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  2. Cancer of unknown primary origin - Wikipedia

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    A diagnosis of CUP requires a clinical picture consistent with metastatic disease and one or more biopsy results inconsistent with a tumor cancer. CUP is found in about 3 to 5% of all people diagnosed with invasive cancer, [1] and carries a poor prognosis in most (80 to 85%) of those circumstances. The other 15 to 20% of patients, however, have ...

  3. Building insulation material - Wikipedia

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    Open-cell foam is porous, allowing water vapor and liquid water to penetrate the insulation. Closed-cell foam is non-porous, and not moisture-penetrable, thereby effectively forming a semi-permeable vapor barrier. (N.B., vapor barriers are usually required by the Building Codes, regardless of the type of insulation used.

  4. Are your plastic kitchen utensils toxic? An alarming study ...

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    An alarming study that had Americans tossing out their black plastic kitchen utensils, toys and to-go packages earlier this month overstated the concern, the researchers admit.

  5. Polystyrene - Wikipedia

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    The city will introduce bylaw amendments to prohibit business license holders from serving prepared food in polystyrene foam cups and take-out containers, beginning 1 June 2019. [95] In 2019, the European Union voted to ban expanded polystyrene food packaging and cups, with the law officially going into effect in 2021. [96] [97]

  6. List of unproven and disproven cancer treatments - Wikipedia

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    Chaparral (or Larrea tridentata) – a plant used to make a herbal remedy which is sold as cancer treatment. Cancer Research UK state that: "We don't recommend that you take chaparral to treat or prevent any type of cancer." [67] Chlorella – a type of algae promoted for its health-giving properties, including a claimed ability to treat cancer ...

  7. How too much fructose may feed cancer tumors - AOL

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    Patti is the senior author of a new study recently published in Nature that has found that dietary fructose may promote tumor growth in animal models of melanoma, breast cancer, and cervical cancer.

  8. Disposable cup - Wikipedia

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    A 2011 book estimated that a chain of doughnut shops used one billion disposable coffee cups in a year, enough to circle the Earth twice. [10] A 2012 article in OnEarth said that Starbucks used over four billion disposable coffee cups in 2011. [11] The Cup Noodles brand of instant noodles uses expanded polystyrene foam cups to contain the ...

  9. This Popular Hygiene Product May Cause Cancer, New ... - AOL

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    A new class action lawsuit is changing the way a lot of people look at their everyday hygiene habits. In the lawsuit Vasseur v.Johnson & Johnson Consumer, Inc. et al., the plaintiff alleges that ...