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Nine years later: Health effects in World Trade Center responders, with Philip Landrigan.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
As many as 70,000 volunteers and rescue workers responded to the 11 September 2001 World Trade Center attacks. How did working at Ground Zero affect the health of these responders? Environmental Health Perspectives. Digital devices deprive brain of needed downtime.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Even though people feel entertained, even relaxed, when they multitask while exercising, or pass a moment at the bus stop by catching a quick video clip, they might be taxing their brains, scientists say. New York Times. Silver nanoparticles stop sperm stem cell growth.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Minute silver nanoparticles-- widely used in consumer products as antimicrobial agents-- can cause sperm cells to stop growing, according to a new study. Environmental Health News. Heat waves are bad for (even the healthiest) lungs.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
It's been the hottest summer on record in many cities on the East Coast. National Public Radio. Nepal's food supply at risk.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Nepal, already struggling with high levels of malnutrition and food insecurity, could see its harvests cut in half this year due to late monsoon rains, the World Food Program says. United Press International. Report: Residents exposed to PFCs unlikely to get sick.
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
The Minnesota Department of Health says it's unlikely that people in the east metro who have been exposed to PFCs will experience adverse health effects. Minnesota Public Radio News. VA eases rules allowing Vietnam vets to get treatment for Agent Orange exposure.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Under new regulations, the Department of Veteran Affairs will presume that those who served in Vietnam between Jan. 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, could have hairy cell leukemia, Parkinson's disease and/or ischemic heart disease as a result of exposure to the herbicide. Washington Post.
[See related articles: Despite murky tie to Agent Orange, diabetes now top disability for Vietnam vets; The bill for Agent Orange comes due and Oregon solders' suit against KBR can continue] Moderate exercise enhances connectivity in brain circuits.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
A new study published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience has proven that moderate exercise can help to enhance connectivity in brain circuits. Neuroscience News. B.C. author preaches reducing wireless radiation by using cell phones less.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Kerry Crofton travels with a land line phone, purposely stays in hotels that don’t offer wireless Internet in rooms and when she speaks on the topic of wireless radiation, she chooses to do so in a venue with no electromagnetic radiation. Vancouver Sun, British Columbia.
[See a related article: Cell towers, a health risk] Does the public perceive climate change as a health risk?
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Although limited in scope to the US, Canada and one European Union country (Malta), this study is one of the first attempting to gather and verify the public perception and understanding of climate change and its impact on human and environmental health. European Public Health Alliance. Nuclear breast imaging method associated with higher cancer risks.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Some nuclear-based breast imaging exams may increase a woman’s risk of developing radiation-induced cancer, according to a special report appearing online and in the October issue of Radiology. However, the radiation dose and risk from mammography are very low. Diagnostic Imaging.
[See other articles about radiation risks: Chernobyl effects could last for centuries and Radiation levels safe at Pohakuloa, Army says] E. coli O26 illnesses spark ground beef recall.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Late Friday night, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Cargill Inc. is recalling about 8,500 pounds of ground beef for possible E. coli contamination. Food Safety News.
[See other articles about food safety concerns: 12 most toxic fish (for humans and the planet), Is genetically altered fish OK? U.S. to decide and Are Lake Wylie fish safe to eat?] Call for proposals: National Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program.
Monday, August 30, 2010
EPA, states, territories, and tribes are working together to develop the Exchange Network (EN), a secure, Internet- and standards-based way to support electronic data reporting, sharing, and integration of both regulatory and non-regulatory environmental data. Pennsylvania coal plants face big changes under planned EPA pollution-control rules.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Outside, demonstrators wore breathing masks. Inside, a two-time cancer survivor, age 30, pleaded for the federal Environmental Protection Agency to approve a plan that would reduce air pollution from coal-fired power plants. Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania. Time may have finally run out for Maricopa County to clean up its dirty air. Phoenix Arizona Republic, Arizona.
[See other articles about air quality: EPA to delay revised ozone standards, Air pollution in Maricopa County may lead to funding cuts, href="http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/62818/title/Tar_sands_fingerprint_seen_in_rivers_and_snow" mce_href="http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/62818/title/Tar_sands_fingerprint_seen_in_rivers_and_snow" TARGET = "_blank">Tar sands 'fingerprint' seen in rivers and snow and Allergies through ozone effects? Ozone increases allergen load] Parents win pay-out for son's MMR disabilities.
