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2076. March 29, 2017 | Radio New Zealand, New Zealand
Lead exposure linked to lower IQ in New Zealand.
High lead levels in New Zealand cities during the 1970s and 1980s appear to have led to a loss of intelligence in adults, researchers say. 2077. March 28, 2017 | Washington Post
Lead exposure alters the trajectory of children’s lives decades later, study finds.
Children with higher blood-lead levels were more likely in midlife to have lower IQs and live lower on the socioeconomic ladder, according to new research that offers one of the clearest looks yet at the potential long-term health impact of the potent neurotoxin. 2078. March 26, 2017 | Bloomberg News
From bad air to birth defects, 5 hidden risks of slashing the EPA.
Fifty former officials of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are firing back in a lengthy analysis that details, program by program, what amounts to a starvation diet for the EPA. 2079. March 24, 2017 | Forbes
Asbestos-linked cancer remains a killer, just as asbestos remains commonly used.
At least 80% of people diagnosed with mesothelioma have had confirmed exposure to asbestos. Others likely had exposure without realizing it since it can take decades before mesothelioma develops in the thin lining of the lungs, chest, abdomen and heart. 2080. March 22, 2017 | Time Magazine
Do you live near toxic waste? See 1,317 of the most polluted spots in the U.S.
Hazardous waste sites are scattered all across the country, from a Brooklyn canal once surrounded by chemical plants to a shuttered garbage incineration facility in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 2081. March 22, 2017 | Reuters
Lead poisoning afflicts neighborhoods across California.
Dozens of California communities have experienced recent rates of childhood lead poisoning that surpass those of Flint, Michigan, with one Fresno locale showing rates nearly three times higher, blood testing data obtained by Reuters shows. 2082. March 22, 2017 | Australia ABC News, Australia.
E-waste: What happens to discarded televisions, computers and mobile phones?
Each year 40,000 tonnes of computers, tablets, televisions, printers, scanners, photocopiers, keyboards and mice are recycled through the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme (NTCRS). 2083. March 19, 2017 | Reuters
Chinese firms offer pollution solutions with bottled air, hat filters.
Chinese companies are touting innovative - if not odd - products to consumers worried about the quality of the air that they breathe. 2084. March 14, 2017 | Harare Herald, Zimbabwe
Miners expose children to mercury.
Studies have revealed high traces of mercury metal in women's breast milk and fish in the gold mining areas of Kadoma and Chakari, exposing to risk the lives of children and people in surrounding communities. 2085. March 14, 2017 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri
Roundup's active ingredient facing wave of legal challenges as alleged carcinogen.
Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s marquee product, Roundup, is coming under fire from hundreds of legal challenges across the U.S. 2086. March 13, 2017 | Times of London, United Kingdom
Toxic air is bigger threat to plants than climate change.
Air pollution is a more immediate threat than climate change to the nation’s rare and endangered plants as high levels of nitrogen let certain species like nettles run wild, a study shows. 2087. March 10, 2017 | Environmental Health News
Pregnant women’s sex hormones waver with phthalate exposure.
Women exposed to certain chemicals in flooring and food packaging early in pregnancy are more likely to have decreased free testosterone—hormones vital for fetal growth, according to a new study. 2088. March 10, 2017 | Xinhua News Agency, China
Study links flame retardants to social behavior among young children.
Researchers from Oregon State University (OSU) have found a significant relationship between social behaviors among young children and their exposure to widely used flame retardants. 2089. March 9, 2017 | Reuters Health
Smoking during pregnancy tied to eye damage in kids.
When women smoke during pregnancy or have underweight babies their children have a greater risk of developing a type of retina damage, a Danish study suggests. 2090. March 7, 2017 | The Independent, United Kingdom
EU experts accused of conflict of interest over herbicide linked to cancer.
Greenpeace has accused members of a European Union expert committee of having conflicts of interest over whether a controversial weedkiller linked to cancer should be banned. 2091. March 6, 2017 | Bloomberg BNA
New toxic controls to emerge in chemical sector’s March madness.
It is March madness in the chemicals arena as chemical makers, trade associations, lawyers and environmentalists scramble to shape how the EPA exercises new oversight over chemicals in commerce. 2092. March 6, 2017 | Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
Plastic pollution toll on wildlife expected to rise to 95 per cent, G20 to hear.
More than half the world's turtles and two-thirds of some bird species along Australia's east coast are being found to have ingested plastics, a leading CSIRO researcher said. 2093. March 6, 2017 | Washington Post
Exposure to pollution kills millions of children, WHO reports find.
Exposure to polluted environments is associated with more than one in four deaths among children younger than 5, according to two World Health Organization reports published Monday. 2094. March 4, 2017 | USA Today
Air pollution in Asia is wafting into the USA, increasing smog in West.
Air pollution from China, India and several other Asian countries has wafted across the Pacific Ocean over the past 25 years, increasing levels of smog in the western U.S., a study finds. 2095. March 3, 2017 | CNN
Asbestos exposure is still making people sick.
Researchers at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are struggling to understand why younger populations continue to suffer asbestos-related medical issues despite efforts to reduce exposure from the toxic mineral. 2096. March 2, 2017 | Denver Colorado Statesman, Colorado
New study indicates low health risks found in oil-gas air pollution.
Colorado officials who reviewed thousands of air samples and a dozen studies on air pollution from oil and gas sites said Wednesday the risk of harmful human effects appears to be low. 2097. March 2, 2017 | Popular Science
The ‘safer' plastics designed to replace BPA may be just as bad for you.
A chemical called BHPF—found in some ‘BPA-Free’ plastics—may cause harmful outcomes in mice, according to a study published Tuesday in Nature Communications. 2098. March 1, 2017 | New Scientist
BPA-free water bottles may contain another harmful chemical.
A compound called BPA is being phased out of plastic packaging due to fears it may disrupt our hormones – but a replacement for it may be just as harmful. 2099. February 24, 2017 | The Guardian
Revealed: Thousands of children at London schools breathe toxic air.
Tens of thousands of children at more than 800 schools, nurseries and colleges in London are being exposed to illegal levels of air pollution that risk causing lifelong health problems, the Guardian can disclose. 2100. February 22, 2017 | Agence France-Presse
Tiny plastic particles from clothing, tyres clogging oceans.
Invisible particles washed off products like synthetic clothing and car tyres account for up to a third of the plastic polluting oceans, impacting eco-systems and human health, a top conservationist body warned Wednesday.
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