Pilots had to wear emergency oxygen masks in flight due to toxic fumes
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/2122646/Pilots-forced-to-wear-emergency-oxygen-masks-in-flight-due-to-toxic-fumes.html?service=print
That 'new shower curtain smell' gives off toxic chemicals, study finds
http://www.latimes.com/la-me-showercurtain13-2008jun13,0,771368.story
June 12, 2008
Ingredients that present an environmental risk
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/12/BAL21103UD.DTL
Toxic shower curtains? Study overblown, experts say
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080612/shower_curtain_080612/20080612?hub=Health
Chemical imbalance
http://www.csindy.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=26500
Vinyl Shower Curtains Release Toxic Chemicals
http://www.environmentaldefence.ca/pressroom/viewnews.php?id=419
Your shower curtain could make you sick
http://yourhome.ca/homes/article/442068
Plastic shower curtains may leak PVCs
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080612.wshowers0612/BNStory/National/home
House bill would ban BPA in food, beverage packaging
http://www.enviroblog.org/2008/06/house-bill-would-ban-bpa-in-fo.htm
June 11, 2008
Wal-Mart, Toys R Us to remove products with BPA
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzplas0612,0,7719518,print.story
Parents in New York call for choice on vaccinations
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080611/NEWS01/806110361/1002/NEWS
How Much Radiation Does Your Phone Emit?
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/11/how-much-radiation-does-your-phone-emit/index.html?hp
Mold: Underwriters Endorsing CGL to Remove Coverage
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2008/06/11/90833.htm
House passes Hastings amendment to protect students from mold in schools
http://www.thewestsidegazette.com/News/article/article.asp?NewsID=89170&sID=13&ItemSource=L
Parents protest school vaccination policy in Albany
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/crime/ny-stskul115722157jun11,0,7245821.story
Toxic metals make Bloreans gasp
http://www.deccanherald.com/DeccanHerald.com/Content/Jun112008/scroll2008061172858.asp?section=updatenews
Toxic hazards
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2008/06/11/news0116.htm
Toxic sofa burns TV star baby
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1275636.ece
Baby bottles safe, FDA official says
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.plastic11jun11,0,2871056.story
June 10, 2008
In Santa Fe, Wi-Fi plan opposed by 'electrically sensitive'
http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_9542308
CFL Bulbs: Good For Planet, Bad For Humans?
http://www.ktiv.com/News/index.php?ID=26171
Mercury Tooth Fillings: FDA Does an About Face
http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/labnotes/archive/2008/06/10/mercury-tooth-fillings-fda-does-an-about-face.aspx
Alternatives to toxic mosquito repellents
http://www.mexiadailynews.com/variety/local_story_162104440.html?keyword=topstory
Is Tattoo Ink Toxic?
You May Want to Think Twice Before Getting That Dragon
http://www.thedailygreen.com/green-homes/eco-friendly/tattoo-ink-toxic-460608
One Family's Toxic FEMA Trailer Nightmare
http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3242
Filthy, hot, humid air got you seeing red? Making sense of the color codes
http://www.examiner.com/a-1433460~Filthy__hot__humid_air_got_you_seeing_red__Making_sense_of_the_color_codes.html
10-year study tracks health of 200,000 cell users
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080610/cellphone_study_080610/20080610?hub=Health
Yellow duckies and other killers
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080610.wcowent10/BNStory/specialComment/
In hotel, illness faded
http://www.sunherald.com/pageone/story/614154.html
Clean the healthy way
http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/all-powerofprevention.6422791jun10,0,2037615.story
Dipel spraying: why no warning?
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/letters/story.html?id=f0371e33-5dd6-48dc-940c-95e8b8e4294e
Teens stressed and sleepless because of mobile phones
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=39058
June 9, 2008
Bothered by cell phones
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/33059/title/Bothered_by_cell_phones
Persistent Man-made Chemical Pollutants Found In Deep-sea Octopods And
Squids
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080609155135.htm
Emergency Pesticide Ban for Saving the Honeybee
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/honeybeePesticideBan.php
Chemical-free park
http://durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/08/news080609_1.htm
June 8, 2008
Effects of controversial chemical sensitivity disorder all too real
http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/lifestyle/view/2008_06_08_Effects_of_controversial_chemical_sensitivity_disorder_all_too_real/
June 7, 2008
Lead findings shock processors
http://www.startribune.com/sports/outdoors/19620449.html?location_refer=Outdoors
Experiment in Treatment Seeks to Remove Toxins
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1421250/experiment_in_treatment_seeks_to_remove_toxins/
Sick school syndrome
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080607.wcentre07/BNStory/Front/home/?pageRequested=all
Cancer and households link probed
http://www.thestar.co.za/?fArticleId=4442743
Mercury in Dental Fillings: What You Need to Know?