Monday, August 30, 2010
A campaigner has heralded a "milestone" £90,000 compensation pay-out to parents whose son suffered severe brain damage after being given the MMR vaccine. Edinburgh Scotsman, United Kingdom. 26 groups support EPA right-to-know policy for chemical hazards.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Twenty-six health, labor and environmental organizations have filed detailed comments (pdf) voicing support for a change in a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency policy that denied public access to information the agency receives from the chemical industry, according to a press release from the Environmental Defense Fund and Earthjustice. Environmental Protection. Lots of plastic, but little is known about its effect.
Monday, August 30, 2010
The cumulative effects of the chemicals we absorb from the sofa we sit on, to those in the food we eat and in the air we breathe, are not known. Palm Beach Post, Florida. Call for comments: EPA, DOT propose new fuel economy labels
Monday, August 30, 2010
The proposed rule seeks public comment on label design options and related issues. Millions at risk as crops fail in central Africa.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Hundreds of thousands of children across central Africa are at risk of death from starvation and disease after flash flooding worsened an already chronic humanitarian crisis caused by drought. London Independent, United Kingdom. Study of Use of Products and Exposure-Related Behaviors (SUPERB): study design, methods, and demographic characteristics of cohorts.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Protocols that minimize participant time, e.g., use of bar scanners and scales rather than questionnaires regarding use of household products, and the implementation of these protocols by staff who built relationships of trust, resulted in high retention over a longitudinal data collection scheme. Environmental Health. Medicare expands coverage to help smokers quit.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Even though they've lived with the health warnings much of their lives and doubtless seen the ill effects on friends, relatives and even themselves, about 4.5 million older Americans continue to smoke. Associated Press.
[See other articles about smoking: A prospective cohort study of biomarkers of prenatal tobacco smoke exposure: The correlation between serum and meconium and their association with infant birth, E-cigarettes spark new smoking war, Study measures secondhand smoke in Bullitt businesses and Judge allows smoking ban In Wichita] Call for abstracts: National Healthy Home Conference.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Submit a presentation for the 2011 National Healthy Homes Conference. All submissions are due by October 15, 2010. EPA to decide whether coal ash is hazardous waste.
Friday, August 27, 2010
The U.S. coal industry is bracing for tighter and more costly regulation of its waste. Environmental groups say that it's about time. USA Today.
[See more about the EPA's upcoming hearings: Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) - Public Hearings] Study of coal ash sites finds extensive water contamination.
Friday, August 27, 2010
A study released on Thursday finds that 39 sites in 21 states where coal-fired power plants dump their coal ash are contaminating water with toxic metals such as arsenic and other pollutants, and that the problem is more extensive than previously estimated. McClatchy Newspapers.
[See other articles about water contamination concerns: Drinking water warning for infants issued; Report alleges contamination of private wells in Joliet; EPA cites coke plant for cyanide violations; It's our land, defiant owner tells fracking forum; Company says it will pay to test McCullom Lake wells; EPA to residents: No fix yet for Ten Mile drain; Athabasca pollution ‘not a surprise’: Alberta Environment ; Millions lost in water leakage per year, says study; Activist emerges from jail to find lake still polluted and Whidbey Island company signs deal to clean up China's polluted rivers, soil] Biosolids tracking efforts a jumble of research with no clear answers.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Nearly all scientists agree that sewage sludge can be beneficial if it is uncontaminated. But in its 2009 sludge survey, the EPA found as many as 11 flame retardants, 72 pharmaceuticals, 28 metals, 25 steroids and hormones, and others. And it can contain chemicals that no one is looking for. Greenwire.
[See other articles about soil contamination: Former GM plant ordered to remove contaminated soils, DEP invites public to meeting about Millcreek Township landfill cleanup, Landfill cleanup could cost $1 billion, Obama approves additional $12 mln for Da Nang dioxin cleanup and Province targets North Van toxic site] CSULB prof uses Sea-Monkeys to explore link between plastics, autism.
