Friday, November 18, 2011

NEWS, Science, & Links Summary for the W/E 11/18/2011

Tools to Evaluate Chemical Ingredients in Products
http://www.greenchemistryandcommerce.org/retailer.overview.php

Signatures gathered to put smart meter issue to Naperville voters
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-naperville-smart-meters-1117-20111117,0,1778612.story

Study shows nanoparticles used as additives in diesel fuels can travel from
lungs to liver
http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=23439.php

Brainflammation: The Role of the Innate Immune System in CNS Disorders
http://www.nyas.org/Events/Detail.aspx?cid=0b4785bf-4b6b-4bbd-9b22-0286aa7ad920


Study: Exposure to common air fresheners can cause allergies, asthma
http://www.infowars.com/study-exposure-to-common-air-fresheners-can-cause-allergies-asthma/

At Senate hearing, trade groups split over efforts to ravamp chemical-safety
law
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/at-senate-hearing-trade-groups-split-over-efforts-to-ravamp-chemical-safety-law/2011/11/17/gIQArxU9VN_story.html

BPA exposure can alter memory in adults, rodent study suggests.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/2011/11/2011-1116-bpa-memory-adult-rats/

Report: Secret Chemicals Revealed in Common Household Cleaners
http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/23337-1

TSA Puts Off Safety Study of X-ray Body Scanners
http://www.propublica.org/article/tsa-puts-off-safety-study-of-x-ray-body-scanners

J&J to nix baby-product contaminant within 2 years
http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-rt-us-johnsonandjohnsontre7ag02m-20111116,0,327780.story

Toxic chemicals all around us, Lewiston panelists say
http://www.sunjournal.com/news/city/2011/11/16/toxic-chemicals-all-around-us-lewiston-panelists-say/1116401

Toxic Beauty Products
http://technorati.com/women/article/toxic-beauty-products/

Richland Student Kicked Off School Bus For Spraying Perfume
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/15/richland-student-kicked-off-school-bus_n_1094958.html

Fragrance sensitivity a real health concern
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/opinionletters/940086-263/fragrance-sensitivity-a-real-health-concern.html

Europe Bans X-Ray Body Scanners Used at U.S. Airports
http://www.propublica.org/article/europe-bans-x-ray-body-scanners-used-at-u.s.-airports

Milk Thistle Extract Stops Lung Cancer in Mice, Study Shows
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111115145236.htm

Why Americans still breathe known hazards decades after 'clean air' law
http://www.iwatchnews.org/2011/11/16/7406/why-americans-still-breathe-known-hazards-decades-after-clean-air-law

Prefrontal Cortex and Executive Function Impairments in Primary Breast
Cancer
http://archneur.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/68/11/1447

Girl, 13, left in 'waking coma' and sleeps for 23 hours a day after severe
reaction to cervical cancer jabs
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2061267/Schoolgirl-Lucy-Hinks-left-waking-coma-severe-reaction-cervical-cancer-jab.html

NIH-Funded Study Finds Occupational Chemical Exosure May Be Linked to
Parkinson's Risk
http://www.nih.gov/news/health/nov2011/ninds-14.htm

Risk of disease partially set in womb, scientists say
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-pregnancy-guilt-20111113,0,917616.story

Air quality 'puts lives at risk'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15693627

California pioneers plan for trimming toxins
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/nov/12/california-pioneers-plan-reducing-toxins-consumer-/

Tarnished Gold: The Sickness of Evidence-based Medicine (Volume 1)
http://www.amazon.com/Tarnished-Gold-Sickness-Evidence-based-Medicine/dp/1466397292

Inhalable Toxic Chemicals in Aircraft Cabin Air
http://nigeriamasterweb.com/blog/index.php/2011/11/13/inhalable-toxic-chemicals-in-aircraft-cabin-air

Veteran battles disorder, and for his benefits
http://poststar.com/news/local/veteran-battles-disorder-and-for-his-benefits/article_a82842b4-0da2-11e1-a1cc-001cc4c002e0.html

What Does ExxonMobil Have to Do with Child Safety?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/amywestervelt/2011/11/11/what-does-exxonmobil-have-to-do-with-child-safety/

What stops children with a chronic illness accessing health care: a mixed
methods study in children with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic
Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME)
http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1472-6963-11-308.pdf

Mount Sinai ME/CFS Research Center Meeting for patients and doctors
http://www.enlander.com/conference.html

Diana Fairchild Passed Away on November 5th
http://obits.staradvertiser.com/2011/11/09/diana-fairchild/

Tap Water: Running A Risk?
http://www2.wspa.com/news/2011/nov/10/2/tap-water-running-risk-ar-2685246/

Many Are Claiming Health Problems Caused by Smart Meters
http://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/many-are-claiming-health-problems-caused-smart-meters?mid=5267

Fukushima crisis 'stunting children's growth'
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-10/fukushima-crisis-27stunting-children27s-growth27/3658940

[Influence of air pollution on birth weight].
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22070001

Many common beauty products may contain dangerous toxins
http://www.kwgn.com/news/kdvr-many-common-beauty-product-may-contain-dangerous-toxins-20111109,0,779286.story

Car interiors 'poisoning drivers'
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=487202&type=Metro

Pneumonia linked to smoke from cooking fires
Prenatal maternal exposure to woodsmoke also hurts kids' IQs
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/10/cooking-fire-pneumonia-risk.html

Research links pesticides, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/2011/09/2011-1104-pesticide-fat-predict-lymphoma/

Where regulators failed, citizens took action - testing their own air
http://www.iwatchnews.org/2011/11/10/7355/where-regulators-failed-citizens-took-action-testing-their-own-air

Lourdes Salvador
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