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Chemicals and Related Articles and Reports

 

$150M toxic chemicals lab to be unveiled soon

A practical guide to removing toxins from the body

A Preemptive Strike Against Toxic Chemicals

Aggregation and toxicology of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles

Airborne exposure to chemical substances in hairdresser salons.

Asbestos turns up in toys, children's clay

Allergic contact dermatitis from formaldehyde resins in permanent press clothing: an underdiagnosed cause of generalized dermatitis.

American Greetings Corp. Recalls Confetti Bursts Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

Analysis: The formaldehyde factor

Antimicrobial products in textile industry

Appearance of chemical burns resulting from the washing of a deceased body with bleach.

Are you walking on 120 chemicals

Area's kids in major study County children, mothers to be enlisted for nationwide look at environmental effects on health.

Assessing developmental toxicant exposures via biomonitoring

Background levels of key biomarkers of chemical exposure within the UK general population - Pilot study.

Beware of over-the-counter flea treatments

Bill calls for dangerous chemical labels in Ont.

Biochip mimics the body to reveal toxicity of industrial compounds

Biocides in Plastics - From Preservation to Hygiene Control

Biomarkers in Toxicology and Risk Assessment: Informing Critical Dose-Response Relationships

Bisphenol A can alter genes, study finds

Body Position-Dependent Shift in Odor Percept Present Only for Perithreshold Odors

Brominated Flame Retardants

CDC Finds 97 Percent of Americans Contaminated by Sunscreens

California Department of Toxic Substances Control Biomonitoring Symposium Presents New Trends

Canada first to label bisphenol A as officially dangerous

Carcinogenesis studies of benzophenone in rats and mice.

Celebrating Victory Against Harmful Work Conditions at Nail Salons:

Chemical carcinogenesis.

Chemical Contaminants and Human Disease: A Summary of Evidence

Chemical exposure may hurt babies later in life. Substances could affect organs, open door to diseases

Chemical imbalance: From car seats to condoms, nasty compounds have invaded our lives

Chemical Industry Archives-from the EWG

Chemicals may cause range of health ailments

Chemicals Ottawa's watching: The feds take a closer look at 17 substances

Chemicals used as fire retardants could be harmful, UC-Riverside researchers say

Children in Katrina trailers may face lifelong ailments

Chlorine Can React With Sweat, Urine At Indoor Swimming Pools forming Volatile Disinfection Byproducts

Classes canceled as fumes probed

Common Dry Cleaning Chemicals Pose a Cancer Risk

Contaminated Education? Toxic Schools and the Leasing Loophole

County Corner: San Francisco Medical Society

Diesel Exhaust Impairs Blood Flow to Marrow

Dinged By Dryer Sheets

Don’t Offend Others With Second-Hand Chemicals

Dozens sickened in Japan after suicide

Effect of Probiotics, Bifidobacterium breve and Lactobacillus casei, on Bisphenol A Exposure in Rats.

Electrochemical Sensors for the Detection of Lead and Other Toxic Heavy Metals: The Next Generation of Personal Exposure Biomonitors

Emerging Science Note/Portable Toxic Testing

Endocrine disruptive effects of chemicals eluted from nitrile-butadiene rubber gloves using reporter gene assay systems

'Erin Brockovich of formaldehyde

Evaluation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from household products by small chamber test method

Evaluating Sensitization of Chemical Substances

Experiment in Treatment Seeks to Remove Toxins

Female Veterinarians more likely than others to miscarry

FEMA ignored evidence in determining long-term effects of formaldehyde in trailers

Fire retardants linked with health problems

Flame retardants are seeping from research bases into Antarctica's pristine environment

Flame Retardants: Dangerous chemical now in breast milk

Formaldehyde-induced urticarial vasculitis

Formaldehyde Linked to Lou Gehrig's Disease

Formaldehyde Makes Trailers Toxic

Going green to clean schools

Groups seek ban on cleaning chemicals. The products, used in detergents, are linked to gender changes in fish.

Hampton woman fights children's exposure to toxins.

Harmful chemical wafts off your TV

Hazardous or Not, Vinyl Shares Lead's Taint

Heavy Metal Toxicity

High formaldehyde levels found in some baby furniture

High Levels of Toxic Industrial Chemicals Contaminate Cats And Dogs  (scroll down their web page)

Household chemicals, persistent wheezing and lung function: Effect modification by atopy?

How toxic is your new car?

Human reactions to low concentrations of volatile organic compounds

Hyperactive Ingredients?

India's Deadly Chemical Addiction

Inhalation challenge test in the diagnosis of occupational rhinitis

Inhaling Pig Brains May Be Cause of New Illness

Interactions between alcohol and work exposure to chemical substances

Intoxication with phenol & correction with the liquid oxygen

In vitro models for the assessment of inflammatory and immuno-modulatory effects of the volatile organic compound chlorobenzene.

In vitro penetration and subchronic toxicity of alpha-methyl-1,3-benzodioxole-5-propionaldehyde.

