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Plastic chemical may stay in body longer: study
Reuters - 6/28/2009. A controversial chemical used in many plastic products may remain in the body longer than previously thought, and people may be ingesting it from sources other than food, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
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It's Time To Learn From Frogs
New York Times - 6/27/2009. (Opinion Editor Nick Kristof) Some of the first eerie signs of a potential health catastrophe came as bizarre deformities in water animals, often in their sexual organs. Frogs, salamanders and other amphibians began to sprout extra legs. In heavily polluted Lake Apopka, one of the largest lakes in Florida, male alligators developed stunted genitals.
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Does BPA Cause Infertility?
Environmental Working Group - 6/26/2009. Yale researchers may have solved a fundamental medical mystery: how bisphenol A (BPA), a ubiquitous plastics component, changes genetic chemistry and impairs fertility.
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Higher bone-lead levels associated with dementia
Environmental Health News - 6/26/2009. Older adults with higher amounts of lead in their bones exhibit greater memory impairment than adults with low lead levels. In a study of men and women 55 to 67 years old, higher lead levels were associated with poorer performance on tasks used to assess memory deficits. Poor performance on these same tasks is frequently observed among adults with Alzheimer’s Disease.
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Chemicals in shower curtains and children's toys linked to underweight babies
Daily Mail (U.K.) - 6/25/2009. Gender-bending chemicals in shower curtains, vinyl flooring and children's toys could increase the risk of having a baby with a low birth weight, scientists say. A study has shown a link between phthalates - common chemicals used to soften plastics - and the health of newborns.
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