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Keep the sprays away? Home pesticides linked to Childhood cancers
Previous studies have suggested a link between pesticide use in the home and childhood hematopoietic tumors, the most common type of childhood...
Environmental Health Perspectives, 12/01/07 by Tina Adler · More from publication -
VOCs turn up in well water: sensitive measure reveals groundwater contaminant
About 15% of the U.S. population get their drinking and household water from a largely unmonitored source: private residential wells. About 400,000...
Environmental Health Perspectives, 11/01/07 by Tina Adler · More from publication -
When the attack comes before the asthma: violence increases risk from pollution
Chronic physical or emotional stress is known to impair the immune system, a link that may explain some of the health disparities found among...
Environmental Health Perspectives, 08/01/07 by Tina Adler · More from publication -
Dangerous wait
You think waiting for the cable guy is bad? Some families must wait more than a year for a lead abatement team to remove or contain the lead that...
Environmental Health Perspectives, 06/01/07 by Tina Adler · More from publication -
A deadly MIF
Up to 2 million children die each year from malaria, with about half dying from malaria-induced anemia. Scientists aren't sure why some malaria...
Environmental Health Perspectives, 09/01/06 by Tina Adler · More from publication -
The radical theory of sneezing
Anyone with common seasonal allergies knows perfectly well what's causing their misery: pollen! And allergists know why pollen makes people sneeze:...
Environmental Health Perspectives, 11/01/05 by Tina Adler · More from publication -
Questioning lead standards: even low levels shave points off IQ
The maximum blood lead concentration deemed acceptable for children has declined over the years, from 60 micrograms per deciliter ([micro]g/dL) in...
Environmental Health Perspectives, 07/01/05 by Tina Adler · More from publication -
The arsenic differential: metabolism varies between children and adults
Worldwide, millions of people drink water contaminated with arsenic, but not everyone who drinks contaminated water has the same severity of...
Environmental Health Perspectives, 06/01/05 by Tina Adler · More from publication -
The Great Lakes: awash in policies
When a national resource has 8,300 miles of shoreline and 6 quadrillion gallons of fresh water--making it the largest surface freshwater system on...
Environmental Health Perspectives, 03/01/05 by Tina Adler · More from publication -
Ethics in environmental health
When it comes to the ethics of health research, "there's been a presumption that ethicists and ethics committees will be in charge and solve...
Environmental Health Perspectives, 12/01/04 by Tina Adler · More from publication
