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WHO Regional Workshop on Chemical Safety
24 - 26th June 2013
The International Workshop to Strengthen Capacities for Sound Chemicals Management
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April 16, 2016 | Detroit News, Michigan
Researchers have found a ‘striking’ new side effect from eating fast food.
Detroit Public Schools water test results released Thursday show that 15 buildings have tested positive for high lead levels, including one where a drinking fountain recorded 100 times the allowable limit.
April 15, 2016 | Boston Globe, Massachusetts
EPA underestimates methane emissions.
A new study of Boston residents who live or spend time near Interstate 93 and the Massachusetts Turnpike has found that their exposure to microscopic metals and chemicals spewed from vehicles increases their chances of suffering a heart attack or stroke.
April 15, 2016 | Science News
Dangerous lead levels detailed at some Detroit Public Schools.
Rising amounts of greenhouse gas missed by environmental agency’s methods.
April 14, 2016 | London Evening Standard, United Kingdom
New evidence of the dangers of living near highways.
Asthmatic children are wearing pollution monitors and GPS trackers to measure how much noxious air they breathe in walking to school for a major study by a team of London scientists.
April 11, 2016 | Hans India
Asthmatic children wear monitors to track levels of pollution on way to school.
Countries with higher male smoking rates such as India and Bangladesh may develop higher asthma and wheezing rates as a result of more exposure to second-hand smoke, scientists say.
April 8, 2016 | Washington Post
Higher smoking rates will increase asthma risk in India: study
A chemical used to make plastic IV tubes and catheters has been linked to attention deficit disorder in children who received treatment for a serious illness, according to a new study.
April 6, 2016 | New York Times
Maternal smoking influences epigenetic programming of unborn child's genetic make-up.
Research indicates that the insect repellent, if not overapplied, is fine to use to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes that could be carrying Zika.
April 6, 2016 | News-Medical.net
Banned chemical still used in hospital IVs is linked to attention deficit disorder.
If mothers smoke during pregnancy, they influence the epigenetic programming of their unborn child's genetic make-up in the long term. This may give rise to an increased risk of the development of disease risks later in the child's life.
April 4, 2016 | Indo-Asian News Service
DEET seen as safe for pregnant women despite limited studies.
Exposure of common plastic chemical on the developing mammary gland in the womb is likely to spurt the growth of breast cancer in women, reveals a new study.
April 3, 2016 | Environmental Health Perspectives
Chemical exposure to foetal mammary gland can up breast cancer risk.
A study published in this issue of EHP found not only no association between prenatal phthalate exposures and increased body fat in children, but also that high exposure to di phthalate (DEHP) was associated with lower body fat.
April 1, 2016 | MPBN Radio, Maine
Phthalates and childhood body fat: Study finds no evidence of obesogenicity.
Two-thirds of food cans sampled around the country, including in Maine, contain bisphenol A - or BPA - making canned foods a major source of the hormone-disrupting chemical.
March 31, 2016 | CBS News
BPA found in two-thirds of sampled food cans.
A number of studies have found evidence that air pollution may contribute to the problem of preterm births, raising babies' risk of health complications. Now for the first time researchers are putting a price tag on the impact.
March 29, 2016 | Sunday Post, United Kingdom
Premature births linked to air pollution cost U.S. billions.
Cancer-causing chemicals do lurk in artificial football pitches according to lab tests ordered by The Sunday Post.
March 28, 2016 | Associated Press
OSHA releases new silica guidelines for workplace.
California plans to delay state-required warnings on metal cans lined with the chemical BPA, arguing too-specific warnings could scare stores and shoppers in poor neighborhoods away from some of the only fruits and vegetables available — canned ones, officials said Thursday.
March 28, 2016 | Casper Star-Tribune, Wyoming
Fresh fears over plastic pitches causing cancer as lab tests reveal carcinogens.
Some 2.3 million people are estimated to be exposed to silica at work, primarily in the construction industry but also in the oilfield, where it is used as a component in fracking.
March 25, 2016 | New York Times
EPA touts assessing chemical risks, proposing rules.
The Labor Department plans to announce on Thursday new rules that sharply reduce workplace exposure to silica, a potentially deadly mineral found in materials commonly used in construction and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
March 25, 2016 | Bloomberg BNA
Chemical warning may scare poor from canned food.
Refining risk assessments of chemicals in commerce, proposing rules to ban or restrict certain uses of some chemicals, and issuing final rules on nanomaterials and formaldehyde emissions are among the EPA's priorities for 2016, officials said.
March 24, 2016 | CBC Canada
China's cancer rates exploding, more than 4 million people diagnosed in 2015
The way bumblebees get pollen from wildflowers changes when the insects are exposed to commonly used neonicotinoid pesticides according to new research at the University of Guelph.
March 24, 2016 | Australia ABC News, Australia
New rules aim to reduce silica exposure at work sites.
In some of the industrial provinces, lung cancer rates have increased a staggering four-fold, but authorities seem reluctant to acknowledge—let alone deal with - the epidemic.
March 16, 2016 | Nature
Women need better protection against toxic chemicals.
Study in mice suggests that behaviour of parents influences health of children through 'epigenetic' inheritance. This is the first time that such an effect has been observed with egg cells.
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