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Industrial chemicals linked to attention problems in Massachusetts children.
New research suggests that PCBs, which were first linked to learning problems in children more than two decades ago, may play a role in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, too. Boys in New Bedford who were exposed to higher levels of PCBs in the womb scored lower on focus and concentration tests, which indicates they are more likely to have attention problems related to ADHD, according to a newly published study. All of the children studied were born to mothers who lived near the contaminated harbor and dumpsites in this low-income community but their exposures were comparable to children's levels throughout the United States so the link to attention problems could exist in other communities, too. Environmental Health News. 5 March 2012.
The microbiologist: Tweaking genes to help corals survive climate change.
Kim Ritchie, a molecular biologist at Florida's Mote Marine Laboratory, is pushing the frontiers of gene therapy, harnessing beneficial bacteria to help coral reefs weather pollution, overfishing and climate change. A Climate Query. Daily Climate. 29 February 2012.
Essay: Feeling the blues while adapting to winter's 'new normal.'
As February wanes, a Montanan escapes for a ski on a rare snowy day and considers how we could lose winter as we know it – and what that would mean for our future. Daily Climate. 27 February 2012.
Opinion: A scientist's sting goes awry.
Peter Gleick's misbegotten attempt to vice-squad his antagonists doesn't make the case for climate science any stronger. Daily Climate. 22 February 2012.
Long-awaited dioxins report released; EPA says low doses risky but most people safe.
After 21 years of wrangling over health threats, uncertain science and industry pressure, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday released its assessment of dioxins defining how toxic they are. Environmental Health News. 18 February 2012.
Hearts and air pollution: Five deadly air pollutants on five continents.
Around the world, breathing a variety of air pollutants – in some cases for a single day – increases the chance that people will suffer heart attacks, according to a new analysis published Tuesday. For the first time, scientists analyzed previous studies from five continents to verify and quantify the links between air pollution and heart health. They found that short-term exposure – less than seven days – to all major air pollutants except ozone was associated with an increase in heart attacks. Environmental Health News. 15 February 2012.
The analyst: Preparing insurers for a stormy future..
Climate change will likely intensify storm surges, wildfires, drought and more, putting the insurance industry in an economic bind. Sharlene Leurig is working to find a more sustainable - and profitable - future. A Climate Query. Daily Climate. 15 February 2012.
In the Andes, freak cold extracts a brutal toll.
Climate change alters the environment in complex ways. The Andes, warming for decades, has seen three bitter winters that have left more than 400 dead and aid agencies scrambling. Experts see the fingerprints of global warming there, too. Daily Climate. 13 February 2012.
Is cadmium the new lead? Link reported between the ubiquitous metal and kids with learning disabilities.
It’s a heavy metal. It’s linked to learning problems in school children. And every child is exposed. Sounds like lead? It’s cadmium. Children with higher cadmium levels are three times more likely to have learning disabilities and participate in special education, according to new research. Absorbed from the soil, cadmium is found in certain foods, particularly potatoes, grains, sunflower seeds and leafy greens, as well as tobacco. It also is used in some inexpensive children’s jewelry, prompting new voluntary industry standards last fall. Harvard's Robert Wright said the links to learning disabilities and special education were found at commonplace levels previously thought to be benign. Environmental Health News. 10 February 2012.
Caught with the packaging? Widespread plasticizer clouds doping tests of cyclists.
In the race to catch drug cheats, sports officials are turning to more sophisticated tests. Since cheaters are rarely caught red-handed, scientists devised a plan to catch them with the packaging – inside their bodies – by looking for residues of a plasticizer. But the chemical is so ubiquitous that it has clouded the results of these blood doping tests. Environmental Health News. 9 February 2012.
It's the economy. And politics. And not much else.
Economics and political cues dictate climate change concern for a public that has a remarkably short attention span on the topic, researchers find. Extreme weather and science-based education efforts have 'only a minor effect.' Daily Climate. 6 February 2012.
Authors of Wall Street Journal climate piece downplay industry ties.
Half of the 16 scientists who penned a controversial Wall Street Journal opinion piece proclaiming there is "no need to panic" about global warming have ties to either the oil and gas industry or groups dedicated to debunking climate science, a DailyClimate.org investigation has found. Daily Climate. 2 February 2012.
Shareholders boost carbon disclosure – study.
Disclosure about greenhouse gas emissions and carbon-reduction strategies can lift a company's economic value, a new study has found. Daily Climate. 31 January 2012.
The Great Escape: Gene-altered crops grow wild.
Throughout North Dakota, little yellow flowers dot thousands of miles of roadsides. These canola plants, found along most major trucking routes, look harmless. But they are fueling a controversy: They prove that large numbers of genetically modified plants have escaped from farm fields and are now growing wild. Environmental Health News. 27 January 2012.
Children near DuPont plant exposed to more PFOA than moms.
