Childrens Health and the Environment
Links to articles in today's press about environmental health. Many more links available today at www.EnvironmentalHealthNews.org
Updated: 7 weeks 5 days ago
Gold rush kills more children in northern Nigeria.
At least 400 children have died from poisoning caused by illegal gold mining since March because the ore being unearthed around their villages contains high concentrations of lead, contaminating the air, soil and water.
Categories: Environmental Health
Fat fathers affect daughters' health.
Fathers eating a fatty diet can pass on health problems to their female offspring, according to a study in rats published in Nature.
Categories: Environmental Health
Bedroom chemicals 'raise child's allergy risk by up to 180 percent.'
Children are up to three times more likely to develop conditions like asthma and hayfever due to chemicals found in some wall paints and cleansers.
Categories: Environmental Health
Asbestos found in most Swindon schools.
Asbestos is lurking in about 70 per cent of Swindon’s schools, including classrooms, halls, toilets and changing rooms.
Categories: Environmental Health
Health warning over Sumatra fires.
Haze from forest fires in Sumatra has forced schools to close in Singapore and Malaysia, and prompted warnings from governments of both countries.
Categories: Environmental Health
Drinking water linked to IQ.
A study out of Quebec correlating children’s IQ levels and drinking well water containing higher amounts of manganese puts Langley Township in the spotlight, given the number of its residents who use groundwater.
Categories: Environmental Health
PCB tests continue, school district mulls options for Estabrook.
Kindergarten students at Estabrook Elementary School in Lexington could spend the remainder of the school year in modular classrooms if levels of polychlorinated biphenyls cannot be reduced to meet Environmental Protection Agency guidelines.
Categories: Environmental Health
Study finds more health problems linked to Kilauea.
A new study shows health complaints spiked in the Big Island community downwind of Kilauea's summit after the volcano began spewing more sulfur dioxide from a second simultaneous eruption in 2008.
Categories: Environmental Health
Pesticides taint one-fifth of kids' food.
A study of food commonly eaten by American kids finds pesticide contamination to be quite common, particularly among popular fruits and vegetables.
Categories: Environmental Health
R-52: Should debt limit rise to make schools greener? YES: It helps students and cuts waste.
Flickering lights in classrooms, impurities in school drinking fountains, drafty classrooms and rusty pipes. School conditions in a third world country? No.
Categories: Environmental Health