Camp Lejeune Marines taking documentary about water contamination

Marines who are fighting a battle against cancer and now have water contamination cover-up is a documentary film to show the Senate and the House of Representatives. "Semper Fi: always faithful" displays the long struggle to get justice for the Marines and their families developed cancer after drinking water at Camp Lejeune loaded with dry-cleaning chemicals. the film was made by Rachel Libert and Tony Hardmon, working with former Marines Jerry Ensminger, Mike Partain, two affected with cancer that may have been avoided.

His mother Partain drank the water, which was laced with yperchlwroaithylenio and trichloroethylene, while she was pregnant with him from when he was 39, developed breast cancer, male. The Partains had trusted the Marines to maintain basic water clean and healthy, so that when they found that chemicals have contaminated the water for years-and the fact that carcinogenic substances have gone unreported in those affected-and many others felt deeply betrayed.

Now the few, the proud, the forgotten looking for Justice and health care for anyone living with basis during contamination. "we are in every city across America," Mike Partain says in the film. "We are in every town, every city and every State. And every one of us has one, and one Senator. "With this film that has been registered in order to demonstrate to lawmakers, survivors and their families who hope to convince the Government to admit the error and to assist the victims." is the most important, don't let this issue die, "says Hayley. Ensminger

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Smoking cause Breast Cancer Risk in women stop taking postmenopausal combined hormone ...

80 000 women stop taking postmenopausal combined hormone ... it was found that the first hand and second-hand smoking poses the risk of breast cancer was done in the investigation of Dr Juhua Luo West Virginia University and Dr. Karen Margolis, HealthPartners Research Foundation and the British Medical Journal. create and analyze the data from the Margolis, 80 000 women who had less than 50-79 years, came in the women's health information initiative observational study, 1993-98, based on new research published in the40 clinics, and patients around the United States. ten years after the information was taken, 3,250 women developed invasive breast cancer cases.

The results of the survey show that the percentage of 16% higher risk to develop breast cancer, women stop taking postmenopausal combined hormone ..., who had never smoked. former smokers, compared with an average risk of breast cancer increased by 9%, but the risk was the worst of the women, who in their Teen years, smoked, or 50 years or longer. up to 20 years for a woman to stop smoking, the risk is higher than the average lifetime Breast cancer risk.

Some of the women in this study had never smoked, but had been exposed to secondhand smoke, which was in them., had been widely exposed to passive smoking for a period of 10 years, 20 years of childhood in the adult age in the home, workplace or 10 years as an adult, was 32% too much risk of breast cancer. "so if the parent who smoked meat was when you were kids, a spouse or partner, or who smoked in the home or colleagues, workers who smoked around youthey have not made any favours.

Dr. Karen Margolis is of the opinion that we all should be healthier if none of us smoked at any stage of life. "our findings Highlight the need for assistance in preventing the opening of the non-smoking, in particular at an early age, and to encourage quitting all the ages.": the bottom line is not to smoke, you should avoid those who smoke, and get help to stop smoking, the risk is lower than the average. breast cancer is only one advantage, you get, when you stop smoking, there are many more good things about the smoke luopuville.

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