August 1, 2022

The refineries and the polluting combination, in a photo from the University of Haifa, July 2022. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Decades late, a study proves a link between exposure to pollution in Haifa and an increase of up to 16% in the incidence of cancer compared to the national average

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A new study supported and funded by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and carried out by researchers from the Hebrew University, Hadassah, the Technion, the Medical Corps and the National Center for Disease Control of the Ministry of Health, provides evidence that environmental exposure to industrial air pollution
Air pollution 1987. Published in Kalvo newspaper, June 19, 1987

1987 - The Ministry of Health confirms to Avi Blizovsky that there is an excess of lung cancer cases in Haifa, but the source was not investigated

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A study was published today that unequivocally states that environmental exposure to industrial air pollution in the Haifa Bay at a young age is related to cancer incidence between the years 1967 and 2012. I wonder why they didn't do this research for a long time
Bar-Ilan University President Prof. Aryeh Tsavan. Photo: Bar Ilan University

Bar-Ilan President Prof. Aryeh Tsavan was elected Chairman of the Board of University Heads

"Together with my fellow university heads, I will work to strengthen the Israeli academy and strengthen its contribution to the country, its citizens and humanity as a whole." Says Tsavan upon accepting the position
Prof. Rivka Tuval Mashiach from the Department of Psychology at Bar Ilan University

Teaches the world how to treat victims of terrorist trauma

Prof. Rivka Tovel Mashiach from the Department of Psychology at Bar Ilan University will present to a committee at the United Nations models developed in Israel for treating the trauma of victims of terrorism
Artificial intelligence designs products. From DALEE-2

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