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Half of kids swimming in 2nd-hand smoke.
Health experts in Shanghai are calling for more protection for young children as the latest research shows about half of the youngsters are suffering from secondhand smoke.
Full StoryThe perils of plastic.
Chemicals in plastics and other products seem harmless, but mounting evidence links them to health problems — and Washington lacks the power to protect us.
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 StoryEating breakfast and fatty diet during early pregnancy increases chances of having a boy.
What women eat while they are in the early stages of pregnancy influences the sex and health of their unborn baby, new research suggests.
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 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 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 StoryCost of food-borne illnesses is deemed much higher than earlier estimates.
A new report has found that the health-related costs of food-borne illnesses total $152 billion a year, including medical bills, lost wages and lost productivity. That’s more than four times an earlier USDA estimate.
Full StoryMaine panel weighs cell phone cancer warning.
The Health and Human Services Committee held a hearing on a bill that would make Maine the first state to carry warnings that cell phones can cause brain cancer.
Full StoryAnger mounts over incinerator plan.
The environment ministry has it wrong – a proposed incinerator will harm, not help, Durham Region residents, a panel of opponents has warned, saying health and air quality will be seriously affected, leading to increased cancer rates, reproductive problems, and learning disabilities.
Full StoryMass. to consider a limited BPA ban.
Governor Deval Patrick has asked state health officials to look into placing a limited ban on bisphenol A, a chemical found in food and drink containers that the state last summer warned parents of young children to avoid.
Full StoryWhere there’s no smoke.
When adolescent boys substitute smokeless tobacco, the kind held inside the lip or cheek, for cigarettes, what are the health effects?
Full Story1 in 4 parents buys unproven vaccine-autism link.
One in four U.S. parents believes some vaccines cause autism in healthy children, but even many of those worried about vaccine risks think their children should be vaccinated.
Full StoryLead-paint poisoning cases here are down, but not out.
Poisoning from lead-based paint is no longer a hot-button health risk; however, the threat still exists on Staten Island.
Full Story‘Pesticide drift’ eluding efforts to combat it.
The Environmental Protection Agency is considering a petition from farm worker and public health advocates to ban pesticide spraying near schools, hospitals and child care centers.
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