"Metal Pollution Tied To Parkinson's Disease"
"People living near a steel factory or another source of high manganese emissions are at higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease, suggests a new study."
Source: Reuters, 10/28/2010
Search results
UN Sees Biodiversity Loss as Greater Financial Risk Than Terrorism
"The financial risks posed by the loss of species and ecosystems have risen sharply and are becoming a greater concern for businesses than international terrorism, according to a United Nations report released [Wednesday]."
Source: Guardian, 10/28/2010
"Breathe Carefully: Air Emissions of Benzene May Cause Birth Defects"
"Pregnant women living in Texas neighborhoods with higher air levels of benzene – a pollutant often released from oil refineries and traffic exhaust – are more likely to have babies with neural tube defects. Women living in the areas with the highest benzene levels had a two times greater risk for their children to be born with spina bifida."
Source: EHN/EHP, 10/26/2010
"Fracking Shown to Mobilize Uranium in Marcellus Shale"
Hydraulic fracturing of underground shale to produce natural gas also releases uranium that is part of the rock, say researchers at the State University of New York at Buffalo. The uranium may pollute groundwater.
Source: ENS, 10/26/2010
Texas Parents Worried Fracking Near Schools Making Kids Sick
Kelly Gant told school board members that ever since gas drilling began near Argyle High School, her daughter has experienced asthma and headaches.
Source: Denton Record-Chronicle, 10/25/2010
"Red Dust Worries Residents Near US Metals Plants"
The alumina dust that coats a Texas Gulf Coast town is a sign of risks like those in the Hungarian villages recently buried in a spill of toxic red sludge.
Source: AP, 10/22/2010
Water-Based Paint May Cause Kids' Asthma, Allergies: Study
"Children who sleep in bedrooms with fumes from water-based paints and solvents are two to four times more likely to suffer allergies or asthma, according to a new scientific study."
Source: EHN, 10/20/2010
No Limits on Toxic Cadmium for Kids: CPSC
The Consumer Product Safety Commission did an about-face and announced that it will not regulate cadmium -- a toxic metal found in consumer products that is known to damage kidneys and bones. "Instead, the agency will defer to an independent, private-sector group that has been drafting voluntary limits for several months."
Source: AP, 10/20/2010
UN Science Panel Urges Ban on Toxic Pesticide Endosulfan
"A key U.N. science panel has urged governments to ban the widely used pesticide endosulfan that can cause nerve damage to humans and wildlife."
Source: AP, 10/19/2010
Canada Should Ban 'Dirty Dozen' Chemicals: Suziki Report
Many personal care products sold in Canada contain one of 12 chemicals that can be harmful to human health and the environment, according to a report by the David Suzuki Foundation.
Source: Postmedia, 10/19/2010
Advertisement 
