Anh Nguyen Reiss, a 43-year-old Vietnamese immigrant, a mother, and an obstetrician/gynecologist in Houston, was diagnosed with Myelodysplastic Syndromes this year. She requires a matching Vietnamese stem cell donor to survive.

John McDevitt of Philadelphia’s KYW radio said the following regarding the incident this week at St. Josephs: One person was being treated and dozens of others were evacuated after a hazardous chemical spilled inside a lab at St. Joseph’s University’s science center. The mishap occurred around 12:30pm. Fire officials say the substance — benzene — [...]

U.S. Steel has just released the details of their plans to clean up an underground benzene plume that has been seeping into Lake Michigan from the company’s Gary Steel Works. Benzene levels in the groundwater were up to 600 times the federal drinking water limit. Though the exact source and of the benzene is difficult [...]

On Tuesday Stephen Colbert, the Comedy Central "news commentator" railed against a lake city man who filed a lawsuit saying that the city of Seattle must conduct an environmental review prior to it’s Fourth of July fire works show at the city’s Gas Works Park. Gas Works…ummm… Park? The area is a partially remediated toxic [...]

Are you in the habit of squeezing a few extra drops into your tank after the pump has automatically shut off? If so don’t try it in Oregon! The state has outlawed topping off in an effort to reduce airborne levels of benzene, a known carcinogen. Uri Papish, air quality program operations manager for the [...]

The widow and children of a deceased Texas man have filed a lawsuit against Chevron alleging that the man died wrongfully as a result of benzene exposure. "As a result of such exposure, Luther Wesley Miller, developed multiple myeloma from which he died a painful and terrible death on Feb. 7, 2008," the lawsuit  filed [...]

New York Senator Charles E. Schumer has written a letter to the owner of the Tonawana Coke Corperation strongly urging the company to take swift action to reduce harmful benzene emissions.  Schumer noted that the plant had reduced emissions of certain toxins, but said that "much more needs to be done to reduce the amount [...]

What is benzene? Benzene is a commodity chemical widely used by the industrial sector in the production of an extensive list of everyday items. While very useful, benzene is also a well understood carcinogen that destroys the body’s ability to create blood cells, severely damaging the immune system. Benzene exposure leads to a number debilitating [...]

According to The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) there is a "dire need for both Asians and American Indians to register as potential donors to fill a shortage of readily available prospects."
 Currently a patient’s chance of being matched with a suitable marrow donor vary considerably depending on the individual’s nationality. The most likely match for [...]

Tseng I-Ching, a 16-year-old high school student from Taiwan, has just taken top honors at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) for her discovery of a bacterium that decomposes polystyrene or Styrofoam. Though Styrofoam no longer contains the ozone destroying CFC’s we used to hear about, it is still a threat to humans [...]