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Plasticizer Chemicals Increase Breast Cancer Risk by 1.9 Times: Study

By Staff Reporter - Jul 23, 2014 04:39 AM EDT

Frequent exposure to plasticizers increases risk of developing breast cancer, warns a study.

Poland to challenge EU ban on menthol cigarettes

By Wiktor Szary - Jul 21, 2014 02:57 PM EDT

Poland will appeal to Europe's top court over a European Union ban on flavored tobacco products, saying it will be unfairly affected as one of the region's biggest consumers and producers of menthol cigarettes.

Sierra Leone religious leaders criticise government handling of Ebola

By Umaru Fofana - Jul 21, 2014 02:52 PM EDT

Religious leaders in Sierra Leone have criticised the government's handling of an Ebola outbreak that has killed 194 people in the West Africa country, saying a lack of information was prompting rural communities to shun medical help.

Yum, McDonald's apologize as new China food scandal hits

By Adam Jourdan and Lisa Baertlein - Jul 21, 2014 02:28 PM EDT

Yum Brands Inc YUM.N and McDonald's Corp MCD.N are facing a new food safety scare in China, denting the fast-food companies' efforts to shore up reputations and businesses that were hurt by a 2012 safety scandal in one of their biggest markets.

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