Posts Tagged ‘Chemicals’
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.
Health Focus: Toxins From Chemicals in Our Drinking Water
The presence of toxins in our drinking water is a primary health issue affecting many communities in the United States and around the world. Many times, such toxins pollute the lakes, rivers and reservoirs that supply our drinking water as a result of human activity, primarily from the dumping of industrial waste into our water ...
In the News: New Class of Chemicals Accumulating in People, Land Animals
By Jack Kaskey July 12 (Bloomberg) — Pesticides and fragrances are accumulating in people and Arctic land animals, part of a class of thousands of chemicals that need to be assessed for the potential to collect in the food chain, a study said. Risk assessments currently look for chemical accumulations in fish. That misses substances that people ...
In the News: More Toxins Found in Smokers’ Children
Children who have at least one parent who smokes have 5.5 times higher levels of cotinine, a byproduct of nicotine, in their urine, according to a study by researchers from Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick, and the University of Leicester, published online ahead of print in Archives of Disease in Childhood. Having a ...
