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Synopsis Iron-containing nanomaterials can damage skin.
Iron-containing nanomaterials can cause inflammation and other cell damage if it touches skin, conclude the researchers who tested the particles on engineered ...
Synopsis Toddlers less able to detox arsenic than infants.
As babies grow into toddlers, their ability to alter arsenic into less harmful forms changes, leaving them less able to get rid of the cancer-causing metal and ...
Blog Entry PFCs increase infertility risk.
A Charleston Gazette article nicely reviews a recent study on the risk of infertility in women with higher levels of PFOS and PFOA, though the explanation of ...
Synopsis PFOA slows breast development in mice exposed via mom.
Short term exposure to PFOA in early life, during late pregnancy or during breastfeeding can lead to long term problems for breast development in offspring.
Synopsis Genetics key to how ozone damages lungs.
Genetics, age and gender determine what kind and how badly lungs are harmed in mice that breath ozone, a dangerous type of air pollution.
Synopsis Organotins block a cell's protein recycling center.
Widely-used pollutants called organotins can harm cells - and even kill them - by interfering with their ability to take apart unwanted proteins.
Blog Entry Lung cancer gene discovery.
BBC's short report puts discovery in perspective but is overly focused on tobacco.
Synopsis Pesticide mixes: when 1 + 1 does not equal 2
A mix of two pesticides had greater toxic effects on exposed salmon than would be expected from one separately, adding to concerns that health risks from ...
Synopsis Nonylphenol kills special reproductive cells in male rats by changing the cell's outside membrane.
In this new study, researchers have learned that the environmental pollutant nonylphenol causes its toxic effects in male testis cells by penetrating the ...
Synopsis Insights from the fruit fly on human susceptibility to arsenic poisoning.
Some people are much more sensitive to arsenic poisoning than others. In this new study, researchers used fruit flies to discover the gene that may be ...
Synopsis Local children perform better on tests after coal-burning power plant closes.
A new study in China shows that brain development in children improved after a local coal-fired power plant was shut down. The improvements are probably due to ...
Synopsis Low lead exposures lower child intelligence.
Exposure to lead at concentrations below the US safe standard level decreases childhood intelligence, according to new evidence from a study of children living ...