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WHAT'S NEW
RSVP now for the next CHE Partnership Call - Table Matters: How Industrial Animal Production Impacts Health and the Environment
Now available: MP3 recording and useful resources from the recent call on environmental impacts on autoimmune diseases - July 1, 2008
5/9/08: CHE featured in AARP: "The Body Toxic" 5/9/08: CHE Partner Dr. Philip Landrigan interview in Discover: "How Much Do Chemicals Affect Our Health?"
4/15/08: Now available: State of the Evidence 2008: The Connection Between Breast Cancer and the Environment 2/20/08: CHE LDDI scientific consensus statement on environmental factors. 1/25/08: New environmental health-themed issue of San Francisco Medicine, journal of the San Francisco Medical Society, is now available online. 3/1/08: Two new chemicals policy reports from the University of Massachusetts Lowell's Lowell Center for Sustainable Production. 9/1/07: The BioInitiative Report: A Rationale for a Biologically-based Public Exposure Standard for Electromagnetic Fields
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Autism: Newsfeed
5 Jul 'Energy minutemen' not who Hatch thinks they are. Sen. Orrin Hatch needs a history lesson. America's minutemen were our defenders on the front line--and oil shale development is front line only as a means of destroying Utah's remaining wild land. 3 Jul Fighting tooth and nail. After years of debate, federal officials have agreed to investigate mercury-based fillings. 2 Jul Three senate bodies set hearing on toxic pesticide. Endosulfan is acutely neurotoxic to both insects and mammals, including humans, and responsible for many fatal pesticide poisoning incidents around the world. 1 Jul Fathering autism. Many families are worried by allegations that the medical establishment is covering up the risks of childhood shots. But what if the father is one of the most prominent vaccine researchers in the country? 29 Jun More on new combination vaccines for kids. New combination vaccines for infants and toddlers approved Thursday by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will soon appear in doctors? offices in Chicago and across the country. 29 Jun County right to stop use of herbicides. The decision was not arbitrary ? the issue of spraying poisons on our public roads has been deliberated by the board many times and for many years. 28 Jun Experts to discuss one puzzling autism case, as a second case has arisen. Federal health officials will call together some of the world?s leading experts on an obscure disease to discuss the controversial case of a 9-year-old girl from Athens, Ga., who became autistic after receiving numerous vaccinations. 27 Jun Greenpeace outraged over illegal cargo in capsized vessel. Greenpeace expressed outrage regarding the discovery of an illegal shipment of the super-toxic pesticide, Endosulfan,on the capsized MV Princess of Stars with 865 passengers and crew on board since the pesticide has been banned in the Philippines since 1994. 26 Jun Toxic smoke and mirrors. Overexposure to manganese has caused Parkinson's-like symptoms for thousands of welders. So why does the welding industry still get a free chemical pass? 25 Jun Human genome changes with age. Individual human genomes change throughout a person's life influenced by environmental or nutritional factors which may explain why illnesses such as cancer come with age, a study said Tuesday. 25 Jun Family ties can determine how genes react to environmental factors. How our genes behave can change over time in ways that could run in the family, new research has shown. 25 Jun Study shows individual genome changes over a lifetime. Certain types of chemical, or epigenetic marks on an individual's DNA sequence change during his or her lifetime and the amount of change is similar among family members, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers. 25 Jun Illegal milk: the new US food fad. Despite rising global food costs that have left millions starving, US enthusiasts are willing to pay up to $US20 ($A21) a gallon (about 3 litres) for raw milk, a "natural" alternative to processed milk. 25 Jun Air board members are listening before deciding on power plant permits. Local elected officials presented a united front to the state Air Pollution Control Board on Tuesday in favor of the 585-megawatt power plant planned for Wise County. |