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Cancer study bill dropped, now aimed at lead-based paint removal grant.
Omaha Sen. Bob Krist won’t be getting the $650,000 he wanted for a lung cancer study involving veterans — the state budget is just too tight.
Full StorySupreme Court to hear case on vaccine side effects.
The Supreme Court will decide whether drug makers can be sued by parents who claim their children suffered serious health problems from vaccines.
Full StoryFor pregnant mice, eating matters more for their sons.
Moms-to-be think a lot about what they eat and how it might affect their growing fetus. Now, new research suggests that boys are more sensitive than girls to the diet their mother ingested while they were in utero.
Full Story‘Eating for two’ may harm baby.
A study in pregnant mice found that diets which were high in fat or carbohydrates had an effect on almost 2,000 genes in the developing offspring, including those involved in kidney function and smell.
Full StoryBoys and girls differ in genetic response to what mom eats.
A new study in mice reveals that expectant mothers’ diets influence gene activity more in the placentas of female than male offspring, with females producing more of a protein that responds to estrogen. The extra sensitivity could make female offspring more susceptible to estrogen-mimicking chemicals in the environment.
Full StoryEPA official says agency will act soon on BPA.
Responding to criticism that the Environmental Protection Agency delayed action on regulating the chemical bisphenol A, Administrator Lisa Jackson said Monday that her agency is planning to “finalize an action plan on BPA in the very near future.”
Full StoryClashing lead laws may derail progress.
Housing and public health advocates have been trying to get the state to enforce its lead paint law for almost 10 years, and the Attorney General’s office is finally cracking down on landlords who are failing to comply.
Full StoryPresidential bets dared vs. toxic cosmetics.
On the eve of International Women’s Day, environmentalists campaigned in Manila to urge presidential bets to protect maternal and child health against toxic chemicals, particularly those in cosmetics.
Full StoryKids born via IVF mostly faring well into adulthood.
Young adults who were conceived through in-vitro fertilization are doing as well as the average young American as far as physical health, though their rates of certain psychological problems appear elevated, a new study finds.
Full StoryEarly childhood obesity risks.
Pediatric obesity experts now say intervention should begin early — very early. The risk of becoming overweight or obese begins before a child is born, establishes roots in infancy and may be entrenched by the time a tot starts kindergarten.
Full StoryFat American children: many causes, a lifetime of effects.
The percentage of American children who are overweight or obese has been growing for decades, and now nearly one in three has a body mass index that’s greater than normal.
Full StoryStudies show danger of even small amounts of lead in children’s blood.
High doses of lead have for some time been linked to chronic kidney damage. But a recent study out of Johns Hopkins Children’s Center found that even small levels of lead exposure may be damaging to children’s kidneys.
Full StoryThe awful cost of a rural lead-smelting miracle.
When news began circulating that the smelting industry in this remote farming area of China was about to expand, peasants rejoiced. Today, years later, Jiyuan is at the centre of a lead poisoning epidemic.
Full StoryThe Chesapeake’s three stages of truth.
The philosopher Schopenhauer once said that truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. With time more people will reach the conclusion that the Chesapeake Bay is in trouble.
Full StoryNo gold medal for ski wax.
The Olympic skiers who recently dazzled the world on Canadian slopes couldn’t have reached the speeds they did without ski wax. But the material may have a dark side.
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