The American Chemistry Council's Phthalate Esters Panel disputes recent reports, saying food packaging, baby bottles and PET bottles are typically not made with phthalates, that phthalates have little odor and do not cause new car smell, and that exposure falls below levels regulators call safe.
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Environment
Ionizing radiation boosts cardiovascular disease death risk
Health Canada researchers followed 337,397 workers occupationally exposed to ionizing radiation and recorded 3,533 cardiovascular deaths between 1951 and 1995, with risk rising alongside cumulative dose. They caution that non-radiation risk factors went unadjusted.
Environment
Wood dust exposure may boost lung cancer risk
Fred Hutchinson researchers compared 440 lung cancer cases with 845 matched controls and found sawmill workers were 50 percent more likely to develop lung cancer. They reported no raised risk from other occupations, woodworking as a hobby, or estimated cumulative wood dust exposure.
Environment
Nickel carcinogenesis & Cobalt carcinogenesis
The piece gathers abstract excerpts reporting that the mechanism of nickel-induced cancer is not known and that cobalt raised tumor incidence at several sites in laboratory animals, then adds the author's own argument that nickel, cobalt and iron are both ferromagnetic and known carcinogens.
Environment
Diesel motor exhaust boosts lung cancer risk
Pooling 11 European and Canadian case-control studies covering 13,304 lung cancer cases and 16,282 controls, Karolinska researchers found workers with the heaviest cumulative diesel exhaust exposure were up to 31 percent more likely to be diagnosed with lung cancer than the least exposed.
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Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
Chips and dust from old lead paint are the most common source of childhood lead exposure, usually swallowed as contaminated house dust or soil. Other sources, which account for up to 30% of poisoned children in some areas, include remedies like azarcon and greta, imported candy, toys and pottery.
Environment
Fewer Teen Drivers Die in Traffic Accidents in 2008 - CDC
A CDC analysis of federal crash records counted 9,644 drivers aged 16 or 17 in fatal crashes from 2004 to 2008, with the population-based rate falling 38 percent, from 27.1 to 16.7 per 100,000. State rates ranged from 9.7 in New Jersey and New York to 59.6 in Wyoming.
Environment
Newsletter From EWG: Outrageous
EWG reports that the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the USDA granted $180,000 to the Alliance for Food and Farming, an industry PR group that attacked EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides. The money came from a block grant meant to promote produce sales.
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CHEJ Newsletter: Is vinyl flooring toxic to children's health?
A HealthyStuff.org study found vinyl flooring and wallpaper often loaded with phthalates, organotins and sometimes lead or cadmium, and cites 2008 European research tying indoor phthalate dust to wheezing in preschoolers. Linoleum, cork, bamboo and hardwood tested free of the metals.
Agriculture
AgriLife Extension economist says U.S. pecan industry at crossroads (PR)
Texas AgriLife economist Jose Pena says the US pecan industry must meet rising Chinese export demand while keeping domestic shelves stocked. USDA puts this year's crop at 271.3 million pounds; with carry-in, supply reaches about 363.3 million, still down 26.5 million from last year.
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Occupational noise linked heart disease risk
Analyzing NHANES data on 6,307 adults, researchers found people exposed to workplace noise were two to three times as likely to have angina, heart attack, coronary heart disease or isolated diastolic hypertension. The link was strongest among male smokers.
Agriculture
New Fish Feeds Made from Fish Byproducts
USDA-funded scientists in Hawaii and Alaska are turning discarded fish heads, tails, bones, skin and organs into feed for Pacific threadfin and white shrimp. An earlier study found feed made from Alaskan pollock and cod scraps matched Norwegian fishmeal in nutritional quality.
Environment
Don’t Ever Drink This During Pregnancy…
Mercola cites an Indian study in which anemic pregnant women who avoided fluoride in water and food had less anemia and fewer preterm and low-birth-weight babies than those who did not. He argues fluoride is a poison whether added to water or naturally present.
Agriculture
Are Organic Eggs Safer?
After officials traced the salmonella behind the recall of half a billion eggs to barns and feed at two Iowa farms, Dr. Mercola argues that flock size and housing matter more than labels: eggs from flocks of 30,000 or more and from caged hens carry far more salmonella than small free-range ones.
Agriculture
Study Links Fluoride to Pre-term Birth and Anemia in Pregnancy (PR)
In a study in Current Science, anemic pregnant women in India who avoided fluoride in water and food and followed a nutrition plan had less anemia and fewer pre-term and low-birth-weight babies than a control group. Two stillbirths occurred in the control group and none in the other.
Agriculture
In the Battle of the Strawberries, Did Organic Win
John Reganold's Washington State University team compared 13 organic and 13 conventional California strawberry fields, testing 31 soil properties, soil DNA, and the taste, nutrition and quality of three varieties. The conventional farms used the fumigant methyl bromide.
Environment
Blood on our Farms: Is Monsanto Responsible for 1 Suicide Every 30 Minutes?
Mercola links India's farmer suicides to debt from licensing fees on patented GM seed, citing an AlterNet figure of 150,000 deaths in ten years. In the U.S., Judge Jeffrey White banned planting of Monsanto's Roundup Ready sugar beets pending the environmental review the USDA skipped.
Environment
Salmonella Gastroenteritis Outbreak After a Reception --- Connecticut, 2009
Connecticut health officials traced a 2009 reception outbreak to potato salad, with an odds ratio of 84.0 across nine case-patients and 14 controls. Two Salmonella serotypes turned up, and food service workers were seen touching ready-to-eat food bare-handed.
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