Archive for 'Pollution'
Navy agrees to fund toxic water study at NC base.
Feb 20, 2010 –
The Navy has agreed, after months of fighting, to fund a study into the health effects of past water pollution at Camp Lejeune on Marines. Read more: Navy agrees to fund toxic water study at NC base. Read More →
Read MorePollution: the biggest killer on Britain’s roads.
Feb 16, 2010 –
What is the biggest killer on our roads? It’s not black ice, or drunk driving, or even badly installed accelerator pedals. In fact, it’s air pollution – and it’s getting worse. Read...
Read MoreNew Jersey restaurants cooking up pollution along with pizza and hamburgers.
Feb 15, 2010 –
When fast-food restaurants cook up cholesterol-heavy foods, they spew cholesterol and other particulates into the air, pollution that can affect the health of people with asthma and other breathing issues,...
Read MoreFeinstein calls for moratorium on toxic landfill expansion.
Feb 11, 2010 –
Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Tuesday called for a moratorium on expanding a toxic-waste landfill in the impoverished Central Valley enclave of Kettleman City, California, where residents have reported a handful...
Read MoreAir Pollution From Freeway Extends One And A Half Miles Away
Jun 28, 2009 –
Environmental health researchers from UCLA, the University of Southern California and the California Air Resources Board have found that during the hours before sunrise, freeway air pollution extends...
Read MoreIs industrial pollution making America fat?
Apr 19, 2008 –
Despite the nagging of diet experts, fitness instructors, public health officials, doctors, nurses and moms, the tide of obesity that has practically engulfed Western civilization over the past two decades...
Read MoreCancer Study Cites Hazards of Indoor Air for N.Y., L.A. Teens
Jun 22, 2006 –
Survey of students finds health risks for formaldehyde and dichlorobenzene in homes and schools. Teenagers in Los Angeles and New York City face a substantial — and strikingly similar — cancer risk...
Read MoreDo you really NEED that cell phone?
May 19, 2006 –
I thought I didn’t have to worry about EMFs, since I don’t seem to be bothered by them, but this article has me thinking again. Oy! Wi-Fi: The Largest Biological Experiment Ever Organs that...
Read MoreOur Preferred Poison
Mar 25, 2006 –
Discover.com: A little mercury is all that humans need to do away with themselves quietly, slowly, and surely By Karen Wright Let’s start with a straightforward fact: Mercury is unimaginably toxic and...
Read MoreDiesel fumes may add to heart attack risk
Dec 20, 2005 –
London Free Press: By SHERYL UBELACKER, CP TORONTO — Breathing in diesel exhaust fumes at levels typically found in large cities disrupts important blood vessel functions, new research has shown,...
Read MoreWhat’s in you?
Aug 23, 2005 –
Part one of a three part series Douglas Fischer – STAFF WRITER Inside Bay Area In a pioneering study, we tested a Bay Area family for a suite of chemical pollutants. The results stunned even scientists. A...
Read MoreChild cancer ‘exhaust fume risk’
Aug 12, 2005 –
Source: BBC Children who live close to major transport hubs are more at risk of dying of cancer, a study says. University of Birmingham researchers found those living within 500 metres of a bus station...
Read MoreLow radiation levels pose cancer risk
Jun 29, 2005 –
Scientists say no threshold below which exposure is harmless WASHINGTON – Even very low doses of radiation pose a risk of cancer over a person’s lifetime, a National Academy of Sciences panel...
Read MoreAutism and sensitive people: who’s “sensitive”?
Jun 29, 2005 –
Dear Friend, If I were a child today, I believe I might have developed autism. Why? As many of my readers know, I became an expert in healthy, nontoxic living because I am sensitive to toxic chemicals,...
Read MoreAnalysis: Half of U.S. breathes dirty air
Jun 03, 2005 –
– Nearly half the U.S. population (49 percent) lives in areas with unhealthy levels of ozone. – More than 26 percent live in areas with unhealthy short-term levels of particulate pollution. –...
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