EPA Moves to Ban 12 D-Con Mouse and Rat Control Products / Action Will Prevent Thousands of Accidental Exposures Among Children Each Year

EPA Moves to Ban 12 D-Con Mouse and Rat Control Products / Action Will Prevent Thousands of Accidental Exposures Among Children Each Year
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/3017786D7B82169E85257B0300573FDE

 

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving to ban the sale of 12 D-Con mouse and rat poison products produced by Reckitt Benckiser Inc. because these products fail to comply with current EPA safety standards. Approximately 10,000 children a year are accidentally exposed to mouse and rat baits; EPA has worked cooperatively with companies to ensure that products are both safe to use around children and effective for consumers. Reckitt Benckiser Inc., maker of D-Con brand products, is the only rodenticide producer that has refused to adopt EPA's safety standards for all of its consumer use products."

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Quebec should toughen pesticide regulations, doctors urge

Quebec should toughen pesticide regulations, doctors urge
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Quebec%20should%20toughen%20pesticide%20regulations%20doctors%20urge/7922366/story.html

"Two doctors' groups are calling on Quebec to eliminate the use of pesticides for cosmetic or esthetic purposes, saying they pose too much of a risk to children.  The call from the Quebec College of Family Physicians, the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment and the environmental group Équiterre Tuesday comes as Quebec is reviewing the province's pesticide-management code."

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Chemical Reaction Keeps Stroke-Damaged Brain from Repairing Itself

Chemical Reaction Keeps Stroke-Damaged Brain from Repairing Itself
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130204153910.htm

"Nitric oxide, a gaseous molecule produced in the brain, can damage neurons. When the brain produces too much nitric oxide, it contributes to the severity and progression of stroke and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's. Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute recently discovered that nitric oxide not only damages neurons, it also shuts down the brain's repair mechanisms."

 

Note:  Nitric Oxide dysregulation is one of the mechanisms identified by Dr. Martin Pall as the cause of MCS.

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Chemicals linked to obesity in black children

Chemicals linked to obesity in black children
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2013/phthalates-and-obesity

"Black children with high levels of hormone-altering chemicals used in some shampoos and lotions are more likely to be obese, according to research published today. The study by New York University scientists is the second to link phthalates to obesity in children but the first to use a large sample of children and look for racial disparities. Black children have much higher levels of the chemicals in their bodies than children of other races, and for every tripling of certain compounds, they were 22 percent more likely to be obese, according to data from 2,884 children. No links to obesity were found in white or Hispanic children. The phthalates were the kind commonly added to personal care products to make fragrances last longer."

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Flame retardants may leach from your walls

Flame retardants may leach from your walls
http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Flame-retardants-now-seen-as-health-risk-4248112.php

"Couches throughout the nation have become notorious for containing flame-retardant chemicals that may do more harm than good.  Now, it turns out, those chemicals may also be leaching from the walls that surround you.  Because of laws passed in the 1970s, many homes and workplaces built in the United States since then contain foam insulation doused with flame retardants."

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Questions, few answers for stricken families

Questions, few answers for stricken families
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130204/LIFESTYLE03/302040339/1040/lifestyle03/Questions-few-answers-stricken-families

"The fight has been under way for several years, but the momentum may have peaked on a night in June 2011.
That was the night of a community meeting in Marine City to discuss a startling spate of rare kidney cancers identified in area children — one as young as 5 months.
More than 200 people packed the Washington Life Center in a show of support for the affected families and to underscore the need for answers. There were stories in area newspapers and features on local television. Just a week earlier, U.S. Rep. Candice Miller, R-Harrison Township, had called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to get involved with an investigation into the causes of the cancers."

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NTP UPDATE: February 2013 Environmental Factor now available online

The February 2013 issue of the Environmental Factor is now online at
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsletter/index.cfm

Stories include:

NIEHS welcomes NINDS director

NIDDK director keynotes MLK observance

Tickner encourages alternative solutions in green chemistry talk

Oil spill researchers tell what they learned

Laber named head of Comparative Medicine Branch

Lancet commentary targets non-communicable diseases

NIEHS answers the call in the aftermath of Sandy

Hrynkow named to head network of viral specialists

NIEHS opens search for clinical director

Research fellow begins career in medical writing

Grantees elected fellows of AAAS

Outreach educator honored with SOT Public Communications Award

New logo emphasizes NIH identity

Autoimmunity expert delivers distinguished lecture

Nano meeting tackles consumer exposures

NIEHS researcher assists in study of Norwegian women

Exploring the haunting legacy – benomyl and Parkinson's

PEPH launches new podcast series

Air pollution pinpointed as major global health problem

NIEHS researchers receive FDA grants to study effects of smoking

Ho group uses saliva for study on methylation in asthma

Prenatal inflammation linked to autism risk

Uncovering the genetic component in nicotine addiction

NIEHS research featured in The Journal of Immunology

This month in EHP

Extramural and intramural papers of the month

NIEHS surpasses 2012 CFC goal

NIEHS biologist honored for award-winning photography

Neighbors in the house

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