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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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October 23, 2014 | Newsweek
Hand sanitizer speeds absorption of BPA from receipts
Though BPA in plastics has borne the brunt of public and media attention, it may be the paper that is most worrisome. A new study published today has found that BPA is absorbed more quickly and extensively when people apply hand sanitizers before handling receipts.
October 22, 2014 | Nature World News
Killer pesticides not effective, says EPA
Remember those dangerous neonicotinoid pesticides that experts are blaming for the tragic mass death of our pollinators? It turns out that they aren't even all that good at their job, leaving coated crops no better off than if they were left untreated. That's according to a new report released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
October 18, 2014 | CNN International
Thirdhand smoke poses lingering danger
A chemical that's in a lot of household products may be hurting children's IQ's. Women who had a high amount of the chemicals called di-n-butyl phthalate and di-isobutyl phthalate in their bodies during pregnancy gave birth to children who had markedly lower IQ scores, according to a new study running in the journal PLOS One.
October 14, 2014 | Washington Post
Hazardous chemicals in your pizza box?
Petition asks FDA to ban them. U.S. manufacturers stopped using a hazardous chemical in pizza boxes and other food wrappers three years ago — but it may still be seeping into your takeout food because foreign companies can still use perchlorate and perfluorocarboxylates (PFCs) in paper products imported into the United States.
October 14, 2014 | EPA Pesticide News
BPA in the air: Manufacturing plants in Ohio, Indiana, Texas are top emitters
EPA and the manufacturers of the insecticide methomyl have agreed to cancel the use of methomyl on barley, oat, and rye, limit its use on wheat to Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, and reduce the application rates and the number of applications for some crops by 20-50%. These actions are in response to EPA’s evaluation of data showing risk from methomyl in drinking water. EPA is taking this action to protect human health and the environment.
October 8, 2014 | Canadian Press
Neonicotinoid pesticides linked to bee deaths are 'biggest threat' to ecosystem, Ontario watchdog says.
The widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides by Ontario farmers, which has been linked to the deaths of bees, could have a "massive impact" on our ecological system, the province's environment watchdog warned.
October 6, 2014 | EPA Newsroom
Pesticide use by farmers linked to high rates of depression, suicides
In recognizing January as National Radon Action Month, EPA encourages Americans around the country to test their homes for this naturally occurring radioactive gas and make 2015 a healthier, safer new year.
September 25, 2014 | The Bangkok Post
The Minamata Convention on Mercury: Towards Its Early Entry Into Force and Effective Implementation
Its health risks are well documented, but some Thai industry leaders insist the material can be used safely and are digging in against a push to outlaw it Please credit and share this article with others using this link:http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/special-reports/446179/the-battle-to-ban-asbestos. View our policies at http://goo.gl/9HgTd and http://goo.gl/ou6Ip. © Post Publishing PCL. All rights reserved.
September 16, 2014 | BBC News
Why banning dangerous chemicals is not enough
Air pollution is linked to increased risk of developing an irregular heartbeat and blood clots in the lung, research suggests. The impact of air pollution on the risk of heart attack and stroke is less clear, say UK experts. Analysis of data from England and Wales shows air pollution is particularly harmful in the elderly.
August 29, 2014 | Natural News
Glyphosate - The silent danger causing lead poisoning in pregnant women
The fight taking place doesn't always involve guns on the battlefield. Sometimes the battlefield is something quiet and innocent like a field of crops. The gun is sometimes the chemical pesticides and herbicides soaking into the plants, loading up in the soil. The pesticides and herbicides fire back silently through the water, bonding to heavy metals like lead in the process, while transporting the toxins more readily into the blood of humans.
August 27, 2014 | Science News
WHO calls for stronger action on climate-related health risks
Coffee’s caffeine jolt evolved independently from that of tea and chocolate, a genetic analysis of the popular bean reveals. Researchers deciphered the genome of Coffea canephora, the second-most cultivated species of coffee and a parent of C. arabica, the source of the world’s best-selling cup of joe. Within C. canephora’s 11 chromosome pairs, the team found many duplicated genes, including ones that produce caffeine. Such duplications may let organisms make more of those genes’ products and evolve new or better-functioning proteins.
August 14, 2014 | Scientific American News
Disinfectant causes reproductive problems in mice
Young frogs exposed to flame retardants have weakened immune systems, which could leave them more susceptible to diseases that are ravaging amphibians worldwide
August 11, 2014 | Chemical & Engineering News
Agreement to cancel methomyl use on some crops
Regulation: Chemical industry fought for recycling of polystyrene instead. The market for alternatives to expanded polystyrene food and beverage containers got a significant boost last week when New York City finalized its ban on these materials, despite heavy lobbying by the chemical industry.
July 24, 2014 | Newsweek
Exposure to pesticides when pregnant linked to 3 generations of disease
In the post-Silent Spring 1960s, when the pesticide DDT was discovered to be toxic to humans and wildlife and to persist for years in the environment, farmers and landscapers turned enthusiastically to Methoxychlor. The pesticide—also commercially known as Chemform, Methoxo, Metox or Moxie—had a much shorter half-life and was billed as the safe alternative to DDT. Now, new research argues that exposure to the pesticide could cause diseases three generations later, in offspring who were never exposed to the Methoxychlor themselves.
July 1, 2014 | Medical Daily
Environmental impacts of neonicotinoid pesticides are now 'impossible to deny
When it comes to what causes some mental health disorders, like autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), scientists are still in the dark. However, they do know conditions like these are caused in part by genetics, and in other parts, by the environment. A new study shows how the environment can cause ADHD, by finding an association between its development and exposure to a common household pesticide.
June 28, 2014 | EPA
Health risks of e-cigarettes emerge
EPA is releasing an assessment for public comment on the potential for human health risk of the pesticide chlorpyrifos. This assessment shows some risks to workers who mix, load and apply chlorpyrifos pesticide products. When used in large amounts, chlorpyrifos has the potential to pose risks in limited geographic areas when drinking water from small watersheds. There were no additional risks from pesticide exposures in food or exposures to bystanders and workers from airborne chlorpyrifos. The latest USDA pesticide residue data show no concerns for chlorpyrifos in food, with the pesticide detected in less than 1% of samples.
June 23, 2014 | Newsweek
Autism risk much higher for children of pregnant women living near agricultural pesticide areas
Pregnant women who live near agricultural land where pesticides are applied have a 60 percent higher risk of giving birth to children with autism or other developmental delays.
June 11, 2014 | HealthDay News
Banned Pesticides, Toxic Metals Found Near Long Island Homes for Veterans, USA
Pregnant women exposed to air pollution are five times more likely to have children who develop behavior problems related to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, a new study reports.
June 10, 2014 | Scientific American News
Children and pregnant women should eat more fish
Federal officials on Tuesday announced major changes in advice to pregnant and breastfeeding women by recommending consumption of at least 8 ounces of low-mercury fish per week.
June 10, 2014 | Scientific American News
US FDA, EPA advise pregnant women, children to eat more low-mercury fish
Scientists at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have found that bisphenol A does not affect the health of rats fed low doses. Other scientists say the study is flawed.
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