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PARTNERSHIP CALLS
CHE Partnership Call:
12/8/09: MP3 recording available - To Ban or Not to Ban: A Review of Atrazine from Both Sides of the Atlantic 11/11/09: MP3 recording available - Navigating the Scientific Evidence to Ensure Prevention
CHE WORKING GROUP CALLS
CHE-AK call: Environmental Contaminants and Reproductive Health: Reasons for Concern:
March 30, 2010
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Learning Disabilities and Behavioral Disorders: Newsfeed 24 Feb Consumer products may harm your health. Let?s face it: The current system for overseeing chemicals used in consumer products is broken. 21 Feb Agency says military base water tainted. From 1957 to 1987, residents and employees at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune on the North Carolina coast were drinking, showering in and washing dishes with water coursing with contaminants, according to the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. 17 Feb Human testing at heart of debate over US toxics law. Scientific advances that have made it possible to detect the tiniest traces of chemicals in the human body and the environment are shaping efforts to modernize U.S. chemical policies and regulations. 16 Feb Wanted: Volunteers, all pregnant. Authorized by Congress in 2000, the National Children?s Study began last January. With several hundred participants so far, it aims to enroll 100,000 pregnant women in 105 counties, then monitor their babies until they turn 21. 7 Feb The chemical revolt. BPA in baby bottles. Phthalates in children's books. Lead in toys. As parents' awareness of potential toxins in the home has grown in recent years, so has their anxiety. Minnesota has helped lead the way to regulate worrisome chemicals, and federal reform. 1 Feb Environmental toxins and learning disorders. An aggregate of chemicals in the environment are likely leaching into our children?s bodies ? both before and after birth ? and could be wreaking havoc with their brains. 22 Jan Stricter rules urged on toxic chemicals. Americans are exposed to thousands of chemicals that are potentially harmful to their health, according to a broad coalition of labor, health, and environmental organizations calling for tougher federal toxics regulation. 19 Jan EcoWaste pushes crackdown on toys with cadmium. EcoWaste Coalition called on the government to test and recall toys containing toxic metals to safeguard children?s health. EcoWaste said Filipino children can be exposed to cadmium, lead and other harmful substances by chewing, sucking eating toxic-laden toys. 27 Dec Get the lead out. Nationwide, children have an average level of 2 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood. Children in New Jersey have an average of nearly 3 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood. Not good. 27 Dec State action should help eliminate lead poisoning. Lead poisoning is an insidious, irreversible, entirely preventable health and wellness issue across New York State, and particularly in the City of Buffalo. 20 Dec Autism numbers are rising. The question is why? Increasing the previous federal estimate of 1 in 150, the new data suggest that 1% of children now exhibit some symptoms of an autism spectrum disorder. The estimate represents a stunning 57% increase in prevalence since 2002. 19 Dec Nearly 1 percent of U.S. children diagnosed with autism. About one out of every 110 U.S. children have been diagnosed with autism, according to a new federal estimate released Friday. 7 Dec Herman Miller among those leading way in phasing out chemical. Have you ever worried that flame-retardant chemicals in computers or furniture might be hazardous to your health? A Brownstown lawmaker does worry and wants Michigan to phase out the use of one such chemical, deca-BDE. 30 Nov Making a list ... of toxic toys? How do mercury and arsenic sound as stocking stuffers? How about cadmium, brominated flame retardants, Bisphenol-A, and a sleigh full of other hazardous chemicals? Is this what you want to give to the children you love? We didn't think so. |