http://www.newslocale.org/health/hnews/mercury_in_dental_fillings:_what_you_need_to_know?_200806061432.html
June 6, 2008
Ontario's smog causes 9,500 deaths per year, medical association says
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/06/06/smog-deaths.html
Fungi fundamentals
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080606.wcentre07side1/BNStory/National
UC research shows risk of ALS exposure in Gulf War veterans is time limited
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-06/uoc-urs060408.php
Power line fight continues
http://www.canada.com/surreynow/news/story.html?id=7dbee191-7cc9-4037-9571-b0d5a9e573a7
June 5, 2008
Argos toxic sofa 'killed our mum'
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1247410.ece
June 2, 2008
A Timely Truth Untold... Again
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deirdre-imus/a-timely-truth-untold-aga_b_104711.html?view=print
June 2008
Pesticides blamed for plummeting salmon stocks
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn14091-pesticides-blamed-for-plummeting-salmon-stocks-.html
Contaminated Education? Toxic Schools and the Leasing Loophole
http://www.brooklynrail.org/2008/06/local/contaminated-education-toxic-schools-and-the-leasing-loophole
May 29, 2008
Getting home sick in Japan
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/getting-home-sick-in-japan/2008/05/28/1211654119172.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
May 28, 2008
Poisoned settee burned baby
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1214496.ece
May 20, 2008
Environmental Espionage: Inside a Chemical Company's Louisiana Spy Op
http://www.motherjones.com/cgi-bin/print_article.pl?url=http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2008/05/environmental-espionage-chemical-company-spy-op.html
Links
Health Concerns Associated withEnergy Efficecient Lighting and Their
Electromagnetic Emissions
http://weepinitiative.org/LINKEDDOCS/scientific/08_Havas_CFL_SCENIHR.pdf
Volatile Vinyl: The New Shower Curtains's Chemical Smell
Center for Health, Environment, and Justice
http://www.latimes.com/media/acrobat/2008-06/39913684.pdf
Scientific Studies
Oishi K, Sato T, Yokoi W, Yoshida Y, Ito M, Sawada H. Effect of Probiotics,
Bifidobacterium breve and Lactobacillus casei, on Bisphenol A Exposure in
Rats. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2008 Jun 7
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Beatriz Valera , Eric Dewailly and Paul Poirier.
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Genetic Variation in Glutathione-Related Genes and Body Burden of
Methylmercury
http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2008/10804/abstract.html
Relationship of Thyroid Hormone Levels to Levels of Polychlorinated
Biphenyls, Lead, p,p´-DDE, and Other Toxicants in Akwesasne Mohawk Youth
http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2008/10490/abstract.html
Developmental Exposure to Perchlorate Alters Synaptic Transmission in
Hippocampus of the Adult Rat
http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2008/11089/abstract.html
Emergence of Delayed Methylmercury Toxicity after Perinatal Exposure in
Metallothionein-Null and Wild-Type C57BL Mice
http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2008/10906/abstract.html
Recent Advances and Opportunities in Research on Lupus: Environmental
Influences and Mechanisms of Disease
http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2008/11092/abstract.html
Circulating Cytokine Levels Compared to Pain in Patients with Fibromyalgia -
A Prospective Longitudinal Study Over 6 Months.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18528959?dopt=AbstractPlus
A 14-week, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Monotherapy Trial
of Pregabalin in Patients With Fibromyalgia.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18524684?dopt=AbstractPlus
Diffuse musculoskeletal pain is not associated with low vitamin D levels or
improved by treatment with vitamin D.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18431091?dopt=AbstractPlus
Disruption of dopamine transport by DDT and its metabolites.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18533268?dopt=AbstractPlus
IFN-gamma mediated pathways in patients with fatigue and chronic active
Epstein Barr virus-infection.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17945348?dopt=AbstractPlus
Exposure data for cosmetic products: facial cleanser, hair conditioner, and
eye shadow.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18243463?dopt=AbstractPlus
High plasma levels of MCP-1 and eotaxin provide evidence for an
immunological basis of fibromyalgia.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18535166?dopt=AbstractPlus
Arsenic upregulates MMP-9 and inhibits wound repair in human airway
epithelial cells.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18539681?dopt=AbstractPlus
Occupational Exposure to Dibutyl Phthalate Among Manicurists.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18545098?dopt=AbstractPlus
Central nervous system abnormalities in fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue
syndrome: new concepts in treatment.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18537652?dopt=AbstractPlus
Altered intestinal permeability in patients with primary fibromyalgia and in
patients with complex regional pain syndrome.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18540025?dopt=AbstractPlus
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