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08/26/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Common household products contain flame retardant chemicals that cause thyroid cancer

If you value your thyroid gland, you should cut back on your use of all kinds of household products. An article in Natural Health 365 stated that these products contain flame retardant chemicals that can increase your risk of developing papillary thyroid cancer. The thyroid gland handles the production of thyroid hormones that regulate the metabolism […]

06/05/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

CONFIRMED: Three Mile Island nuclear accident found to have significantly increased thyroid cancer in surrounding counties due to radioactive Iodine-131

When a partial meltdown struck the Three Mile Island nuclear generating station near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in March 1979, the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission tried to downplay the incident. Much like the officials involved in the Fukushima meltdown, they said at the time that the radiation released into the environment was only in small amounts […]

04/16/2017 / By Russel Davis

Fire retardant chemicals used in your mattress linked to 74% rise in thyroid cancer tumors

Flame retardants commonly sprayed in fabric and fillings in furniture were associated with a 74 percent increase in thyroid cancer rates in the U.K. during the last 10 years, a study revealed. Health experts said exposure to this flame retardants through dust might have contributed to the surge in thyroid cancer rates. To assess this, researchers […]

04/14/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Is your couch killing you? Report reveals it may be giving you cancer

Thyroid cancer is growing at a faster rate than any other cancer in the United States. In fact, the number of cases has increased consistently by about 7 percent each year for the last 20 years, and has skyrocketed by a massive 74 percent in the U.K. in just the last decade. At the same time, […]

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