Friday, August 27, 2010
For the past several years, biochemistry professor Roger Acey and his students have been studying the effects of environmental contaminants on embryonic development using brine shrimp as a biological model. Long Beach Press-Telegram, California.
[See another article about autism: Federal appeals court upholds decision that vaccines do not cause autism] Fresh lead poisoning kills 13 in Zamfara.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Thirteen persons have been confirmed dead following another report of lead poisoning in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Nigeria, within the past two weeks. Abuja Daily Trust, Nigeria.
[See other articles and announcements about lead contamination: Judge orders EPA not to destroy records UP wants, EPA denies petition calling for lead ammunition ban, Officials focus on gaps in lead paint law and Association of cumulative lead exposure with Parkinson's disease] Nine toxic chemicals join banned 'dirty dozen.'
Friday, August 27, 2010
The UN said Thursday an insecticide used in farming and to treat woodworm, Lindane, was among nine highly toxic chemicals added to a "dirty dozen" of dangerous substances on an international red list. Agence France-Presse. Atrazine threat to male sexual development revealed.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Male rats exposed before birth to low doses of the weedkiller atrazine are more likely to develop prostate inflammation and to go through puberty later than non-exposed animals, finds a new study conducted by federal government scientists. Environment News Service.
[See other articles about pesticide use: Mosquito spraying on Long Island and Study: Home pesticides linked to childhood cancer] Calif. lawmakers limit cadmium in kids' jewelry.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Children's jewelry sold in California could not legally contain more than minuscule amounts of the toxic metal cadmium under a bill lawmakers approved Wednesday. Associated Press. BPA linked to increased testosterone levels in men.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
BPA excretion had a significant association with total testosterone (P=0.004) but not 17 beta-estradiol. EMaxHealth.
[See an opposing interpretation of the data: Dispatch: Still no evidence for "endocrine disruption" and another article about BPA: Bisphenol A found in unlikely place: cash receipts] US EPA to establish nation’s largest coastal no-sewage zone.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
This action will strengthen protection for 5,222 square miles of California’s ports and coastal waters, extending from the border with Mexico to Oregon and the waters surrounding major islands. Wi-Fi may cause generational defects.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
A Cold War microwave weapons expert is concerned that use of Wi-Fi in schools could lead to long-term consequences if ovary damage in girls creates future genetic disorders. Montreal Gazette, Quebec. Uranium found seeping into wells.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Nature, not Los Alamos National Laboratory, is currently the biggest source of uranium contamination in water around Española, Pojoaque, Nambé and Santa Fe. Santa Fe New Mexican, New Mexico. Come and get it - free plutonium sludge to fertilize your organic garden.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
The Paducah plant in Kentucky represents only one of many Atomic Energy Plants where "waste" such as plutonium was a Cold War secret, buried only to resurface later, or recycled, in one case as fertilizer. Huntington News, West Virginia. Fish toxicity picked up by Coenzyme Q test.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Australian scientists have developed a new way of testing for pollutants in fish, using Coenzyme Q -- a chemical also used as an antioxidant in cosmetics and health supplements. Sydney ABC News, Australia.
[See articles about fish contamination: Toxic chemical prompts warnings at Lake Wateree and Bass, blue catfish more likely to be contaminated] Lower IQs seen in Mexican girls living near manganese mines.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Higher levels of manganese in hair and blood are associated with lower IQ in children, especially girls, who live near a manganese processing site, finds a study of Mexican children. Environmental Health News. The dark side of beauty?
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
In recent years, watchdog organizations like the Environmental Working Group and the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics have released reports looking at chemicals and additives in makeup, hair and skin products. Wilmington News Journal, Delaware. Connecticut Department of Public Health launches environmental health tool.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
The CT EPHTN website, available online at https://dphepht.ct.gov, allows users to get data on various environmental and health topics and break down the data by population, age, and even county. Gun range servicer accused of safety violations.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
A Miami company that provides environmental and maintenance services for shooting ranges was cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for knowingly neglecting to protect employees who clean gun ranges from serious overexposure to lead. Miami Herald.
[See other articles about health effects of occupational exposures: Spanish oil spill workers suffered chromosome damage: study, Chronic lung function decline in cotton textile workers: Roles of historical and recent exposures to endotoxin and U.S. asbestos toll may reach a half-million deaths]
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