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851. August 5, 2021 | Futurity
Air pollution linked to higher risk of dementia
Researchers have identified a link between air pollution and a greater hazard of all-cause dementia. They found a similar association for Alzheimer's-type dementia. 852. August 5, 2021 | Environmental Health News
Bayer heads into next U.S. cancer trial, opening statements set for Thursday
Despite Bayer AG's efforts to put an end to costly litigation inherited in its acquisition of Monsanto, opening statements in yet another trial are set for Thursday as a woman suffering from non-Hodgkin lymphoma claims Monsanto's Roundup herbicide caused her cancer. 853. August 4, 2021 | Inquirer
Chemicals from deodorant, sun block, other fragrant products amount to major air pollution, says NOAA study
Personal care products can generate half or more of the volatile organic compounds -- a primary ingredient in forming ground-level ozone -- in an urban area. 854. August 3, 2021 | Environmental Health News
Opinion: Get high-risk pesticides out of our bodies
Both in our personal lives and as a society, the consequences of dismissing warnings from science versus heeding them have been driven home by the Covid pandemic. 855. August 2, 2021 | The Converation
Air pollution exposure is shifting from outdoor to indoor – here's why
Getting vehicles off the road may do wonders for smog, but there's more to air pollution than that. 856. August 2, 2021 | The Converation
Male fertility is declining – studies show that environmental toxics could be a reason
People are exposed to toxic substances – like pesticides, chemicals in plastics and radiation – every day. A growing body of research shows that this exposure is causing a decline in male fertility. 857. August 1, 2021 | Times of India
Smoking, climate change may trigger risk of lung cancer: Doctors
Climate change, smoking and long term impact of Covid-19 pandemic could spurt an increase in lung cancer cases, according to experts. 858. July 30, 2021 | The Converation
Lead exposure during childhood may influence adult personality, and not for the better
Early exposure to lead pollution may lead to less mature personality traits as an adult. 859. July 29, 2021 | AG Web
Bayer to pull glyphosate from U.S. lawn and garden markets
Bayer officials announced on Thursday the company is removing glyphosate from the U.S. residential lawn and garden marketplace, effective as early as January 2023. 860. July 29, 2021 | Bloomberg
Monsanto told to pay teachers $185 million over PCB exposure
Bayer AG’s Monsanto unit must pay $185 million to three teachers who blamed their brain injuries on exposure to the company’s PCBs at a school in Washington state. 861. July 29, 2021 | The Print India
India’s poor face disproportionately higher risk of dying from air pollution than the rich
A new study finds high-income households produce a majority of ambient or outdoor air pollution, but health risks are still shouldered more by lower-income households. 862. July 29, 2021 | New Scientist
Parents' second-hand marijuana smoke may cause colds in children
Children whose parents smoke or vape cannabis appear to get slightly more respiratory infections, such as colds and flu, than those whose parents just smoke tobacco or don't smoke at al 863. July 27, 2021 | The Times UK
Everyday chemicals and household products ‘to blame for 450,000 early deaths from pollution a year’
Air pollution created by everyday items including cleaning fluids, grooming products, paints, glues, wood stoves and pesticides causes up to 450,000 premature deaths worldwide in cities including London, a study has found. 864. July 27, 2021 | The New York Times
Fears of toxic smoke after an industrial explosion in Germany
An explosion and fire at a waste plant in the city of Leverkusen was declared an “extreme threat.” At least one person was confirmed dead, sixteen workers were injured and four more were missing. 865. July 26, 2021 | NDTV
Pollution turns Argentina lagoon bright pink
A lagoon in Argentina's southern Patagonia region has turned bright pink in a striking, but frightful phenomenon experts and activists blame on pollution by a chemical used to preserve prawns for export. 866. July 25, 2021 | Lokmat.com
Toxic pollution, climate risks directly harm human health, study confirms
An international team of researchers found a strong and statistically significant relationship between the spatial distribution of global climate risk and toxic pollution. 867. July 25, 2021 | Chemistry World
Efforts underway in Europe to ban PFAS compounds
Five European nations will formally propose to bar the production, trade and use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances by July 2022. 868. July 25, 2021 | National Geographic
Wildfire smoke blowing across the U.S. is more toxic than we thought
Wildfires are threatening homes on the West Coast and in Canada, but their smoke is polluting air as far away as New York. Each plume of smoke resulting from a wildfire is a unique mixture, from the types of trees burned to buildings or other objects, including plastics, that may have been incinerated by the blaze. 869. July 23, 2021 | New Scientist
Why chemical pollution is turning into a third great planetary crisis
Thousands of synthetic substances have leaked into ecosystems everywhere, and we are only just beginning to realise the devastating consequences 870. July 23, 2021 | The North Carolina Health News
Study finds link between air pollution and Alzheimer’s disease in Charlotte area
Older residents of the Southern Piedmont were 35 percent more likely to die from the disease than residents in other areas of the state with lower particulate pollution levels. 871. July 23, 2021 | Fast Company
There is no place you can go to escape wildfire smoke
Wildfires are increasing, and even in states where nothing burns, there’s still smoke. 872. July 22, 2021 | New Medical
EWG study recommends stringent health-based standards for radiation exposure from wireless devices
A peer-reviewed study by the Environmental Working Group recommends stringent health-based exposure standards for both children and adults for radiofrequency radiation emitted from wireless devices. EWG's children's guideline is the first of its kind and fills a gap left by federal regulators. 873. July 22, 2021 | Environmental Health News
Breast cancer: Hundreds of chemicals identified as potential risk factors
Researchers have identified almost 300 chemicals in everything from hair dye to pesticides that can increase levels of breast cancer-contributing hormones. 874. July 22, 2021 | E & E News
'Burden falls on exposed people' as EPA weighs PFAS rules
Even though many toxicologists and health experts want EPA to regulate all PFAS together as a class, communities nationwide could be drinking contaminated water for years after EPA finalizes limits on PFOA and PFOS. 875. July 22, 2021 | The Guardian
David Bond: Are we being kept safe from ‘forever chemicals’ injected into fracking sites?
A bombshell exposé revealed that oil and gas firms are injecting PFAS chemicals into fracking sites, threatening groundwater.
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