Tag: Health
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Chinese Media Criticized for Touting ‘Benefits’ of Shanghai’s Air Pollution
For Chinese citizens worried about smog, which has been blanketing major cities and smashing air pollution records recently, China’s state media has some advice: look on the bright side. [caption id="attachment_314836" align="alignnone" width="500"] Shanghai’s concentration of toxic particulate matter (PM) reached 602.5 micrograms per cubic meter last week—the highest level since records began last December.…
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Spike in Water Lead Levels Coincided with Rise in Miscarriages
Pregnant women in Washington, D.C. experienced an unusually high number of late-term miscarriages during the same time period that lead levels were dangerously high in the city’s drinking water and the public was unaware of the problem, a study has found. Authors of the study, scheduled to be published in the journal Environmental Science and…
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Beware: Toxic Chemicals Found in Holiday Garland Beads
Those festive beaded garlands and necklaces that make holidays and Mardi Gras merry have a scary side. New research has found hazardous chemicals in these plastic beaded products. The research, a collaboration between the Ecology Center’s website HealthyStuff.org and VerdiGras, found most beads have at least one hazardous chemical that has been linked to serious health threats. [caption id="attachment_314701" align="alignnone" width="500"]…
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8 Scary Facts About Antibiotic Resistance
Many of us who get the flu this winter will demand antibiotics from our doctors. And hopefully, your doctor will turn you down. Antibiotics, which kill bacteria, don’t cure the flu. That’s because the flu is caused by a virus, not bacteria. So your doctor would be prescribing an unnecessary drug. [caption id="attachment_314492" align="alignnone" width="500"]…
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Are Chemicals in Drinking Water Giving People Cancer?
Traces of 18 unregulated chemicals were found in drinking water from more than one-third of U.S. water utilities in a nationwide sampling, according to new, unpublished research by federal scientists. Included are 11 perfluorinated compounds, an herbicide, two solvents, caffeine, an antibacterial compound, a metal and an antidepressant, reports Environmental Health News. [caption id=”attachment_314320″ align=”alignnone”…