NEWS, Science, & Links Summary for the W/E 11/7/2008

November 7, 2008

Hazardous Chemical Incidents in Schools --- United States, 2002--2007
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5744a1.htm?s_cid=mm5744a1_x

Researchers raise alarm after chemical leak found in common plastic
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081107.CHEMICAL07/TPStory/Environment

November 6, 2008

Chemical in Plastic Test Tubes Botched Experiments, Study Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=a.FUkzJc0iWw&refer=home

NRDC files a legal petition to ban 2,4-D: An Agent Orange chemical
doesn't
belong on lawns
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/jsass/nrdc_files_a_legal_petition_to.html

Pesticides: Tough negotiations ahead as MEPs back bans
http://www.euractiv.com/en/sustainability/pesticides-tough-negotiations-ahead-meps-back-bans/article-176936

Do away with indoor allergies
http://www.sheknows.com/articles/806453.htm

MEPs back toxic pesticide ban despite industry pressure
http://euobserver.com/19/27056

Tiny nanoparticles in cosmetics may be toxic
http://www.themedguru.com/articles/tiny_nanoparticles_in_cosmetics_may_be_toxic-86116456.html

Stopping Toxic Exposure Before It Happens
http://www.thedailygreen.com/living-green/blogs/green-products-services/prevention-agenda-55110601

Chemicals from test tubes may be fouling experiments, scientists say
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/06/testtubes-leaching.html

November 5, 2008

Are men becoming extinct?
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=b7774b35-9a90-4cdc-93e6-e3f3e3bab234

Bush's parting moves on the environment
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/11/05/bush%E2%80%99s-parting-moves-on-the-environment/

Obama victory signals rebirth of US environmental policy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/05/climatechange-carbonemissions

CRIME REPORT: Man jailed for failing to leave ailing wife alone
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/nov/05/crime-report-police-investigate-early-homicide-whi/

High Environmental Hopes Riding on Obama's Green Promises
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2008/2008-11-05-091.asp

Fibromyalgia No Longer an "Invisible" Disease
http://www.healthnews.com/medical-updates/fibromyalgia-no-longer-invisible-disease-2068.html

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Safety first for pesticides
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/064-41253-308-11-45-911-20081103IPR41252-03-11-2008-2008-false/default_es.htm

The beauty creams with nanoparticles that could poison your body
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1083102/The-beauty-creams-nanoparticles-poison-body.html#

You might discover your own migraine cure
http://www.albertleatribune.com/news/2008/nov/05/you-might-discover-your-own-migraine-cure/

Neighbors at odds over noise from wind turbines
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2008-11-03-windturbines_N.htm

We don't want toxic city say residents
http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/storyprint.cfm?storyID=3789489

November 4, 2008

Kids and Makeup: A Dangerous Mix?
http://www.ewg.org/node/27334

Study Shows Fibromyalgia Is a "Real Disease," Related to Brain
Dysfunction
http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Study_Shows_Fibromyalgia_Is_a_Real_Disease_Related_to_Brain_Dysfunction_28107.html

Precipitation Levels May Be Associated With Autism
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103170607.htm

November 3, 2008

Researchers Say People With Fibromyalgia Have Abnormalities of Blood
Flow in
the Brain
http://www.webmd.com/fibromyalgia/news/20081103/fibromyalgia-a-real-disease-study-shows

Antioxidants Can Reduce The Toxic Effects Of Lead, Study Suggests
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081031102632.htm

AMA Journal Publishes Study Showing Evidence of a Major Environmental
Trigger For Autism
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/AMA-Journal-Publishes-Study-Showing/story.aspx?guid=%7BC5746C97-C035-41DE-ACC4-2E38E6531A19%7D

Scans Reveal Brain Abnormalities in Fibromyalgia Patients
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/03/AR2008110301698.html

Illness forced Stephanie Pearce to develop improved health habits
http://www.beaufortgazette.com/292/story/603551.html

November 2, 2008

A controversial new pesticide
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/chrongreen/detail?&entry_id=31834

Electronic Nose Sniffs Out Unknown Chemical Odors
http://ohsonline.com/Articles/2008/11/2-Electronic-Nose-Sniffs-Out-Unknown-Chemical-Odors.aspx

Exposure to plastic chemical BPA may affect behaviors
http://foodconsumer.org/7777/8888/C_ooking_amp_P_acking_39/110208192008_Exposure_to_plastic_chemical_BPA_may_affect_behaviors_printer.shtml

Unveiling a Museum, a Pennsylvania Town Remembers the Smog That Killed
20
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/us/02smog.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=donora&st=cse&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Toxic spraying: Meath council faces court
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article5063241.ece

November 1, 2008

Pressure Mounts on FDA, Industry as Voices Rise for Alternatives
http://www.ewg.org/node/27327

Are our kids in danger?
Contaminated soil at schools may pose health risk, but some say that
risk is
overblown
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2008/11/01/are-our-kids-in-danger

November 2008

The Irritation of House Dust
DEHP Heightens Inflammatory Response in Allergy Sufferers
http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2008/116-11/ss.html#thei

Gowing Weight of OP Evidence
Parathion Linked to Metabolic Effects in Rats
http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2008/116-11/ss.html#grow

Dioxin Exposure and Cardiovascular Disease An Analysis of Association
http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2008/116-11/ss.html#diox

October 31, 2008

"The Change" Our Children Need: REACHing for Kid Safe Chemicals
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christopher-gavigan/the-change-our-children-n_b_139305.html

Infant Formula Makers and Canned Food Producers Called On To Remove BP
http://www.ewg.org/node/27322

EWG comments to Science Board to the FDA on BPA
http://www.ewg.org/node/27324

October 29, 2008

Hazardous Levels Of Metal Ions Found In Many Commercial Table Wines,
Study
Suggests
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081029203031.htm

Independent Science Panel Rebukes FDA on Toxic Plastic
http://www.ewg.org/node/27316

Links

Obama to Gage - Importance of the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) in
an Obama Administration
http://mcs-america.org/2008ObamaToEPAGage.pdf

Tox Gun - Gunnar Heuser, MD.
http://www.toxgun.com/

The Prevention Agenda
Help President Obama focus on preventing pollution, climate change,
toxic
exposures and other threats to our health and the environment.
http://preventionagenda.ning.com/

FORUM: BurningIssues.org
The Place to Discuss Particulate Pollution
http://burningissues.org/forum/phpBB2/index.php

Scientific Studies

2008 - Kelly - Scientists challenge bioelectromagnetics foundations
http://www.icems.eu/docs/ICEMS_eurjoncol3_08.pdf

Ren, C, Tong, S. Health effects of ambient air pollution - - recent
research development and contemporary methodological challenges.
Environmental Health 2008, 7:56.
http://www.ehjournal.net/content/pdf/1476-069x-7-56.pdf

Srikanth P. Bio-aerosols in indoor environment: Composition, health
effects
and analysis. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2008 Oct-Dec;26(4):302-12.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18974481?dopt=AbstractPlus

Myotonic dystrophy type 2 found in two of sixty-three persons
diagnosed as
having fibromyalgia.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18975316?dopt=AbstractPlus

Lourdes Salvador
www.mcs-america.org

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