Chronic lead poisoning from urban soils
Public release date: 19-Aug-2008 INDIANAPOLIS -- Chronic lead poisoning, caused in part by the ingestion of contaminated dirt, affects hundreds of thousands more children in the United States than the acute…
Aerosol toxins from red tides may cause long-term health threat
Public release date: 9-Jul-2008 NOAA scientists reported in the current issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives that an algal toxin commonly inhaled in sea spray, attacks and damages…
Environmental pollutant has sex-skewing effect – PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls)
Public release date: 15-Jul-2008 Women exposed to high levels of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls – a group of banned environmental pollutants) are less likely to give birth to male children.…
Childhood lead exposure associated with criminal behavior in adulthood
Public release date: 27-May-2008 CINCINNATI—New research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) reports the first evidence of a direct link between prenatal and early-childhood lead exposure an increased risk for…
Chemicals used as fire retardants could be harmful, UC-Riverside researchers say
Public release date: 10-Dec-2007 More funding for research to investigate effects of polybrominated diphenyl ethers is urged RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), chemicals used as fire retardants, can…
Folic acid lowers blood arsenic levels, according to Mailman School of Public Health study
Public release date: 8-Oct-2007 October 8, 2007 -- A new study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health finds that folic acid supplements can dramatically lower blood…
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