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Thursday, August 5th, 2010 by NCDSupport.com

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 ...

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Monday, May 17th, 2010 by NCDSupport.com

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. ...

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Friday, May 7th, 2010 by NCDSupport.com

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 ...

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Saturday, February 27th, 2010 by NCDSupport.com

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.

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Friday, September 18th, 2009 by Rik J. Deitsch

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 ...

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Thursday, July 12th, 2007 by NCDSupport.com

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 ...

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Monday, June 18th, 2007 by NCDSupport.com

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 ...

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