News tagged with endocrine disruption

UA tests consumer water filters for contaminant removal

A University of Arizona study of pour-through and refrigerator water filtration devices and the chemicals they removed is scheduled for publication in the March issue of Good Housekeeping.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Clinicians Attempt to Prenatally Prevent Homosexuality

(PhysOrg.com) -- "This is the first we know in the history of medicine that clinicians are actively trying to prevent homosexuality," says Alice Dreger, professor of clinical medical humanities and bioethics at Northwestern ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 01, 2010 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (45) | comments 460 | with audio podcast

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Green-glowing fish provides new insights into health impacts of pollution

Understanding the damage that pollution causes to both wildlife and human health is set to become much easier thanks to a new green-glowing zebrafish. Created by a team from the University of Exeter, the fish ...

Biology / Other

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers discover cellular system for detecting and responding to poisons and pathogens

Two Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)-based research teams, along with a group from the University of California at San Diego, have discovered that animals have a previously unknown system for detecting and responding ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

PCBs levels down in Norwegian polar bears

It's never been easy to be a polar bear. They may have to go months without eating. Their preferred food, seal, requires enormous luck and patience to catch. Add to that the melting of Arctic sea ice due to climate change, ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Domestic consumption main contributor to Africa's growing e-waste

West Africa faces a rising tide of e-waste generated by domestic consumption of new and used electrical and electronic equipment, according to a new United Nations report. Domestic consumption makes up the majority (up to ...

Space & Earth / Environment

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Light dependency underlies beneficial jetlag in racehorses

A new study has shown that racehorses are extremely sensitive to changes in daily light and, contrary to humans, can adapt very quickly to sudden shifts in the 24-hour light-dark cycle, such as those resulting from a transmeridian ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find high levels of toxic PCBs in Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal

University of Iowa researchers have found high levels of toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the deep sediments lining the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal (IHSC) in East Chicago, Ind. Scientists say the discovery is cause ...

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created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Chinese team develop fuel cell that can clean water as it generates electricity

(PhysOrg.com) -- Yanbiao Liu and his colleagues from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, have succeeded in building a device capable of both cleaning wastewater and producing electricity from it. Using light as ...

Chemistry / Other

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Research shows 'BPA-free' bottles live up to manufacturers' claims

The alarm caused by bisphenol A (BPA) presence in reusable plastic bottles resulted in a recent industry change, producing products made with supposed BPA-free materials.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Flooding of farmland does not increase levels of potentially harmful flame retardants in milk

As millions of acres of farmland in the U.S. Midwest and South recover from Mississippi River flooding, scientists report that river flooding can increase levels of potentially harmful flame retardants in ...

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created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First report on bioaccumulation and processing of antibacterial ingredient TCC in fish

In the first report on the uptake and internal processing of triclocarban (TCC) in fish, scientists today reported strong evidence that TCC — an antibacterial ingredient in some soaps and the source of environmental ...

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created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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