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- 1From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Individuals previously exposed to lead remain at risk because of endogenous release of lead stored in their skeletal compartments. However, it is not known if long-term cumulative lead exposure is a risk...
- 2From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedWe were very interested to read the article by Schmidt (2009) about the increasing number of nanomaterials and their potential effects. We were especially interested in the similarities between carbon nanotubes and...
- 3From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Atrazine and other corn herbicides are routinely detected in drinking water. Two studies on potential association of atrazine with small-for-gestational-age (SGA) and preterm birth prevalence found...
- 4From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedThe H-shape design planned for New York City's new Public School 109, as described by The New York Times, allowed for large courtyards shielded from neighbors' noise for play and recreation, windows that open onto the...
- 5From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedPOPULATION HEALTH | Infant Health and Malaria Control Insecticides The World Health Organization Pesticide Evaluation Scheme (WHOPES) is used to assess the safety and efficacy of insecticides used for malaria...
- 6From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedThe debate over the safety of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) nearly closed a New Jersey school this fall until the state's biggest electric utility and the Sussex County Board of Education reached an eleventh-hour...
- 7From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedSince the first report of increased childhood leukemia rates around Britain's Sellafield nuclear power plant (NPP) in 1983, controversy has surrounded the possible link between the disease and proximity to nuclear...
- 8From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedMany observational studies have investigated a possible association between maternal exposure to mutagenic disinfection by-products (DBPs) in the water supply and congenital anomalies in offspring, but literature...
- 9From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: The causes of the current obesity pandemic have not been fully elucidated. Implication of environmental endocrine disruptors such as bisphenol A (BPA) on adipose tissue development has been poorly...
- 10From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Lead exposure has long been associated with deficits in IQ among children. However, few studies have assessed the impact of lead on specific domains of behavior and cognition. OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the...
- 11From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Exposure of the U.S. population to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) is thought to be via exposure to dust and diet. However, little work has been done to empirically link body burdens of these...
- 12From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedWith the Northern Hemisphere's peaking summer produce crop came a new iteration of the question of whether organic food is worth the extra expense. According to a review commissioned by the U.K. Food Standards Agency...
- 13From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedIn the letter by O'Brien et al. [Environ Health Perspect 117:A385-386 (2009)], the competing financial interest declaration was incorrect. The correct declaration is as follows: Karen Peabody O'Brien is executive...
- 14From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Between November 2007 and March 2008, 18 children died from a rapidly progressive central nervous system disease of unexplained origin in a community involved in the recycling of used...
- 15From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedIn a neighborhood of Dakar, Senegal, 18 children died from an aggressive central nervous system disease between November 2007 and March 2008. Experts from the World Health Organization and local health authorities were...
- 16From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedOBJECTIVE: The National Children's Study is a long-term epidemiologic study of 100,000 children from 105 locations across the United States. It will require information on a large number of environmental variables to...
- 17From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedWe appreciate the letter from Janus of CropLife America commenting on that group's assessment of the database and our article (Martin et al. 2009a) from its perspective as an agriculture and pest-management trade...
- 18From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Rates of preterm birth have been rising over the past several decades. Factors contributing to this trend remain largely unclear, and exposure to environmental contaminants may play a role. OBJECTIVE: We...
- 19From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedOctober 18-23 October, Sun-Fri. 8th International Conference on Urban Health. Nairobi, Kenya. Information: Conference Coordinator, African Population and Health Research Center, P.O. Box 10787, 00100 - GPO Nairobi,...
- 20From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Conventional wisdom regarding exposures to persistent organic chemicals via breastfeeding assumes that concentrations decline over the course of lactation and that the mother's body burden reflects her...