Is your father to blame for your medical problems?  Dad's Hidden Influence: A father's legacy to a child's health may start before conception and last generations

Killer cribs

Laundry detergent and possible nonaccidental injury

Low Doses of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Impair Glucagon-Releasing Alpha Cells

Male birth death persists on Ontario Reserve

Many common household products contain compounds that could be affecting our health

Measuring Toxic Chemicals in People and Wildlife

Medical study finds PCBs problems in east Alabama city

More U.S. retailers give BPA the boot

Nerve conduction, visual evoked responses and electroretinography in tunnel workers previously exposed to acrylamide and N-methylolacrylamide containing grouting agents

Newspapers and Newspaper Ink Contain Agonists for the Ah Receptor

Nurses' Health and Workplace Exposures to Hazardous Substances

Other Problem Plastics: Bisphenol A Isn't the Only Concern

Ottawa prepared to slap toxic label on widely used chemicals

PCB-containing wood floor finish is a likely source of elevated PCBs in residents' blood, household air and dust: a case study of exposure

Parents banning common products from homes over contamination fears

Parents Warned Camphor Can Be Toxic to Children

Parkersburg-area residents record high levels of C8, a DuPont chemical, in blood

Patch testing experience with 1000 patients

PCB 77 Promotes Obesity-associated Atherosclerosis

PCB-containing wood floor finish is a likely source of elevated PCBs in residents' blood, household air and dust

Photocopy machines and occupational antiphospholipid syndrome

Pilot Study of Urinary Biomarkers of Phytoestrogens, Phthalates, and Phenols in Girls

Polychlorinated Biphenyl-77 Induces Adipocyte Differentiation and Proinflammatory Adipokines and Promotes Obesity and Atherosclerosis

Polyester:  Man Made Menace

Popular home remedies contain lead

Protect yourself from your home's most toxic places

Protest against toxic dangers

Pulmonary effects of inhaled limonene ozone reaction products in elderly rats.

RC Chemicals with Rat LD50 Values

REGIONAL: STUDY: SOME CHILDREN'S CAR SEATS CONTAIN POTENTIALLY  TOXIC CHEMICALS

Research links common chemicals to obesity

Revolutionary laundry soap product grows on trees 

Risk of Erectile Dysfunction Induced by Arsenic Exposure through Well Water Consumption in Taiwan

Skin sensitization in chemical risk assessment: report of a WHO/IPCS international workshop focusing on dose-response assessment.

Smelly sock treatment leaks silver nanoparticles

Southern California Metropolitan Water District Begins Poisoning Millions with Toxic Synthetic Fluoride Chemicals

State working on perchlorate limit

States crack down on chemicals

Studies on Chemical In Plastics Questioned: Congress Examines Role Of Industry in Regulation

Study Indicates That Moth Repellents Persist in Clothing Even After Airing

Study shows everyday items expose all of us to pollutants

Study Shows Trees May Bring Allergy Symptoms Along With Holiday Cheer

Suspended Animation' Induced In Mice With Sewer Gas: Effects Are Reversible

Swimmers' Sunscreen Killing Off Coral

Tests reveal chemical vapors that may invade homes

Tetrachloroethylene exposure and risk of schizophrenia: offspring of dry cleaners in a population birth cohort, preliminary finding

The 6+ Synthetic Fabrics You Most Want to Avoid, and Why

The Battle to Ban Toxic Toys

The Dirty Truth About Plastic

The Faroes Statement:  Human health effects of developmental exposure to environmental toxicants

The Global Portal to Information on Chemical Substances

The influence of age and gender on triclosan concentrations in Australian human blood serum.

THE LINK BETWEEN TOXIC CHEMICALS AND GLOBAL WARMING

The Role of Exposure to Phthalates from Polyvinyl Chloride Products in the Development of Asthma and Allergies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

The top 10 industries ranked highest for producing toxic chemicals

The Weight of the World Exposure to chemicals could contribute to obesity, studies find

Tiny amounts of phthalate ester worsen atopic dermatitis

Toward a cleaner, more effective method for destroying hormone-like pollutants in wastewater

Toward a global network for persistent organic pollutants in air: results from the GAPS study.

Toxic Chemicals Are Maiming Thousands Around the World

Toxic Trailers Redux: When Did FEMA Know?

Toxicology of 1,3-butadiene, chloroprene, and isoprene

Toxins cause defects for future generations

Truckee, California and Katrina is there a connection?

Two 3M chemicals hazardous, state says

UNDIAGNOSED NEUROLOGIC SYNDROME, PORCINE PLANT WORKERS

Vietnam, US Set New Tone on Dioxin War Legacy

Volatile disinfection byproducts from organic nitrogen precursors add to the list of chemicals found in chlorinated swimming pools.

What's under your sink?  Potential hazards of home cleaning products.

When the Hospital Makes You Sick

Whitewashing Toxic Chemicals

WILL EUROPE'S NEW CHEMICALS POLICY BRING PRECAUTION TO THE WORLD?

Wood Floor Finishes Contaminated with Toxic PCB Chemicals