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Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
A third of the world's population lacks sufficient vitamins and minerals in their diet. Each year nutritional deficiencies contribute to the deaths...
Environmental Health Perspectives, 12/01/07 by Erin E. Dooley · More from publication -
O Happy day for malaria treatment
A new understanding of malaria pathogenesis could guide the development of new antimalarial drugs. A study published in the 30 October 2007 issue...
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Breastfeeding trumps DDT
Given that a number of organochlorine pesticides such as DDT can be passed from mothers to infants through breast milk, breastfeeding has been...
Environmental Health Perspectives, 12/01/07 by Erin E. Dooley · More from publication -
Artisanal diamond mining gets a hand
Although artisanal diamond mining doesn't use toxic chemicals such as mercury in the way artisanal gold mining does, the process does contribute to...
Environmental Health Perspectives, 12/01/07 by Erin E. Dooley · More from publication -
World Resources Institute: climate, energy, and transport program
The World Resources Institute (WRI) works to advance scientifically based principles of sustainable and socially equitable development among...
Environmental Health Perspectives, 11/01/07 by Erin E. Dooley · More from publication -
What keeps little ones up at night
Studies in the July 2007 issue of Early Human Development and the September 2007 issue of Pediatrics have uncovered factors that may disrupt infant...
Environmental Health Perspectives, 10/01/07 by Erin E. Dooley · More from publication -
Sussing out high blood pressure in kids
About 2 million U.S. children and adolescents are estimated to have high blood pressure, but 1.5 million of their cases may be undiagnosed,...
Environmental Health Perspectives, 10/01/07 by Erin E. Dooley · More from publication -
Green school movement
Green schools, with features such as natural lighting and low-emission building materials, generally see lower rates of asthma and allergies among...
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Early puberty among U.S. girls
The risk of breast cancer can increase by as much as 50% in women who reach menarche at age 12 compared with age 16. Other possible effects of...
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Cars, kids, and cigarettes don't mix
In August 2007 New York City councilman James Gennaro proposed a city ban on smoking in cars with passengers under the age of 18, following the...
Environmental Health Perspectives, 10/01/07 by Erin E. Dooley · More from publication
