Toxic environmental contaminants are increasingly known to cause a number of severe health problems, in particular on fetuses, including heart failure, low cognitive ability, delayed development, and neurobehavioral disorders.
Jun 26, 2015
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Runoff from pavement with coal-tar-based sealant is toxic to aquatic life, damages DNA, and impairs DNA repair, according to two studies by the U.S. Geological Survey published in the journals Environmental Science and Technology ...
May 4, 2015
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It is synonymous with an Aussie summer but the humble backyard hose could be a bacterial breeding ground, providing the ideal conditions for the organisms that cause Legionnaires' disease to flourish, UNSW research has revealed.
Feb 23, 2015
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(Medical Xpress)—New research by Virginia Tech College of Engineering Professor Marc Edwards shows that fetal death rates in Washington, D.C., increased during two separate lead-in-water contamination events during 2000-2003 ...
Dec 13, 2013
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Researchers based in the Keele University Research Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine and at the Haywood Rheumatology Centre in Stoke-on-Trent, in the UK, have identified fundamental differences between specific ...
Sep 25, 2013
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High cholesterol levels are much more risky for middle-aged men than middle-aged women when it comes to having a first heart attack, a new study of more than 40,000 Norwegian men and women has shown.
Aug 16, 2013
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People living near asphalt pavement sealed with coal tar have an elevated risk of cancer, according to a study in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. Much of this calculated excess risk results from exposures ...
Mar 28, 2013
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People who suffer from insomnia appear to have an increased risk of developing heart failure, according to the largest study to investigate the link.
Mar 5, 2013
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Compounds that affect respiratory health have been found in biodiesel exhausts. This might lead to restrictions on the use of this form of biofuel as an alternative to fossil fuel, according to researchers from the Queensland ...
Oct 17, 2012
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Understanding how the human brain categorizes information through signs and language is a key part of developing computers that can 'think' and 'see' in the same way as humans. Hiroyuki Akama at the Graduate School of Decision ...
Oct 8, 2012
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