http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp en-US Copyright 2004, Environmental Health Sciences 2006-11-16 Links to articles in today's press about environmental health. Many more links available today at www.EnvironmentalHealthNews.org jpmyers@ehsic.org http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/images/ehn_channel.png http://wcbstv.com/seenon/local_story_319205326.html Every morning we lather, slather, spritz and smear ourselves with everything from shampoo to self-tanners to makeup and more. 2006-11-16 New York WCBS-TV EDCs Children's health Cosmetics Cancer Food additives Phthalate Cleansing products Cosmetics and personal hygiene products Hazardous products Endocrine disruption http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2006/nov/science/rr_milk.html Cow's milk in Japan contains more perchlorate than U.S. milk, even though Japan lacks an extensive military-industrial base. The chemical is ubiquitous. 2006-11-16 Environmental Science & Technology EDCs Ozone Perchlorate Nitrates and nitrites Endocrine disruption Dairy products http://www.upi.com/ConsumerHealthDaily/view.php?StoryID=20061115-045638-3118r Scientists have known lead can damage the nervous systems, particularly of children, for decades. But they are still figuring out how children growing in the mother's womb are affected by the toxic metal, and when that exposure is most acute. 2006-11-16 UPI Domestic Children's health Air Circulatory system disorder Fossil fuel Litigation Children's health Poisoning http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/16/world/16climate.html Secretary General Annan put the blame for global warming on "a frightening lack of leadership," saying the poorest people, who do not create much pollution, bear the brunt of rising temperatures. 2006-11-16 New York Times Health feed Activism Atmosphere Desert Economics Greenhouse gases International Tobacco Climate change Drought Flooding http://www.terradaily.com/2006/061116093517.b85snfqk.html Three Democratic senators urged President Bush to support mandatory US limits on greenhouse gases and work with the international community to forge an "equitable" global agreement on climate change. 2006-11-16 Agence France-Presse Domestic Atmosphere Law Greenhouse gases International Legislative Environmental politics Climate change http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/39004/story.htm US mayors swapped global warming strategies this week at a snowed-in summit in Utah, and some hoped the federal government would follow their lead. 2006-11-16 Reuters Domestic Atmosphere Greenhouse gases International Landfill Recycling Sewage systems Climate change http://www.nature.com/news/2006/061113/full/444248a.html Both sides in a US pollution dispute claim that science is on their side. US environmental laws have forced them into this position. 2006-11-16 Nature Domestic Cancer Air Automobile/trucks Law Fines Litigation Legislative Radiation Regulatory Death Oil http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GlobalWarming/story?id=2655729&page=1 Some weird science is getting serious looks by leading climate experts who say it would be folly not to prepare emergency measures to try to stop global warming in its tracks. 2006-11-16 ABC News Atmosphere Desert Greenhouse gases Ocean Shipping Airplane Surface water Bacteria Intense storms http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/15/AR2006111501539.html Global economic forces have realigned, and coal mining is back. And a new generation of miners is living the good life. 2006-11-16 Washington Post Activism Arthritis Atmosphere Autoimmune Automobile/trucks Circulatory system disorder Economics Electricity Estuary Occupational Airplane Drugs and medical products Legislative Prescription drugs Coal Oil http://wvgazette.com/section/News/2006111519 Nine new lawsuits were filed Wednesday by relatives of miners killed in the Sago Mine disaster, and this time several families targeted New York billionaire Wilbur Ross. 2006-11-16 Charleston Gazette Domestic Litigation Intentional exposure Accidental exposure Coal Death Injury http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=16359 West Virginia regulators do not believe coal slurry injected underground is responsible for tainted water coming from the taps in some Mingo County homes. 2006-11-16 Charleston State Journal Domestic Health feed Cancer Metal Aquifer/groundwater Arsenic Beryllium Drinking water Groundwater Waste disposal/landfill Litigation Manganese Nickel Sewage systems Legislative Regulatory Coal Poisoning http://www.terradaily.com/2006/061116055011.1hbu7zzv.html A night-long alert sparked by a gas cloud of cancer-causing chemicals in a Serbian town has led to appeals from its shocked residents for outside help in dealing with the decades-old problem. 2006-11-16 Agence France-Presse International Health feed Cancer Activism Benzene Oil http://www.ibnlive.com/news/kanpurs-ganga-is-an-unholy-mess/26303-3.html India's most sacred river, the Ganga is being poisoned and quite literally. 2006-11-16 CNN-IBN International Health feed Arsenic Mercury River Sewage systems Accidental exposure Regulatory Poisoning http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-11/16/content_734697.htm Investigators are looking into how clothing containing cancer-causing agents found its way onto shelves at Wal-Mart, Carrefour and several local leading chain stores, according to a report posted yesterday. 2006-11-16 China Daily International Health feed Cancer Dyes Other chlorines Hazardous products Prosecution http://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/news/story.php?story_id=116363079301896600 Anchored to the bottom of Lake Oswego and rimmed by about $1 billion in real estate, a 20,000-foot pipe, the backbone of the city's sewer system, is slowly failing. 