Friday, January 11, 2008

EI News, Science, & Links Summary for the W/E 1/11/2008

Classifieds (NFI)

Chemically safe housing offered in Bend, Oregon.
http://www.otterishly.com/Safe_house_4_rent/

January 11, 2007

Enviro officials push for 'zero-emission' vehicles
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/220066

Bisphenol A most harmful to infants, study says
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080111.wbisphenol11/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Chemical Standards Undergo a Change
http://www.farmfutures.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=CD26BEDECA4A4946A1283CC7786AEB5A&nm=News&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=CC3C9AB316D842238B51D2A23C7F5A07

New lead danger found
http://www.projo.com/news/content/alzheimers_01-11-08_1Q8IOVJ_v8.2963490.html

Author and toxic chemical specialist trains doctors, nurses
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/story.php?storySection=Local&sid=64794

January 10, 2007

Plastics Chemical Report to Go under the Microscope
http://www.ombwatch.org/article/blogs/entry/4438/18

Mercury in sushi can hit risky levels
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=705929

Feds won't trump tougher state chemical security laws
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--chemicalsecurity0110jan10,0,5077402,print.story

Airing pollution's effects on health
http://www.thestar.com/SpecialSections/article/292545

Musical instruments in classroom found cause of mold
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19185285&BRD=1654&PAG=461&dept_id=12915&rfi=6

MCS - A Real Disease
http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=5551

School nurse says mold in office made her sick
http://atlanticville.gmnews.com/news/2008/0110/Front_Page/002.html

January 9, 2008

NYPD wants licensing for biological, chemical and radiological sensors
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/01/09/2008-01-09_nypd_wants_licensing_for_biological_chem.html

LED Lights may light homes in less than 3 years
http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/28932/print

EPA Denies State Efforts to Curb Global Warming
http://www.ombwatch.org/article/articleview/4130/

Hazardous Homes Part III: The plastic problem
http://www.madison.com/wsj/topstories/index.php?ntid=266128&ntpid=1

Resor/Spilka: Safer alternatives to toxic chemicals
http://www.milforddailynews.com/opinion/x820609271

Help clear the air
http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080108/OPINION03/801080307/1014/CUSTOMERSERVICE02

January 8, 2007

Govt against excessive use of chemical pesticides
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Govt_against_excessive_use_of_chemical_pesticides/articleshow/2683629.cms
Why some women wear too much perfume: Depression can cause a loss in sense
of smell, researcher suggests
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22557169/

The Toxic Mold and the Hidden Room: A Homeowner's Nightmare
http://www.abcnews.go.com/print?id=4102907

New light bulbs: good for the earth, bad for you?
http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-jan0708-toxic_light_bulbs.1d538c84.html

Compact fluorescent dilemma - column by Lara Bradley
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=846607&auth=Lara+Bradley

LoBiondo says scientist group to study mercury risks
http://www.nj.com/southjersey/index.ssf/2008/01/lobiondo_says_scientist_group.html

Hazardous Homes Part II: Household products that may be harmful
http://www.madison.com/wsj/topstories/index.php?ntid=265938

Polio vaccine 'kills' 2 children near Patna
http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14586238

Potentially Harmful Pesticides Found In All Human Subjects Tested
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080104102807.htm

January 7, 2007

Cows are dying, and farmers think they know why
http://www.startribune.com/business/13489261.html

Book Review-Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products
http://www.socialfunds.com/news/article.cgi/2445.html

Toxic Fumes Send Inmates to the Hospital
http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=7591385

Benzene concentrations in beverages
http://www.physorg.com/printnews.php?newsid=118925227

Trichloroethylene is a risk factor for parkinsonism
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-01/w-tia010708.php

Trichloroethylene (TCE) Is A Risk Factor For Parkinsonism, Study Shows
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080107181340.htm

Niosh May Conduct National Survey On Nurses' Exposure To Chemicals
http://www.ewg.org/node/25844

Hazardous Homes Part I: The mold menace
http://www.madison.com/wsj/topstories/index.php?ntid=265804

Detox - make a clean start for 2008
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080107/news/news6.html

Lightbulb-headache link rejected
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4346131a11.html

January 6, 2007

Laguna Niguel couple trail toxic toys
http://www.ocregister.com/news/lead-toys-toy-1954619-device-emma

