Posts Tagged ‘Chemicals’
New law pushed for Mossville, other ‘hot spots’
A doctor told a House committee Thursday that reducing pollution in “hot spot” communities such as Mossville, Louisiana, was one reason Congress should overhaul the law governing toxic chemicals. Dr. Mark Mitchell, who has served on the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, sited Mossville and West Louisville, Kentucky, as communities surrounded by chemical ...
In the News: Study: ADHD linked to pesticide exposure
Children exposed to higher levels of a type of pesticide found in trace amounts on commercially grown fruit and vegetables are more likely to have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder than children with less exposure, a nationwide study suggests. Researchers measured the levels of pesticide byproducts in the urine of 1,139 children from across the United States. ...
In the News: New Alarm Bells About Chemicals and Cancer
The President’s Cancer Panel is the Mount Everest of the medical mainstream, so it is astonishing to learn that it is poised to join ranks with the organic food movement and declare: chemicals threaten our bodies. The cancer panel is releasing a landmark 200-page report on Thursday, warning that our lackadaisical approach to regulation may have ...
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 ...