2006-11-16 Lake Oswego Review Domestic Atmosphere Pesticides Economics Federal Fines Fish Pesticide use Herbicide Lake Phosphorus Sewage systems Soil/sediment Regulatory Surface water Accidental exposure Environmental politics Death http://www.mtshastanews.com/articles/2006/11/15/news/02geothermalhalt.txt In a Nov. 6 decision, the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the 40 year extension of leases in 1998 awarding Calpine Corporation the right to build geothermal plants at Medicine Lake violated federal laws and are null and void. 2006-11-16 Mount Shasta Herald Domestic Arsenic Electricity Federal Forest Fossil fuel Greenhouse gases Mercury Legislative Environmental justice Poisoning http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=16380&catid=165 The multi-million-dollar research project created by a lawsuit settlement involving toxic contamination in the mid-Ohio Valley could produce some scientific results within the next couple of months. 2006-11-16 Charleston State Journal Domestic US contamination and people Cancer Aquifer/groundwater Drinking water Circulatory system disorder Diabetes Litigation PFCs http://allafrica.com/stories/200611150519.html Zimbabwe and numerous other African countries are experiencing a major energy crisis despite the enormous potential for the development of solar energy which is the easiest, cleanest and most sustainable source of energy in the coming future. 2006-11-16 Harare Herald Atmosphere Diesel Economics Electricity Forest Nuclear Renewable Drought Coal Oil http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/15/AR2006111501624.html The District is poised to become the first major city in the country to require that private developers build environmentally friendly projects that incorporate energy-saving measures. 2006-11-16 Washington Post Domestic Good news Activism Economics Law Outdoor Recycling Electoral Drought Green design http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/portland_news/1163026513227800.xml&coll=7 When Van Jones thinks about building an environmentally sustainable economy, he pictures lots of new jobs, and he wants at-risk urban youths to get those jobs. 2006-11-16 Portland Oregonian Good news Activism Atmosphere Diesel Economics Mass transit Renewable Sustainable business http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1116/p13s02-stss.html Of intense interest to all is how humans, often said to be causing Earth's "sixth mass extinction," will affect evolution on the planet. 2006-11-16 Christian Science Monitor Ecosystem Biological Birds On land Fish Litigation Ocean Legislative Mammals Death http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/16/science/16heart.html The new report is the latest example of a rigorous experiment turning medical practice on its head by proving that a widely accepted treatment is not the great boon it was thought to be. 2006-11-16 New York Times Domestic Health feed Cancer Breast cancer Drugs and medical products Antibiotics Medical devices and apparatus Radiation Bacteria http://sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=F754186469A933256D7D64095E963594 Overall breast cancer rates have fallen among US women in recent years, but haven't significantly changed among young African-American women. 2006-11-16 Reuters Health Cancer Breast cancer Law Food additives Drugs and medical products Hormones Hazardous products Endogenous chemicals http://sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=39375E8559373AEDE34F6F15B8DAB4DC Results of a study released this week found that women who favor flame-broiled foods may be at much higher risk for developing breast cancer than women who do not. 2006-11-16 Reuters Health Cancer Biological Breast cancer Fowl http://www.nature.com/news/2006/061113/full/444256a.html Geneticists' desire to track the roots of complex diseases has shaken up the market for gene chips. 2006-11-16 Nature Allergy/hypersensitivity Biological Circulatory system disorder Diabetes Gene expression Drugs and medical products Endocrine disruption http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2006/1114/4 A tiny sliver of RNA can destroy an animal's heart, according to new research. The finding boosts evidence that such fragments--known as microRNAs--play important roles in health and disease. 2006-11-16 Science Now Environmental health science Cancer Gene expression Heart defects Mammals Endocrine disruption http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=143&art_id=vn20061115032019667C368230 Putting contaminated water in a 2-litre bottle, shaking it and then leaving it in the sun for up to six hours could save the lives of millions of people. 2006-11-16 Pretoria News International Health feed Drinking water Food Cleansing products http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=31&art_id=qw1163624582993B216&set_id= Scientists have discovered two spots on the H5N1 bird flu virus which would need to mutate for the virus to infect people more easily. 2006-11-16 Reuters Health feed Bird Flu Respiratory Birds http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6151638.stm International scientists believe they have identified some of the key steps needed for bird flu to develop into the deadly pandemic strain of the disease. 2006-11-16 BBC Bird Flu Birds Virus Death http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116364034566424589.html The key to keeping intellectually sharp as we age may not be mental gymnastics, as commonly recommended, but real gymnastics. 2006-11-16 Wall Street Journal Domestic Health feed Cognitive/behavioral Circulatory system disorder Drugs and medical products Mammals Search the EnvironmentalHealthNews.org archives tv http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp