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# Lung Cancer

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Radon gas contamination to be tackled by expert group
Hundreds of homes around Ireland are believed to contain unsafe levels of radon, which is radioactive and carcinogenic.
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Nov 25th 2011, 8:41 AM
Dangerous quantities of carcinogenic gas detected in Kerry home
The house in Castleisland contains radon levels 185 times greater than the safe limit – one of the highest concentrations ever found in Europe.
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Jun 16th 2011, 8:54 AM
HSE warns that half of all smokers will die for their habit
Between one and two billion euro is spent every year treating tobacco-related illnesses. The HSE has launched a new campaign to help smokers to quit.
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Jun 13th 2011, 5:47 PM
Australia to take 'every last bit of glamour' out of smoking
Brands and colour to be removed from cigarette boxes, but the tobacco industry says it will fight ‘tooth and nail’.
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Apr 8th 2011, 11:41 AM
Lung cancer rate in older women doubles
A British study has shown that lung cancer rates in women over 60 have doubled – caused, experts say, by the surge in female smokers in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Mar 7th 2011, 1:35 PM
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