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Research Updates: environmental
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| Issue 173 |
TRUCKSESS and COLLEAGUES, US Food and Drug Administration, College Park, Maryland, USA. studied aflatoxins (AF)and ochratoxin A (OTA) in ginger supplements.
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| Issue 171 |
GINSBERG and TOAL, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, Connecticut 06134, USA. gary.ginsberg@po.state.ct.us developed a method to quantitatively analyze the net risk/benefit of individual fish species based on their methylmercury (MeHg) and omega-3 FA content.
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| Issue 139 |
RUBIN and co-workers, Mobile Phones Research Unit, Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry and Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine, King’s College London, UK, have reviewed (20 references) treatments for electromagnetic hypersensitivity.
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| Issue 130 |
RUBIN and colleagues, Mobile Phones Research Unit, Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry and Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine, King’s College London, UK, have reviewed (20 references) treatments for electromagnetic hypersensitivity.
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| Issue 127 |
RUBIN and co-workers, Mobile Phones Research Unit, Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry and Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine, King's College London, UK, have reviewed (20 references) treatments for electromagnetic hypersensitivity.
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| Issue 125 |
FORAN and colleagues, Midwest Center for Environmental Science and Public Policy, Milwaukee, WI, USA, have analyzed the benefits and risks of eating wild and farmed salmon.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reported on lead poisoning associated with the use of litargirio, or lead monoxide, as an anti-perspirant. Abstract: Lead can damage the nervous system, the blood and the kidneys. Deteriorated lead paint in older houses remains the most common source of lead exposure for children in the United States; however, other lead sources increasingly are recognized, particularly among certain ethnic populations. In 2003, the Rhode Island Department of Health recognized litargirio (also known as litharge or lead monoxide), a yellow or peach-coloured powder used as an antiperspirant/deodorant and a folk remedy in the Hispanic community, as a potential source of lead exposure for Hispanic children. This report summarizes a case investigation of elevated blood lead levels of at least 10 microg/100 ml blood associated with litargirio use among two siblings in Rhode Island. The public health action taken is described, and a survey of parents/guardians in three pediatric clinics in Providence was undertaken, in order to assess litargirio use. Findings underscore the importance of follow-up of elevated levels of lead in blood and thorough investigation to identify all potential sources of lead.
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| Issue 120 |
LEE and colleagues, Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1224, USA, have investigated the levels of lead in the blood of American women.
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| Issue 109 |
AMREIN and colleagues, Institute of Food Science and Nutrition, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland, have found acrylamide in gingerbread and described possible ways of reducing this toxicity.
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| Issue 93 |
RAMANATHAN and colleagues, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Dr AL Mudaliar Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Taramani Campus, Chennai, India, have investigated the effects of vitamins C and E on arsenic-induced oxidative stress.
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| Issue 77 |
SEIDEL, Institute for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany, hans-joachim.seidel@medizin.uni-ulm.de, reviewed (50 references) how environmental medicine has developed as a new field of medical specialization in Germany .
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| Issue 72 |
GITTERMAN and BEARER, Departments of Pediatrics and Public Health, George Washington University Schools of Medicine and Public Health and Health Services, General and Community Pediatrics, Children's National Medical Center, Washington DC, USA, bgitterm@cnmc.org, reviewed (73 references) literature pertaining to differences (compared with adults) in the ways children respond to environmental toxic substances .
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LANDRIGAN, Departments of Community-Preventive Medicine and Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA, reviewed (43 references) the growth in importance over the last half century of environmental causes and factors in childhood diseases .
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| Issue 31 |
ELLINGSEN and colleagues, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Telemark Central Hospital, Skien Norway investigated the possible interactions of mercury, cadmium and selenium in humans.
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HELEN and VIJAYAMMAL, Department of Biochemistry, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, India investigated whether oxidative damage in rat liver caused by exposure to cigarette smoke is effectively counterracted with vitamin C.
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