Increase in cancers and fertility problems may be caused by household chemicals and pharmaceuticals

EEA, May 10, 2012


Chemicals which disrupt the hormone system – also known as 'endocrine disrupting chemicals' (EDCs) – may be a contributing factor behind the significant increases in cancers, diabetes and obesity, falling fertility, and an increased number of neurological development problems in both humans and animals, according to a review of recent scientific literature commissioned by the European Environment Agency (EEA).Read more...

Οι ποδηλάτες στις πόλεις «κινδυνεύουν από την εισπνοή αιθάλης»

In.gr, 25 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011

Οι ποδηλάτες στις μεγάλες πόλεις εμφανίζουν αυξημένα επίπεδα αιθάλης στους πνεύμονες και ενδέχεται να αντιμετωπίζουν υψηλότερο κίνδυνο αναπνευστικών προβλημάτων, προειδοποιούν ερευνητές στη Βρετανία. To φαινόμενο «μπορεί να οφείλεται σε έναν αριθμό παραγόντων, όπως το γεγονός ότι οι ποδηλάτες αναπνέουν πιο βαθιά και πιο γρήγορα σε σχέση με τους πεζούς και βρίσκονται πιο κοντά στις εξατμίσεις των οχημάτων» αναφέρουν οι ερευνητές της Ιατρικής Σχολής του Λονδίνου. Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

India's Poor Risk 'Slow Death' Recycling E-Waste

ENN, July 06, 2010

Young rag-pickers sifting through rubbish are a common image of India's chronic poverty, but destitute children face new hazards picking apart old computers as part of the growing "e-waste" industry. Asif, aged seven, spends his days dismantling electronic equipment in a tiny, dimly-lit unit in east Delhi along with six other boys. "My work is to pick out these small black boxes," he said, fingers deftly prying out integrated circuits from the pile of computer remains stacked high beside him. Read more...

Air Pollution Linked to Diminishing IQ of Children

ENN, July 21, 2009

A new study published in the August 2009 edition of Pediatrics shows a possible disturbing correlation between increased urban air pollution and decreased IQ points in children. The study sites polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), or "chemicals released into the air from the burning of coal, diesel, oil, and gas, or other organic substances such as tobacco" as the major perpetrators of inner- city air pollution, with a particular focus on motor vehicle use. Read more...