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reuters: Coca-Cola Co and PepsiCo Inc are making changes to the production of an ingredient in their namesake colas to avoid the need to label the packages with a cancer warning. The changes will not alter the colas’ taste, color or formula, according to statements from both companies. The change is meant to reduce the amount of a chemical called 4-methylimidazole, or 4-MI, which in January was added to the list of chemicals covered by California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, also known as Proposition 65. High levels of that chemical have been linked to cancer in animals. Earlier this week, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a U.S. watchdog group, said it found unsafe levels of the chemical in cans of Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc’s Dr Pepper and Whole Foods Markets Inc’s 365 Cola. Read more: Coke, Pepsi to alter caramel color ingredient
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laboratoryequipment: Cancer Found in Ancient Mummy Caused by GeneticsA professor from American Univ. in Cairo says the discovery of prostate cancer in a 2,200-year-old mummy indicates the disease was caused by genetics, not environment. The genetics-environment question is key to understanding cancer.Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-cancer-found-in-ancient-mummy-caused-by-genetics-013012.aspx
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producermatthew: Cupertino high school student Angela Zhang may know the cure for cancer: As a freshman, she started reading doctoral-level papers on biological engineering. By her sophomore year in high school, she managed to convince Stanford University to let her use their laboratories, and by junior year, she began doing her own research that led her to develop a recipe that boggles even her chemistry teacher. Zhang’s recipe won her a $100,000 award at a national science competition sponsored by Siemens. Her method of curing cancer by aiming an infrared light at mutated cells killed cancer in mice; it will be a few more years before it can be determined if the method works in humans. Nevertheless, Zhang’s three years of research is considered a breakthrough. [CBS News]
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mothernaturenetwork: Help save the life of a cat or dog with cancer by simply liking THIS LINK on Facebook, tweeting it, or +1ing it! And be sure to pass it on! Donations will be made to the Dog & Cat Cancer Fund, which works directly with veterinarians to help needy families get treatment for their cats and dogs suffering from cancer. Can you spare a few seconds to help save a life? This cat looks like my cat O_O”  ^^^^^^^ Also, do it up my friends
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mothernaturenetwork: Celebrities use ‘the force’ to help fight cancerLucasfilm teams up with Stand Up To Cancer to create star-studded PSA.