Chemicals, Cancer, and Change
    Chemicals, Cancer, & Change

    One of the most exciting reports I have ever read, Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk ? What We Can Do Now, was released this week by the President's Cancer Panel, along with significant coverage by N…

    Kids and Smoking: Start the Conversations Early
    Kids and Smoking: Start the Conversations Early

    Each day 3,000 kids start smoking. One third of them will die from their addiction. Most preschool children today view smoking as an unhealthy, negative behavior. Somewhere around the time of kinderga…

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    Chemicals in Your Environment

    Parents are often surprised when I tell them that a great number of the products we use in our homes are not necessarily evaluated and declared safe by a government entity. The paints that cover your …

    Keynote
    DES in Beef – World Congress Keynote

    I recently addressed the assembled crowd at the World Congress. I started by showing them this picture of hundreds of thousands of Koreans, some pushing strollers with young children, coming together …

    An Organic Dad
    An Organic Dad

    Dr. Greene's take on being an organic dad... As a father, I have a desire to teach, provide for and protect my children. For me, one way to do all three of these is to choose organic foods for my fami…

    Cell Phones, Cigarettes, Cancer, and Children
    Cell Phones, Cigarettes, Cancer, and Children

    Whether or not cell phones cause cancer remains very controversial, but a renowned neurosurgeon has released a provocative paper reviewing over 100 scientific and medical studies, and concluded that t…

    Sun Cancer Soars
    Sun Cancer Soars

    Men and women born in 1970 - now in their mid-30s - already are being diagnosed with malignant melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. Shockingly, these young adults are being diagnosed with mela…

    Smoking Changes Kids' Genes
    Smoking Changes Kids’ Genes

    Tobacco contains many compounds capable of damaging DNA and causing cancer. When a woman smokes during pregnancy, tobacco compounds from Mom's bloodstream slip across the placenta. They can be found b…

    The How and When of Skin Protection
    The How and When of Skin Protection

    How and when sun damage occurs to children's skin may surprise you. Many parents know that in the United States alone more than 1 million skin cancers are diagnosed in adults each year, resulting from…

    Summer Sun -- Summer Fun or Long-term Foe?
    Summer Sun — Summer Fun or Long-term Foe?

    Dr. Greene's take on how to think about the summer sun... One of my college roommates met a tragic early death from malignant melanoma. He was a sports enthusiast who frequently spent hours unprotecte…