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Agri. & Environ.
Commercial Fishing Fatalities --- California, Oregon, and Washington, 2000--2006
During 2000--2006, commercial fishing was one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States, with
an average annual fatality rate of 115 deaths per 100,000 fishermen.
Apr 29, 2008 - 8:20:57 AM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
Plastic compound may affect breast cancer aggressiveness
Bisphenol A may affect
aggressiveness of breast cancer, according to a new study published in
the April 1, 2008 issue of Cancer Research.
Apr 25, 2008 - 9:06:58 AM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
Perchlorate Questions and Answers
Perchlorate is a naturally occurring and manmade chemical. Naturally
occurring perchlorate, for example, is found in arid states in
southwestern United States (U.S.), as well as in nitrate fertilizer
deposits in Chile and potash ore found in U.S. and Canada. Perchlorate
can also form naturally in the atmosphere, leading to trace levels of
perchlorate in precipitation. Perchlorate is also an industrial
chemical that is used as an oxidizing agent in rocket propellant, in
fireworks and flares, and for other purposes. It has been detected in a
variety of foods and in drinking water from some locations in the U.S.
Apr 24, 2008 - 3:37:17 PM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
Formaldehyde may raise ALS risk
Regular exposure to
formaldehyde may increase the risk of developing amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, according to new
research presented on April 16 at the American Academy of Neurology
60th Anniversary Annual Meeting in Chicago.
Apr 19, 2008 - 12:11:36 AM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
Early exposure to DDT linked to increased risk of breast cancer
Exposure to
p,p´-DDT
early in life may increase breast cancer risk. Many U.S. women heavily
exposed to DDT in childhood have not yet reached 50 years of age. The
public health significance of DDT exposure in early life may be large.
Apr 18, 2008 - 3:28:56 PM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
NTP report raises concerns about bisphenol A toxicity
The United States National
Toxicology Program (NTP) on April 14 released the final draft brief on
bisphenol A, giving the public an impression that the federal
government is seriously assessing the reproductive developmental
hazards of the widely used chemical.
Apr 16, 2008 - 1:10:24 PM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
South Korea confirms fourth H5N1 outbreak
South Korea confirmed a
fourth outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus in the country Sunday, which
along with previous outbreaks resulted in the culling of 1.3 million
birds to control spread of the disease, The Associated Press reported.
Apr 13, 2008 - 3:33:18 PM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
Another Factory Farm "Perk" - 10,000 Pigs Perish in Canada and Indiana Fires
One of the worst parts of
incarceration, many say, is knowing if a fire breaks out the guards
aren't going to save you. They're not going to rush back into the
prison building and risk their lives. Why would they? If your life had
any value, you wouldn't be locked up in the first place.
Apr 6, 2008 - 9:37:21 AM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
Children's Dietary Exposure to OP Pesticides
Widespread agricultural use of organophosphate (OP) pesticides
frequently leads to low-level exposures in adults and children who eat
conventionally grown foods. The frequently used one-time measurement of
OP metabolites reveals only short-term exposures, thereby providing
little evidence on long-term low-level exposures. A new article
presents longitudinal evidence that foods grown in conventional
fashion—that is, with the use of pesticides—may be a predominant source
of exposure in children.
Apr 5, 2008 - 11:43:56 AM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
Corn production expected to drop in 2008
A report by the
United States Department of Agriculture released Monday shows that
U.S. farmers
are going to grow eight percent less corn in 2008 than last year, Forbes.com
reported.
Mar 31, 2008 - 1:21:40 PM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
Combo pesticides more toxic than individual ones
Food often contains a
mixture of pesticides. For instance, apply may contain up to 37 types
of pesticides, according to foodnews.org. But you do not know how toxic
they are although it is believed that individual pesticides should be
less toxic.
Feb 21, 2008 - 7:27:55 AM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
CDC investigates strange disease in swine slaughterhouse workers
On October 29, 2007, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) was notified by a tertiary-care provider
of unexplained neurologic illnesses among workers in a swine slaughterhouse (plant A) in southeast Minnesota. As a
result, MDH initiated a detailed investigation at plant A to characterize the outbreak. This report describes the
ongoing investigation and outbreak-control measures undertaken by state public health officials and CDC.
Feb 4, 2008 - 12:09:36 PM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
Infants polluted with toxic phthalates via baby care products
A wide variety of
phthalates, common plasticizers used to make hard plastic soft, are
found in infants, particularly in those who use baby lotion, powder,
and shampoo, a new study released February 1 in the Feb 2008 issue of
Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Feb 4, 2008 - 11:53:15 AM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
POPs linked to diabetes
The University of Cambridge
scientists published a commentary in the most recent edition of the
Lancet urging additional research into the little understood links
between environmental pollution and type 2 diabetes.
