Mercola links bee colony collapse to malnutrition, pesticides such as imidacloprid and clothianidin, and cell phone microwaves, and reports that millions of pounds of Chinese honey banned by the EU are smuggled into the US, some tainted with chloramphenicol and heavy metals.
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Environment
Farming, agriculture and the environmental side of the food system.
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Environment
High pollution levels linked to increase in heart attack risk(PR)
Matching 79,288 heart attacks from 2003 to 2006 against hourly pollution readings, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine researchers found raised risk for up to six hours after exposure and none afterwards, suggesting attacks were brought forward rather than caused.
Environment
BPA alters development of in vitro ova and could increase risk of Down syndrome (PR)
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona researchers cultured 21,570 oocytes and found that BPA exposure at levels health authorities permit reduced oocyte numbers and doubled the risk of chromosome exchange during cell division. Observations of chromosome 21 suggest a possible rise in Down syndrome risk.
Agriculture
Texas AgriLife Research building better melons (PR)
Texas AgriLife Research scientists in Uvalde are breeding melons for drought tolerance and for traits buyers want, including size, shape, texture and sugar content, and are assessing whether Spanish, Italian and other specialty varieties can be grown commercially in the area.
Environment
How Has Antibiotic Resistance Impacted Your Practice?
A letter from PCRM president Neal Barnard asking physicians to describe, through a survey, how antibiotic resistance has affected their practice, noting that 80 percent of US antibiotics go to livestock rather than people.
Environment
The Surprising 32-Year Scandal That's Kept This Toxic Substance in Your Head
Mercola and Consumers for Dental Choice argue the FDA has concealed the mercury in amalgam dental fillings for more than 30 years, pointing to a revolving door with industry, including commissioner Margaret Hamburg's arrival from the board of amalgam seller Henry Schein.
Environment
Battles to end fluoridation have progressed in August (PR)
Pottstown, Pennsylvania's Borough Authority voted to stop adding fluoride, citing widely available fluoride dental products and $50,000 to $60,000 in annual savings. More than a half-dozen other North American communities are weighing the same step, and a New York City bill awaits a hearing.
Environment
Why this Should Be Banned: Huge Contaminant in Water, Air and Soil...
Consumers for Dental Choice argues that dental amalgam, which is half mercury, is a major source of mercury in water, air and soil, with 240 to 300 tons entering the market each year, and is pressing to have it included in the World Mercury Treaty phase-out.
Environment
The Common Toxin that Can Be FAR More Damaging than Pesticides and Heavy Metals...
Dr. Mercola writes that mold infests up to 40% of American schools and 25% of homes, and that mycotoxins can reach the brain through the nose and eyes. He names Stachybotrys chartarum and Aspergillus, and says neurotoxic molds can bring cognitive changes, ataxia and convulsions.
Agriculture
National Peanut Board Members and Alternates Appointed
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack named five members and five alternates to the National Peanut Board for three-year terms running from Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2014. Producers fund the board through an assessment of one percent of the value of peanuts sold.
Environment
The oil and gas industry says it's safe (PR)
Environmental Working Group's report Cracks in the Facade surfaced documents showing the EPA concluded in 1987 that fracking had contaminated a West Virginia family's water well, and called it representative, while industry maintains the technique is safe.
Environment
Scientists Point to Possible Health Effects of Cell Phones
The World Health Organization called the electromagnetic fields mobile phones produce possibly carcinogenic, a shift the wireless industry disputes. Advocate Camilla Rees says research on biological effects dates to the 1950s; some scientists fault WHO for leaving out cell towers.
Environment
The Hidden Danger in Your Car Seat
The Ecology Center tested more than 150 infant, convertible and booster car seats and found 60 percent contained at least one toxic chemical, with brominated flame retardants in 44 percent. Dr. Becker still urges parents to keep using a car seat.
Environment
Is Your Physician Stumped by Your Symptoms? This Could be the Reason
Mercola surveys serious medical conditions associated with indoor mold, citing Jack Thrasher's estimate that 40 percent of American schools and 25 percent of homes have unnoticed infestations, and notes that bacteria growing alongside mold can worsen inflammatory conditions.
Environment
Mold exposure during infancy increases asthma risk (PR)
University of Cincinnati researchers followed 176 children for seven years and report in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology that infants in homes scoring high on the EPA's environmental relative moldiness index were three times more likely to develop asthma by age 7.
Agriculture
50% of Rats Given this Died -- Why is it On Your Dinner Plate?
The first survey of ambient glyphosate found the herbicide and its breakdown product AMPA in 60 to 100 percent of weekly air and rain samples taken over two growing seasons in Mississippi and Iowa, with rain also collected in Indiana. Concentrations in rain exceeded other herbicides.
Environment
Cell phones do not raise brain cancer risk in children?
The CEFALO study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found no statistically significant rise in brain cancer risk among children and teens who used cell phones. The article stresses that numerical hints of higher risk remain and a small increase cannot be ruled out.
Environment
Organic pollutants may increase fetus' risk for neural tube defects
Comparing placentas from 80 Chinese fetuses and newborns with neural tube defects and 50 healthy newborns, researchers found higher levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and pesticides in the affected placentas. Above-average PAH levels went with a 4.5 times higher risk. Published in PNAS.
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