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Nov 9, 2013
Common Household Products May Be Linked to Kids’ Behavior Problems
Insecticides commonly used in households may be associated with behavior problems in children, according to a new study. Conducted by researchers in Quebec, the...
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Sep 22, 2013
Air Pollution and the Gut: Are Fine Particles Linked to Bowel Disease?
At 22, Mark Rievaj had one major love: speed skating. Day and night he spent at the Calgary track, vying for a coveted position...
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Sep 21, 2013
Women Living Near Pesticide-Treated Fields Have Smaller Babies
Women in Northern California farm towns gave birth to smaller babies if they lived within three miles of strawberry fields and other crops treated...
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Feb 27, 2013
Toxics in the Womb
Deep in a laboratory freezer, 100,000 vials of blood have been frozen for the better part of five decades. For scientist Barbara Cohn, it's...
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Sep 28, 2012
Pets Share Our Environment and Our Diseases
When Janet Riordan returned home from a European vacation in January, she expected a storm of tail wagging and barking from her seven-year-old golden...
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Aug 31, 2012
Early Puberty? A New Study Finds that Girls Exposed to Household Chemical Menstruate Earlier
Girls exposed to high levels of a common household chemical had their first period seven months earlier than girls with lower exposures, according to...
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Aug 3, 2012
Women at Risk: Health Problems Linked to Environmental Estrogens
Shortly after moving to Canada’s Okanagan Valley, Patricia Lee started experiencing severe irregularities in her menstrual cycle. She had one period that lasted two...