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Junk Science + Junk Politics = 3 Billion Dead and Counting Runs September 17 through September 23, 2010 NEW YORK, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The QUAD Cinema, one of New York City's leading art houses, presents the New York premiere of the provocative new documentary, 3 BILLION AND COUNTING (102 minutes), directed and produced by Dr. D. Rutledge Taylor. Sure to spark outrage, Dr. Rutledge, a California physician specializing in preventative medicine, chronicles the effects of the...
A new study led by a team of Boston University School of Public Health researchers suggests a link between polyfluoroalkyl chemicals (PFCs), industrial compounds which are widely used in many consumer products, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children.Published online, ahead of print, in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, the researchers found "increased odds of ADHD in children with higher serum PFC levels." The researchers used data from the...
Pregnant women with higher blood levels of a common flame retardant had altered thyroid hormone levels, a result that could have implications for fetal health, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley."This is the first study with a sufficient sample size to evaluate the association between PBDE flame retardants and thyroid function in pregnant women," said the study's lead author, Jonathan Chevrier, a UC Berkeley researcher in...
Contrary to popular belief, paying a premium price for free-range eggs may not be healthier than eating regular eggs, a new study reports. Scientists found that free-range eggs in Taiwan contain at least five times higher levels of certain pollutants than regular eggs. Their findings appear in ACS' bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.In the new study, Pao-Chi Liao and colleagues note that free-range chickens are those that have continuous access to fresh air, sunshine, and...
Australian scientists have developed a groundbreaking treatment to clean up the highly toxic and persistent foam chemicals used worldwide to fight thousands of fires.Their achievement comes in response to growing global concern over the cancer and environmental risks from long-lasting chemicals in the foams used internationally to control petrol and other fires at tens of thousands of sites worldwide during the past half century.The importance of the work by researchers at the CRC for...
Genetic mutations and workplace exposure to some insecticides together appear to be associated with an increased risk for Parkinson's disease among men, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals."In most cases, the etiology of Parkinson's disease is likely to be multifactorial, and environmental factors as well as their interaction with susceptibility genes are considered to contribute to the disease," the authors write as...
BATON ROUGE, La., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) announced today that it will increase the base prices on select SAYTEX® brominated flame retardants on or after July 1, 2010, or as contracts allow: SAYTEX® RB-49 (tetrabromophthalic anhydride) by $0.65/kg globallySAYTEX® 8010 (decabromodiphenyl ethane) by $0.60/kg on all Asia shipments About Albemarle Albemarle Corporation, headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is a leading global developer,...
BATON ROUGE, La., May 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) announced today that it will increase prices of SAYTEX® 4010 (decabromodiphenyl ethane) by $0.60/kg and SAYTEX® 102E (decabromodiphenyl oxide) by $1.00/kg on shipments on or after July 1, 2010, or as contracts allow. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050801/ALBEMARLELOGO ) About Albemarle Albemarle Corporation, headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is a leading global developer,...
BATON ROUGE, La., March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of flame retardants, announced today that it will increase prices of SAYTEX flame retardants on shipments after April 1, 2010, or as contracts allow at the following rates: (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050801/ALBEMARLELOGO ) SAYTEX HP-3010 (Brominated polystyrene) - 10% SAYTEX HP-5010 (Brominated polystyrene) - 10% SAYTEX 8010...
Berkeley "“ Women with higher blood levels of PBDEs, a type of flame retardant commonly found in household consumer products, took longer to become pregnant compared with women who have lower PBDE levels, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. The study, to be published Jan. 26 in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, found that each 10-fold increase in the blood concentration of four PBDE chemicals was linked to a 30 percent decrease in...
