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Environmental Health Perspectives Media Memo for August 2006
The August 2006 issue of Environmental Health Perspectives is now available. Below are highlights of a few papers that may be of particular interest to the news media.In This Issue
br />Childhood Arsenic Exposure and Early MortalityArsenic in drinking water is an established cause of lung cancer, and preliminary evidence suggests that ingested arsenic may also cause nonmalignant lung disease. Antofagasta, the second largest city in Chile, had a distinct period of very high arsenic exposure ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Le Psas-9 publie ses resultats concernant les relations entre temperatures, ozone et mortalite dans neuf villes fran aises pendant la vague de chaleur de l ete 2003
p>Communique de presse5 juillet 2006
p>Contacts presse :Laetitia Gouffe-Benadiba (InVS) 01 41 79 67 08Elsa Vidal (InVS) 01 41 79 69 59 Le Programme de Surveillance Air et Sante (PSAS-9)* - coordonne par l Institut de veille sanitaire publie dans la revue scientifique internationale Environmental Health Perspectives un article1 presentant l analyse des effets de la pollution atmospherique photo-chimique pendant la vague de chaleur de l ete 2003 dans neuf villes fran aises (Bordeaux, L ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
New Study Suggests Perchlorate Effects on Thyroid Function of U.S. Women FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4 October 2006
CONTACT: Jim Tobin 919-653-2582 Report in Environmental Health Perspectives says food, drinking water contaminant reduces thyroid function in women. [Research Triangle Park, NC] Early last year, a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel concluded its review of research on the health effects of perchlorate, an inorganic anion and component of rocket fuel known to inhibit the thyroid's ability to absorb iodine from the bloodstr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Succimer Chelation Improves Learning, Attention and Arousal Regulation in
Lead-Exposed Rats but Produces Lasting Cognitive Impairment in the
Absence of Lead Exposurepaper. Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1 February 2007 CONTACT: Kimberly Thigpen Tart, News Editor, EHP (919) 541-5377 Chelation therapy reduces lead-exposure problems but could create lasting effects for children treated for autism, CU researchers find By Krishna Ramanujan Lead chelation therapy -- a chemical treatment to remove lead from the body -- can significantly reduce learning and behavioral problems that result from lead exposure, a Cornell study of young rats finds. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Drinking During Pregnancy May Disrupt Male Reproductive Development Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1 February 2007 CONTACT: Jim Tobin 919-653-2582 Report in Environmental Health Perspectives links prenatal alcohol exposure with increased risk of genital malformation in boys [Research Triangle Park, NC] Pregnant women who consume even moderate amounts of alcohol may be placing their sons' reproductive development at risk, according to a study published today in Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP). Researchers at the Unive ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
New Study Examines Ramifications of Widespread Use of Tamiflu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3 January 2007 CONTACT: Jim Tobin 919-653-2582 Report in Environmental Health Perspectives says proposed heavy use of Tamiflu to combat pandemic avian flu could lead to resistant strains of the virus [Research Triangle Park, NC] Widespread use of the antiviral Tamiflu to fight pandemic avian flu in humans could actually lead to the development of what public health officials hope to avoid drug-resistant strains of the virus in wild birds. British re ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Reports Detail Environmental Health Challenges Associated With Intensive
Livestock Production Facilities University of Iowa News Release Release: Nov. 17, 2006
p> A University of Iowa-sponsored international conference on concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) has resulted in a series of published reports addressing major environmental health issues associated with large, industrialized livestock production facilities. The public conference and scientific workshop, "Environmental Health Impacts of CAFOs: Anticipating Hazards - Searching for Solutions," was held in March 2004 in Iowa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Exposure to dioxins influences male reproductive system, study of Vietnam
veterans concludes DALLAS Nov. 16, 2006 A dioxin toxin contained in the herbicide Agent Orange affects male reproductive health by limiting the growth of the prostate gland and lowering testosterone levels, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in a cohort study of more than 2,000 Air Force veterans who served during the Vietnam War. The study, published in the November issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, indicates that exposure to TCDD, the most ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Study Finds High Mold Levels in Post-Katrina New Orleans AirFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 15, 2006
Contact: Craig Noble, 415-875-6100 Returning Residents at Risk for Serious Respiratory Ailments [SAN FRANCISCO] Airborne mold levels left in New Orleans pose a "significant respiratory hazard" to residents returning to the devastated city in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, according to a paper published today on the website of the peer-reviewed scientific journal Environmental Health Perspectives. The paper the first scientif ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Short-term UMTS Radiation Does Not Impair Well BeingFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 6, 2006
Contacts: Study Consortium: Lead, study design, cognitive tests, experimental procedures, analysis and interpretation of results: PD Dr. Peter Achermann, Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich Tel: 0041 44 635 59 54 Email: acherman@pharma.unizh.ch http://www.unizh.ch/phar/sleep/handy/ Study design, exposure set-up, dosimetry, analysis and interpretation of results: Prof. Niels Kuster, Foundation for Research on Informati ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
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