…on people, families, and communities. Watch: TIME 100 Talks Health Summit: CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky on Health Equity (https://www.facebook.com/time/videos/cdc-director-dr-rochelle-p-walensky-on-health-equity/494864391826911/), (3:05 minutes) Read: Director’s Commentary (https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/racism-disparities/director-commentary.html), by Dr. Rochelle Walensky,…
…as queried through PubMed: Air pollution: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=cancer+risk%5BTitle%2FAbstract%5D+AND+air+pollution+%5BTitle%2FAbstract%5D&filter=datesearch.y_5 Endocrine disrupting chemicals: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=endocrine+disrupting+chemicals+%5BAbstract%5D+AND+and+cancer+%5BTitle%2FAbstract%5D&filter=datesearch.y_5 Flame retardants: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=endocrine+disrupting+chemicals+%5BAbstract%5D+AND+and+cancer+%5BTitle%2FAbstract%5D&filter=datesearch.y_5 Occupation and cancers: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=occupation+%5Btitle%2Fabstract%5D+and+cancer+%5Btitle%2Fabstract%5D&filter=datesearch.y_5 Pesticides: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=cancer+risk%5BTitle%2FAbstract%5D+AND+pesticides%5BTitle%2FAbstract%5D&sort=&filter=datesearch.y_5&filter=datesearch.y_5 PFAS: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=PFAS+%5BAbstract%5D+AND+cancer+%5BTitle%2FAbstract%5D&filter=datesearch.y_5 Select heavy metals: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=cadmium%20and%20arsenic%20and%20chromium%20and%20cancer&filter=datesearch.y_5&page=2 Water contamination: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=water+contamination+and+cancer+%5BTitle%2FAbstract%5D&filter=datesearch.y_5 Childhood…
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