CDC researchers found perchlorate, a rocket fuel component, in 15 brands of powdered infant formula, with the two most contaminated cow's-milk brands accounting for 87 percent of the 2000 US market. Studies describe the chemical as a potent thyroid toxin.
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Environment
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Environment
Research Finds BPA in Canned Goods
Consumer Reports found bisphenol-A in the linings of canned tuna, green beans, vegetable soups and Juicy Juice, detecting it in 19 products, some of which claimed to be BPA free. FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg promised a decision on how to proceed by month's end.
Agriculture
ARS Releases First Hard Winter Wheat Varieties for Eastern U.S. Production
ARS plant pathologist David Marshall bred NuEast and Appalachian White in Raleigh, N.C., for a region where humidity usually makes hard wheat too disease-prone. Over four years of field tests NuEast outyielded the check varieties, and its resistance to leaf rust is good.
Environment
Where can lead be found around the home?
About three-quarters of US houses built before 1978 contain some lead-based paint, and 1.7 million children have blood lead levels above safe limits. A 1992 law requires sellers and landlords to disclose known lead hazards in most pre-1978 housing. Soil, dust and plumbing are other sources.
Environment
Fish Kills Linked to Water Pollutants
Federal and state scientists studying fish kills on the Potomac and in the Shenandoah region since 2002 report deadly skin lesions and intersex fish. The government says 20 percent of male black bass in river basins nationwide carry immature egg cells. Contaminants are suspected.
Environment
VA Extends Agent Orange Benefits to Vets
The VA added B-cell leukemia, Parkinson's disease and ischemic heart disease to the illnesses presumed connected to Agent Orange, a change it estimates could reach 250,000 veterans. Secretary Eric Shinseki said the agency would review such illnesses faster.
Environment
Good Neighborhoods Provide Support of Health Seekers
Data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis show people in neighborhoods that encourage walking and cycling are less likely to develop type 2 diabetes, and easy access to fresh produce cut risk 38%. A Temple study found corner-store snacks can undo school efforts.
Environment
Air pollution may trigger appendicitis
Examining 5,191 adults admitted to hospital in Calgary, researchers found high levels of ozone and nitrogen dioxide correlated with appendicitis, particularly in men. The Canadian Medical Association Journal authors say it is not clear whether air pollution actually raises the risk.
Environment
WARNING: New Evidence Shows Mercury Present in Nearly ALL Fish
A US Geological Survey study detected mercury in every fish sampled from nearly 300 US streams. More than a quarter exceeded the EPA criterion protecting people who eat average amounts of fish, and over two-thirds topped the level of concern for fish-eating mammals.
Environment
EWG offers tips on how to reduce cell phone radiation
The Environmental Working Group's eight tips for cutting cell phone radiation: pick a low-emission model, use a headset or speaker, hold the phone away from your body, text rather than talk, avoid calls on weak signals, keep phones from children, and skip radiation shields.
Environment
New survey finds mercury in fish
A USGS-led survey of fish, sediment and water from streams across the country between 1998 and 2005 found mercury above the EPA's human-health criterion at 27 percent of sites. The authors caution the sampling design does not yield a true nationwide rate.
Environment
Beaches harbor deadly MRSA
University of Washington researchers found Staph on nine of 10 Puget Sound public beaches, with seven of 13 Staph aureus samples from five beaches multidrug-resistant, the first such report from marine water and beach sand. Earlier Florida work found Staph in 37 percent of water samples.
Agriculture
Irish potato famine caused by crafty germ
Researchers who sequenced Phytophthora infestans, the water mold behind the Irish potato famine, report an unusually large genome whose parts evolve at different rates, a two-speed structure they say drives its adaptability. It still threatens potato and tomato crops.
Environment
Tap Tops Flow round London (press release)
Thames Water is handing out 10,000 Tap Top carafes to London restaurants, MPs, businesses and community groups, and to the Houses of Parliament, as part of its London On Tap campaign promoting tap water over bottled brands. Each carafe sold sends 1 pound to WaterAid.
Environment
Avoid This if You Want to Keep Your Thyroid Healthy
Mercola argues that bromide, a halide competing with iodine for the same receptors, can suppress thyroid hormone production. He points to methyl bromide used on strawberries, brominated vegetable oil in citrus drinks and potassium bromate in commercial baked goods and some flours.
Environment
Mercury level in women increases - study
Dan Laks of UCLA examined NHANES data on 6,174 women aged 18 to 49 and found inorganic mercury in 30 percent of those tested in 2005-2006, against 2 percent in 1999-2000. Average levels rose from 0.33 to 0.39 u/L over the same period.
Environment
Approaching Epidemic: Brain Damage from Mobile Phone Radiation
International EMF activists published a report listing eleven design flaws in the Telecom-funded Interphone study, including counting portable phone users as unexposed and excluding many tumor types, people who had died or were too ill, and children. They argue it understates brain tumor risk.
Environment
Pollutants in fish linked to high risk of diabetes
Great Lakes boat captains who ate more fish carried more DDE in their blood and were more likely to develop diabetes, according to a study in Environmental Health Perspectives. DDE comes from DDT, banned in the US 37 years ago but still persistent in the region.
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