News tagged with dioxins
Chemical cocktail affects humans and the environment
Throughout our lives we are exposed to an enormous range of man-made chemicals, from food, water, medicines, cosmetics, clothes, shoes and the air we breathe. At the request of the EU, researchers at the University of Gothenburg, ...
Mar 29, 2010 |
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E-waste trade ban won't end environmental threat
A proposal under debate in the U.S. Congress to ban the export of electronics waste would likely make a growing global environmental problem even worse, say authors of an article from the journal Environmental Science an ...
Mar 22, 2010 |
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Decades-old dioxins pollute river, divide US community
The signs posted along Michigan's Tittabawassee River warning of dangerous dioxin levels don't really worry fisherman David Mitchell.
Dec 13, 2009 |
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Toxic legacy seeps from melting Alpine glaciers: study
Swiss researchers have found that Alpine glaciers melting under the impact of climate change are releasing highly toxic pollutants that had been absorbed by the ice for decades.
Oct 14, 2009 |
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EPA reviews Univ. of Michigan dioxin study
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development has completed its review of a dioxin exposure study conducted by the University of Michigan in the Midland-Saginaw, Michigan area. EPA found the study ...
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Environmental chemicals found in breast milk and high incidence of testicular cancer
A comparison of breast milk samples from Denmark and Finland revealed a significant difference in environmental chemicals which have previously been implicated in testicular cancer or in adversely affecting development of ...
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Survey: Dioxin levels high in Vietnam near US base
(AP) -- New environmental tests confirm extremely high levels of dioxin, the toxic ingredient of Agent Orange, in people, fish and soil near a former U.S. air base where American troops stored the herbicide ...
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Dioxins in food chain linked to breastfeeding ills
Exposure to dioxins during pregnancy harms the cells in rapidly-changing breast tissue, which may explain why some women have trouble breastfeeding or don't produce enough milk, according to a University of Rochester Medical ...
Jun 10, 2009 |
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EPA announces dioxin review, plans for Dow cleanup
(AP) -- The federal government is taking another look at the long-debated question of how chemicals called dioxins affect human health and the environment.
May 26, 2009 |
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