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A new study shows growing evidence that Pennsylvania's 500 ft. unconventional natural gas (UNG) well setback distance may not be protective against routine exposures to toxic substances such as benzene, hydrogen sulfide, carbon disulfide and PM2.5. This is the first study to assess the effectiveness of setback regulations for UNG development, and the findings suggest that protectiveness of setback policies also depends upon opportunities for exemptions from these siting restrictions.

A new study, conducted by three UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers, studies young adult smoking trends three years after the start of California's law raising the sales age of tobacco to 21.

Efforts to prevent human exposure to asbestos may be mobilizing the cancer-causing mineral so that it can reach water supplies, based on new findings about how the fibers move through soil.

Investigators at Wake Forest School of Medicine, part of Wake Forest Baptist Health, have identified a set of new genetic markers that could potentially lead to new personalized treatments for lung cancer.

E-cigarettes that deliver a cigarette-like amount of nicotine are associated with reduced smoking and reduced exposure to the major tobacco-related pulmonary carcinogen, NNAL, even with concurrent smoking, according to a new study led by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania

More than 60% of U.S. adults who vape are interested in quitting. Among those who vape to help them to quit smoking, some are successful while others continue smoking and using electronic cigarettes.