Archive for the ‘In the News’ Category
In the News: New York Times: Do Toxins Cause Autism?
Autism was first identified in 1943 in an obscure medical journal. Since then it has become a frighteningly common affliction, with the Centers for Disease Control reporting recently that autism disorders now affect almost 1 percent of children.
In the News: AP IMPACT: Toxic metal in kids’ jewelry from China
Barred from using lead in children’s jewelry because of its toxicity, some Chinese manufacturers have been substituting the more dangerous heavy metal cadmium in sparkling charm bracelets and shiny pendants being sold throughout the United States, an Associated Press investigation shows. (Read Full Article)
In the News: Earliest Exposures: A Research Project by Washington Toxics Coalition
New tests by the Washington Toxics Coalition reveal that children spend their first nine months in an environment that exposes them to known toxic chemicals. Washington Toxics Coalition tested nine pregnant women, from Washington, Oregon, and California, for chemicals including bisphenol A, phthalates, mercury, and “Teflon chemicals.” The first-of-its kind study tested blood and urine from ...
In the News: New CDC Survey Tracks Mercury Levels in Americans
Mercury exposure in the United States increases with age, then starts tapering off when people turn 50, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found in a study released today. The CDC study is the first to measure mercury exposure in a wider U.S. population, following research that focused on young children and women in their ...
In the News: Toxic Contaminants: The Other Scourge
As the world focuses on the impact of climate change, little attention is being paid to yet another environmental bane: increasing contamination of air, water and soil. The combined effects of this environmental scourge have contributed to global epidemics of cancers, lung and other degenerative diseases, and costing health systems across the world millions of dollars, ...
In the News: Allergic — or toxic? Beyond “No Impact Man”
No Impact Man is making headlines because he and his family chose to live for a year minus plastic, TV and toilet paper. That’s an admirable environmental goal. But beyond lowering our planetary footprint, there’s a critical issue they do not directly address: how our modern lifestyle destroys our health. Insidiously. Even when you think you’re ...
In the News: Take C.A.U.T.I.O.N.: The Ten Commandments of Cancer Prevention
As highlighted by Kenneth Bock, MD, in the foreword of The Unhealthy Truth, “The landscape of children’s health has changed. No longer can we assume that our children will have a healthy childhood — certainly not in the face of the current epidemics of autism, ADHD, asthma and allergies, childhood cancers, childhood obesity and diabetes. “There ...
In the News: Today’s Toxin: Atrazine, the Weed Killer in your Water
The weed killer Atrazine is commonly used by farmers, on golf courses and those beautiful green lawns that people love so much. Most of it is made by the Swiss company Syngenta, which claims it is safe for Americans; somehow Europeans are different because the stuff is banned there and it can’t say the same ...
In the News: Air tests reveal elevated levels of toxics around schools
By Brad Heath and Blake Morrison, USA TODAY MIDLAND, Pa. — In this borough of 2,900 in the westernmost part of the state, the steel industry used to be the primary employer. Today, Midland’s schools offer the most jobs — and now are beginning to unravel a mystery that could affect the health of their students.For ...
In the News: What Toxins Lurk Beneath Your House? (And Do You Want to Know?)
Wall Street Journal – Last week, I wrote about a growing industry of so-called “green dry cleaners” who use alternatives to the cleaning solvent perchloroethylene — or “perc” — which has been labeled a probable human carcinogen. The EPA is currently requiring a phase-out of perc at cleaners located in residential buildings. While health is top ...