An energy saving bulb has gone - evacuate the room now!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=506347&in_page_id=1965

Eczema Nightmare As Brits Move To Low-Energy Bulbs
http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/uk-and-international-news/2008/01/06/eczema-nightmare-as-brits-move-to-low-energy-bulbs-78057-20276009/

Baby dies after injection of Hepatitis B vaccine
http://www.thanhniennews.com/healthy/?catid=8&newsid=34798

Diesel emissions pose cancer threat
http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080106/NEWS01/801060360/1002/NEWS01

January 5, 2008

Want to be naturally gorgeous?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/you/article.html?in_article_id=506125&in_page_id=1908

WRAN Calls for Moratorium on Cellular Antennas and WiFi in Santa Cruz County
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/05/18470275.php

State may begin testing mercury levels in people
http://www.charlotte.com/205/story/433196.html

Health warning on low-energy bulbs
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jIRWnmHwKYljh8ASdsjL_HkBjv2Q

January 4, 2008

Spanish patients test positive for potentially toxic compounds: study
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/01/04/grenada-organic.html

January 3, 2008

Warning: Drug Ads Can Make You Sick
http://www.alternet.org/story/72357/

December 31, 2007

This Year Resolve To Update Cosmetics To Eco-Friendly Brands
http://www.ewg.org/node/25834

Links

Antioxidant Suggestions from Martin L. Pall, PhD
http://www.nutricology.com/proddesc/discuss/MartinPallAntioxidantSuggestions_NC.pdf

Surgery, Anesthesia and CFS/FM/MCS
http://www.anapsid.org/cnd/drugs/anesthesia.html

Tips for Anesthetics and Hospitalization with MCS
http://www.immuneweb.org/articles/anesthetics.html

Environmental News Network
http://www.enn.com/

No Spray: Nashville
http://www.nospraynashville.org/

Organic Mattresses: Nirvana
http://www.nontoxic.com/

Organic Mattresses: Lifekind
http://www.lifekind.com/

Direct Labs: Vaccine Titer Test (Avoid Booster Shots)
https://orders.directlabs.com/dl-locator/order_tests.aspx?re=40

CDC: Contraindications to Vaccination
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/should-not-vacc.htm

Sensitivity training: Multiple chemical sensitivity and the ADA
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3816/is_199801/ai_n8766981/print

Announcements

Daily News Feeds and Research Studies Delivered via Email:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mcsafeeds

MCS Safer Salvage and Share (a "safer" freecycle type group)
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/MCSA-safer-salvage-and-share

Scientific Studies

Wilson N, Horrocks J. Lessons from the removal of lead from gasoline for
controlling other environmental pollutants: a case study from New Zealand.
Environmental Health, 2008 7:1 (7 January 2008)
FULL TEXT:

http://www.ehjournal.net/content/pdf/1476-069x-7-1.pdf

Mitigating Methylmercury Exposure Study Confirms Potential of NAC as
Antidote and Biomarker
http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2008/116-1/ss.html#miti

The Association between Phthalates in Dust and Allergic Diseases among
Bulgarian Children
http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2007/10498/abstract.html

Air Pollution and Postneonatal Infant Mortality in the United States,
1999-2002
http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2007/10370/abstract.html

Asthmatic Symptoms among Pupils in Relation to Winter Indoor and Outdoor Air
Pollution in Schools in Taiyuan, China
http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2007/10576/abstract.html

Exercise in warm water decreases pain and improves cognitive function in
middle-aged women with fibromyalgia.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18173915?dopt=AbstractPlus

Apoptosis is Induced by Radiofrequency Fields through the
Caspase-Independent Mitochondrial Pathway in Cortical Neurons.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/18159956

Increased levels of numerical chromosome aberrations after in vitro exposure
of human peripheral blood lymphocytes to radiofrequency electromagnetic
fields for 72 hours
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/18159938


Children's respiratory health and mold levels in New Orleans after Katrina:
A preliminary look.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18179814?dopt=AbstractPlus

Bisphenol A is released from polycarbonate drinking bottles and mimics the
neurotoxic actions of estrogen in developing cerebellar neurons
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TCR-4R5F02G-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=21cc0cd4e254f78e3c9856ddd991039a

Lourdes "Sal" Salvador
www.mcs-america.org

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