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Phthalate Exposure Linked to Asthma Risk in Children

2014-09-17 14:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World: Exposure to a class of everyday chemicals called phthalates increases asthma risk in children, a new study has found. The study, conducted by researchers at Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health, has found that prenatal exposure to two phthalates can affect asthma risk. Phthalates are used in plastic dishware, insect repellent, vinyl flooring and several other products. The "new car smell" is due to these chemicals. According to researchers, children born to mothers who were exposed...

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AL. Children Test Positive For Respiratory Virus

2014-09-16 06:42:43| Biotech - Topix.net

State health officials say several cases of a mysterious respiratory illness impacting children in 10 states have been confirmed in Alabama. Officials from the Alabama Department of Public Health said Monday that four out of six specimens from Mobile County that were sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tested positive for enterovirus D68.

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Study warns on possible air pollution link to neuroinflammatory, Alzheimer and Parkinsons pathologies in megacity children

2014-09-12 14:30:43| Green Car Congress

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10 Va. Children Hospitalized with Potential Enterovirus

2014-09-11 12:35:00| Biotech - Topix.net

Virginia state health officials are awaiting confirmation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to determine whether 10 hospitalized children have enterovirus EV-D68. Within the past 72 hours, St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond has reported at least 10 children with symptoms similar to those of EV-D68 , the virus that has affected more than a thousand children across the country this year.

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