Environmental Health

Early exposure to candles, cats and environmental tobacco smoke showed greatest impact ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL - (DECEMBER 5, 2019) - A new article in Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College…

Treatment train for a PFAS compound known by its trade name, GenXCredit: Colorado State University A cluster of industrial chemicals known by the shorthand term "PFAS" has infiltrated the far reaches of our planet with significance…

Credit: World Health Organisation The tropical disease Leishmaniasis is being tackled by catching female sand flies who carry the parasite that causes the disease. Scientists led by Dr Orin Courtenay of Warwick University and…

Long-term exposure to hydrocarbons in the air may be a risk factor for ischemic stroke development, according to a study published December 4, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Han-Wei Zhang of China Medical University, Taiwan,…

With more than a quarter of the professionals expected to retire in five years, a national effort is needed for preparedness, according to study by Baylor University and national health partnersCredit: Baylor University Hundreds of…

The PETA International Science Consortium will send Dr. Baylor Steele and Dr. Aline Chary to an Institute for In Vitro Sciences WorkshopCredit: PETA Gaithersburg, Md. -- A toxicologist with the U.S. Environmental Protection…

NIH Telomere Research Network will establish best practices for measuring telomere length and how it can be used as a sentinel of aging-related disease riskCredit: Jennifer Zdon, Tulane University Tulane University neuroscientist Dr.…

Findings show radon tests of less than 90 days are imprecise up to 99 percent of the time As awareness increases about the health danger of radon gas, more people are making the decision to test their homes for the deadly gas. A University…

In pregnant women, exposure to cooking fumes was related to an increased risk of their children having hyperactivity behaviors at the age of 3 years. The findings come from an Indoor Air study of 45,518 mothers of children who were newly…

Credit: NIEHS Scientists at the National Institutes of Health found that women who use permanent hair dye and chemical hair straighteners have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than women who don't use these products.…