Online calculator estimates breast cancer risk. About 1 in 9 women will develop breast cancer. Though accurate, this can be misleading, as some women are at greater risk than others. Now, scientists have developed a risk calculator that helps women estimate their individual risk of getting breast cancer. [News Source]

Breast cancer drop is no ‘1-year wonder’. After government researchers reported in July 2002 that long-term hormone therapy's benefits did not outweigh its risks, millions of postmenopausal women stopped taking their pills. Now a study confirms the U.S. rate of new breast cancer cases dropped nearly 7% from 2002 to 2003. [News Source]

Coastal mapping helps guide policy. A new scientific project to map the sea floor off the California coast has yielded some intriguing insights — such as the location of critical underwater habitat and where a tsunami is likely to strike next. [News Source]

Cleaning products are greening up. In the cleaning aisle at the neighborhood grocery, small companies that for years have marketed environmentally friendly dish detergents and floor cleaners are being joined by the industry giants. [News Source]

Green Jeans: Why designers are late to eco game. Fashion Inc. has been slow to recognize that eco-friendly and luxury are no longer at odds. [News Source]

It’s hip to be green. For today's young people, fixing the environment is job one. And they have their own ideas about how to do it. [News Source]

Water wars in arid north Nigeria. Arguments over rights to a public water tap in Nigeria's poorest region play out in towns across northern Nigeria, a semi-arid region plagued by grinding poverty, widespread illiteracy and lacking in the most basic infrastructure. [News Source]

Air pollution link to illness, study shows (Otago Daily Times) Almost double the people with respiratory illnesses who live in high air pollution towns like Alexandra end up in hospital compared with their neighbours in low pollution communities like Wanaka and Queenstown. [News Source]

Placer awards $2M in air pollution grants (Sacramento Business Journal) The Placer County Air Pollution Control District selected 54 projects seeking to reduce air pollution for full or partial funding last week, awarding a total of $2.17 million in Clean Air Grants. [News Source]

Ireland’s Smoking Ban Cut Pub Toxins Dramatically (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) WEDNESDAY, April 18 (HealthDay News) -- Ireland's workplace smoking ban led to 83 percent less air pollution and 80 percent less airborne carcinogens in pubs and improved respiratory health among pub workers, a new study shows. [News Source]

CECO Gets $10.4M in Contracted Work (AP via Yahoo! Finance) CECO Environmental Corp., a provider of air pollution-control and industrial ventilation systems, said Wednesday it has received new contracts and supplements to existing contracts worth $10.4 million. [News Source]