Two government-issued studies are unable to demonstrate whether people were harmed by groundwater contaminated with toxic pollutants from Area B of Fort Detrick, Md., says a new report by the National Research Council. Furthermore, ...
Mar 5, 2012
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Ultrafine magnetic iron oxide particles smaller than 500 nanometers are prevalent in air pollution on the London Underground, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. The authors propose that improved air pollution ...
Dec 15, 2022
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How do pollutants and other chemicals that we are exposed to affect our health? Researchers from Linköping University, Sweden, have applied a method to identify the proteins in the body affected by chemicals. The method ...
Nov 26, 2021
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(Medical Xpress)—In a new analysis of thousands of US women of childbearing age, Brown University researchers found that most exceeded the median blood level for two or more of three environmental pollutants that could ...
Nov 28, 2012
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A new study by researchers from Emory University, Toxic-Free Future, the University of Washington and Seattle Children's Research Institute found toxic flame retardants in breast milk samples, showing—for the first time—that ...
Aug 10, 2023
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Couples with high levels of PCBs and similar environmental pollutants take longer to achieve pregnancy in comparison to other couples with lower levels of the pollutants, according to a preliminary study by researchers at ...
Nov 14, 2012
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Prenatal exposure to air pollution increases the risk of severe respiratory distress in newborn babies, according to new research conducted at the Penn State College of Medicine in collaboration with the Maternal-Infant Research ...
Jan 29, 2024
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