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PARTNERSHIP EVENTS
New Partnership Call: Pediatric Integrative Health: Approaches to Optimizing "Whole Child" Wellness 8/12/10: MP3 recording available: On the Ground in the Gulf Coast: A conversation with Wilma Subra and Michael Lerner
CHE WORKING GROUP EVENTS
CHE-Alaska: Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health and the Promise of Green Chemistry: A discussion with author Elizabeth Grossman:
September 15, 2010
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Autism: Newsfeed
30 Aug Child autism epidemic firmly linked to environment. Experts agree that the primary explanation for the dramatic increase in autism is toxic environmental exposure and gene-environment interactions. 29 Aug Evidence mounts linking BPA to damage of embryos. BPA is found everywhere in kids? environments ? from IVs in newborn nurseries to children?s toys, furniture and even baby food packaging. Evidence mounts daily suggesting damage to animal embryos and human embryos. 28 Aug Federal appeals court upholds decision that vaccines do not cause autism. Upholding a decision made last year by a special vaccine court, a federal appeals court on Friday upheld a ruling that vaccines are not to blame for autism. 27 Aug CSULB prof uses Sea-Monkeys to explore link between plastics, autism. For the past several years, biochemistry professor Roger Acey and his students have been studying the effects of environmental contaminants on embryonic development using brine shrimp as a biological model. 27 Aug Protection for California's kids. Twice this week, the California Senate failed to muster enough votes to ban a toxic chemical in baby bottles, infant feeding cups (?sippy cups?) and containers for infant formula and baby food. 26 Aug Napa-Sonoma marsh restoration's last phase begins. Scooping up a heaping load of black mud, an excavator ripped through a 100-year-old earthen barrier between the Napa River and a 1,400-acre swath of former salt ponds Wednesday afternoon, marking the final step in one of the largest wetlands restoration projects in U.S. history. 22 Aug Protect our children; support ban on BPA use. A new study that shows girls are reaching puberty earlier than ever ? which puts them at greater risk for behavioral problems as adolescents and breast cancer as adults ? is just the latest report to highlight the many alarming health challenges facing our children today. 17 Aug Autism explosion half explained, half still a mystery. Why have the numbers of autism diagnoses ballooned in recent decades? A series of studies have shown that diagnostic changes alone cannot account for the increase. They suggest that other causes, perhaps environmental factors, are also contributing to the rise in cases. 14 Aug Bad medicine. If ever there were a substance that you wouldn't expect parents to be sprinkling on their kids' breakfast cereal, it's OSR#1. That's an industrial chemical developed to treat mining wastewater. But OSR#1 -- a compound that binds to heavy metals -- was sold to parents as a dietary supplement and alternative autism treatment. 13 Aug Breaking: Hybrid bike wheel wins U.S. Dyson award. An ingenious wheel that could turn any bike into an electric hybrid has won the U.S. round of the James Dyson Award, an event that's become the world's premier student-design competition. 13 Aug Local doctor shares his views on dangers from electromagnetic field radiation. Dr. Dan Harper was among the first to arrive at the City Council meeting July 21. Carrying a stack of medical journal articles about the health risks of electromagnetic field, or EMF, radiation, he was there to speak on behalf of his patient, Michael Schwaebe. 12 Aug Parents of children with autism: We struggle alone. Her day might begin at 2 or 3 in the morning, when her 9-year-old autistic daughter, Ashlyn, wakes up next to her. And from that moment on, Jackie Polvado's life is a full-out sprint. 12 Aug We can slow climate change, but we must make an effort now. For millions of years, earth?s climate has changed in cycles of heating and cooling, tilting one way or the other. 8 Aug California initiative to regulate chemicals needs perfecting. Given that California's regulations could serve as a template for lawmakers across the country ? a fairly typical pattern when it comes to environmental laws ? it's very important to get them right. State regulators aren't quite there yet. |