http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Researchers at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) have analysed more than 60 brands of cheese commonly available in supermarkets. The concentration of organochloride contaminants in the majority of the samples was lower than levels set by European legislation, but in a few cases it was higher. The scientists recommend that an eye is kept on polychlorinated biphenyls as they are carcinogenic. The majority of these compound concentrations appeared in organic cheeses. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-cheeses-contaminant-eu.html Health Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:03:46 EST news280487001 Since the 1960s, when the defoliant Agent Orange was widely used in Vietnam, military, industry and environmental groups have debated the toxicity of its main ingredient, the chemical dioxin, and how it should be regulated. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-dioxin-disease-reproductive-problems.html Medical research Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:00:15 EST news267894676 (Medical Xpress)—Research carried out at the University of South Carolina has identified novel mechanisms through which dioxin, a well-known environmental contaminant, can alter physiological functions, according to a study published online in the journal PLOS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-prenatal-dioxin-shown-involve-micrornas.html Medical research Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:36:49 EST news267122186 From deformed infants to grandparents with cancer, families near Vietnam's Danang Airbase have long blamed the toxic legacy of war for their ills. Now after a decades-long wait, a historic "Agent Orange" clean-up is finally beginning. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-vietnam-historic-agent-orange-cleanup.html Health Thu, 09 Aug 2012 03:11:32 EST news263700682 Washington State University researchers have found that ovarian disease can result from exposures to a wide range of environmental chemicals and be inherited by future generations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-environmental-toxicants-ovarian-disease.html Cancer Fri, 04 May 2012 02:20:03 EST news255313823