Jan 25, 2008 - 10:37:00 AM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
Thousands of professionals call for an end of fluoridation
This is an old article, but some readers may not know about this, nearly 70% of Americans are being drugged without noticing what's going on. The dental associations (note they are trade associations, meaning there is some commercial interest in whatever they are doing) have been working hard to push state and local governments to add fluoride to tap water in the name of your dental health. Evidence is strong enough that fluoride is a poison!
Jan 21, 2008 - 8:09:17 PM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
Canada Discovers Yet Another Case of BSE
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has just announced another discovery of a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) – this time in a 13-year-old Alberta beef cow.
Dec 18, 2007 - 9:27:13 PM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
Heavy traffic makes breathing a burden in children
Exposure to traffic pollution may increase respiratory problems and reduce lung volumes in children with asthma, according to researchers who studied the effects of road and traffic density on children’s lung function and respiratory symptoms in the border town of Ciudad Juarez in Mexico.
Dec 17, 2007 - 11:08:30 PM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
Agent orange chemical, dioxin, attacks the mitochondria to cause cancer, says Penn research team
Researchers with the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have demonstrated the process by which the cancer-causing chemical dioxin attacks the cellular machinery, disrupts normal cellular function and ultimately promotes tumor progression.
Dec 17, 2007 - 11:05:20 PM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
Two Los Angeles reservoirs shut down due to contamination of carcinogen
Two reservoirs that supply drinking water to part of the city of
Los Angeles have been shut down due to contamination of a cancer-causing agent known as bromate, which results from a sunlight and chlorine reaction in the case, news media reported.
Dec 16, 2007 - 9:45:07 AM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
Fish Farms Drive Wild Salmon Populations Toward Extinction
A study appearing in the December 14 issue of the journal Science shows, for the first time, that parasitic sea lice infestations caused by salmon farms are driving nearby populations of wild salmon toward extinction. The results show that the affected pink salmon populations have been rapidly declining for four years. The scientists expect a 99% collapse in another four years, or two salmon generations, if the infestations continue.
Dec 13, 2007 - 8:25:18 PM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
How to kill pests without killing yourself or the earth
There are about 50 to 60
million insect species on earth - we have named only about 1 million
and there are only about 1 thousand pest species - already over 50% of
these thousand pests are already resistant to our volatile, dangerous,
synthetic pesticide POISONS.
Dec 4, 2007 - 4:52:32 PM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
Cats as Sentinel Species
Pet cats may be like canaries in coal mines when it comes to
evaluating the health impacts of polybrominated diphenyl ethers
(PBDEs), persistent chemicals used in carpet pads, furniture, and
electronics. Chronic PBDE exposure may partly explain an epidemic of
hyperthyroid disease in older cats, says Janice Dye, a U.S. EPA
research biologist.
Dec 2, 2007 - 8:22:43 PM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
Tropical Traits for Temperate Beans
Dry common beans--favorites
like pinto, kidney, navy, red, black and snap--are grown mostly in the
north-central and western regions of the United States. But thousands
of miles away, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) geneticist Timothy
Porch is working to make good beans even better.
Dec 2, 2007 - 3:23:55 PM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
Gene Combination Increases Vulnerability to Air Pollutant
Numerous epidemiologic studies have found a link between exposure to fine particles (PM2.5)
and increased morbidity and mortality. Other studies have found
evidence of some of the specific pathways through which this damage
occurs, but much remains unknown about the relative importance of these
pathways in humans.
Nov 16, 2007 - 7:13:50 PM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
Study Suggests Water Consumption Benefit Outweighs THM
Many water treatment systems use chlorine to disinfect drinking
water. However, chlorine reacts with dissolved organic matter in water
to create trihalomethanes (THMs), which have been associated with
excess risk of bladder cancer in people who drink chlorinated water.
Nov 16, 2007 - 7:11:37 PM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
Sensitive Measure Reveals Groundwater Contaminant
About 15% of the U.S. population get their drinking and household
water from a largely unmonitored source: private residential wells.
About 400,000 new wells are drilled every year.
Nov 16, 2007 - 7:08:28 PM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
New Study Links Prenatal Exposure to Lower Birth Weight
Nov 16, 2007 - 7:06:29 PM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
Study: Americans are polluted with common toxic chemicals
A new study found that not only bisphenol A is ubiquitously present in every American as we reported early, but phthalates and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are found in all Americans tested, the Environmental Safety Network reported on Nov. 9.
Nov 11, 2007 - 8:16:38 PM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
Antibacterial soap has estrogenic and androgenic activity
Antibacterial triclosan could have an effect on humans as it shows estrogenic and androgenic activity in breast cancer cells,
UK researchers reported in a study published in the Journal of Applied Toxicology.
Nov 10, 2007 - 6:27:36 PM
Food & Health
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Agri. & Environ.
Arizona man likely dies of plague, what you need to know
An Arizona-based wildlife biologist working for the National Park Service likely died of plague, officials from Grand Canyon National Park announced on Friday.
Nov 10, 2007 - 10:38:42 AM
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