Children living near DuPont’s plant in West Virginia are exposed to much higher concentrations of an industrial chemical than their mothers, according to a newly published study. Children under 5, who are exposed from drinking water as well as their mothers’ breast milk, had 44 percent more of the chemical in their blood than their mothers. The study was undertaken by scientists who have spent seven years trying to determine whether the DuPont chemical is making people sick in the Mid-Ohio Valley. The discovery about moms and their children comes as scientists elsewhere linked the chemical, known as PFOA, and related chemicals to reduced effectiveness of childhood vaccinations. The compounds are used to manufacture Teflon cookware, food packaging and other products. Environmental Health News. 25 January 2012.
The scientist: Jim Hansen risks handcuffs to make his research clear.
NASA's chief climate scientist built his career studying Earth's atmosphere and modeling humans' potential impacts on climate. Then he realized that laboratory work wasn't enough. A Climate Query. Daily Climate. 24 January 2012.
Low-carbon cement paves a development path (or sidewalk).
Carbon emissions from cement are set to grow explosively as developing countries such as India create a "first-world" infrastructure. Scientists and entrepreneurs are struggling to push alternative technologies out of the lab and onto the street. Daily Climate. 23 January 2012.
Pushed to brink, swans rebound with help from global warming.
Hunted to near extinction in the 19th century, the trumpeter swan is taking advantage of warmer, longer summers to expand its range and numbers - one of the few good news stories of global warming, at least for now. Daily Climate. 18 January 2012.
Departing words from EPA's Anastas: We must design chemicals and manufacturing to be 'less toxic and less polluting'.
Paul Anastas, one of the fathers of green chemistry, is leaving his high-ranking post at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and returning to Yale University. In a Q and A with Environmental Health News, Anastas said "it's time for me to go home." Environmental Health News. 17 January 2012.
The skier: The industry takes stock of winter and prepares for change.
Aspen Skiing Co. has a long reputation within the ski industry for efforts to reduce its environmental impact. Auden Schendler, the man overseeing Aspen's efforts, looks at the changes coming and says those efforts are not enough. Daily Climate. 10 January 2012.
Opinion: Much ado about methane.
The climate change story has many frightening pieces. Methane venting from oceans and the Arctic has grabbed the public's imagination lately, but it is not the scariest part of the tale. Daily Climate. 9 January 2012.
The new look of NIMBYism.
Traditional "not-in-my-backyard" activism shifted in 2011. Renewable energy projects are increasingly drawing the ire of local opposition. And it's not just Big Solar. Daily Climate. 4 January 2012.
Letter: Look for climate journalism outside the (Europe & U.S.) box.
Most media surveys don't look at journalism in India, China, Brazil, Mexico or Africa, where coverage of the issue has recently – and rapidly – increased. But some of the best coverage on climate is now coming from outside Europe and North America. Daily Climate. 4 January 2012.
Top topics of 2011: A nuclear meltdown, fracas over fracking and Keystone, BPA beyond bottles.
EHN's roundup of the most important and intriguing topics of 2011 includes issues that exploded onto the media scene as well as those that left their mark quietly. Over the year, the EHN team hand-selected 56,888 articles from media around the world on a wide variety of environmental topics. Environmental Health News. 3 January 2012.
Climate coverage down again in 2011.
Media coverage of climate change continued to tumble in 2011, declining roughly 20 percent from 2010's levels and nearly 42 percent from 2009's peak, according to analysis of DailyClimate.org's archive of global media. Daily Climate. 3 January 2012.
Study documents Nigerian children died from their parents' gold mining.
Large numbers of infants and toddlers have died from lead poisoning in Nigerian villages where their parents process gold ore inside their family compounds, according to a report published Tuesday by an international team of researchers. In two Nigerian communities, 118 children under the age of 5 died in a single year – 25 percent of the children in that age group. For the first time, the researchers uncovered strong evidence that points to lead poisoning as the likely cause for nearly all of those deaths. Environmental Health News. 21 December 2011.
Facing rising seas, islanders call on their music.
The applause was raucous. The dancers breathless. But cloaked in the music was a message. Stymied in global climate negotiations, three tiny Pacific island nations used songs and dances to plead for action. Daily Climate. 19 December 2011.
Analysis: A world apart.
In San Francisco, a massive meeting discussed climate science while in Durban, another huge gathering debated climate politics. Two roads, on opposite sides of the Earth, diverge – and send progress along at very different speeds. Daily Climate. 15 December 2011.
Opinion: News stories miss important points of breast cancer report.
Some media reported that a new analysis of environmental links to breast cancer tells women to stop worrying about consumer products. But these stories ignore the report’s explanation that definitive evidence is not attainable and lack of human evidence of harm doesn’t mean something is safe.The real news is that for the first time, an authoritative medical group stated that scientific evidence plausibly links pollutants and industrial chemicals with biological activity that suggests breast cancer risk. Environmental Health News. 13 December 2011.
Brominated battle: Soda chemical has cloudy health history.
Patented as a flame retardant for plastics, and banned in food throughout Europe and Japan, a brominated chemical called BVO has been added to sodas for decades in North America. Now some scientists have a renewed interest in this little-known ingredient, found in 10 percent of sodas in the United States. After a few extreme soda binges – not too far from what many video gamers regularly consume – a few patients have needed medical attention for skin lesions, memory loss and nerve disorders, all symptoms of overexposure to bromine. Environmental Health News. 12 December 2011.
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