrna-area residents concerned about the use of a cancer-causing gas, ethylene oxide, in its sterilization process.

More than 150 Covington area citizens turned out for a community meeting Thursday to discuss toxic pollution coming from a local medical device sterilizing plant.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says he is working with government officials to investigate toxic air emissions from two medical sterilization plants in the state.

The phase 3 trial of more than 500 U.S. patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) found that a combination of rituximab and ibrutinib extended patient survival.

The city of Smyrna, GA has pledged to do independent air testing for a cancer-causing chemical released by a medical sterilizing plant there , which would make it one of just a handful of communities nationwide to have its air tested for ethylene oxide.

Veterans of Toxic Air Fight Vow to Help Others This story is jointly reported by Brenda Goodman of WebMD and Andy Miller of Georgia Health News.July 25, 2019 -- Twilight was falling, but the heat would not let up.Cars packed the tiny parking lot for the historic red brick building that sits on a corner of North Church Lane, between Smyrna and Atlanta, their tires crunching through white gravel. When space ran out, they spilled down side streets.People approached solemnly.“Where do you live?” they asked each other. Then, after a nod of recognition, “I’m sorry.”They came from

On Friday, WebMD and Georgia Health News revealed that Georgia had three census tracts the EPA identified as having elevated cancer risks because of a toxic gas called ethylene oxide.

Federal data show an increased cancer risk to neighborhoods across the country around plants that emit a gas called ethylene oxide, which is used to sterilize medical equipment.

While the extreme stress of losing a loved one has been linked to heart troubles in prior research, a new study found that one in six people with broken heart syndrome also had cancer.

The study uncovered links between the consumption of sugary drinks and the risk of cancer in general, and for breast cancer specifically

Perot made his fortune in the computer services industry and eventually ran for president in 1992 and 1996 with populist talk of restoring Norman Rockwell's America, according to the Times.

This new study included nearly 19,000 patients who received radioactive iodine for hyperthyroidism (mainly Graves' disease) between 1946 and 1964. None of them had cancer at the start of the study.

The findings support the theory that some of the biological processes that contribute to cancer may actually protect against dementia. But, what are those mechanisms?