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- 1From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIn 2008, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act was enacted to bolster efforts to protect children from lead and phthalates in products such as toys and clothing. In response to concerns expressed by thrift store...
- 2From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: There has been concern regarding risks from inhalation exposure to nanoparticles (NPs). The large number of particles requiring testing means that alternative approaches to animal testing are needed....
- 3From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThick smoke routinely cloaks Southern California hills, highways, and neighborhoods during this region's autumn wildfire season, with drought contributing to worse fires than usual in the past two years. Wildfire...
- 4From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedLow-dose extrapolation model selection for evaluating the health effects of environmental pollutants is a key component of the risk assessment process. At a workshop held in Baltimore, Maryland, on 23-24 April 2007,...
- 5From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Cadmium exposure has been associated with increased all-cause, cancer, and cardiovascular disease mortality. However, studies investigating this association have included participants with considerably higher...
- 6From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Hypospadias is one of the most common urogenital congenital anomalies affecting baby boys. Prevalence estimates in Europe range from 4 to 24 per 10,000 births, depending on definition, with higher rates...
- 7From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Altered patterns of gene expression mediate the effects of particulate matter (PM) on human health, but mechanisms through which PM modifies gene expression are largely undetermined. OBJECTIVES: We aimed at...
- 8From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedUntil recently, most of the concern surrounding the health risks of phthalates has focused on the use of these plasticizers in toys, personal care products, food packaging, and medical equipment such as intravenous...
- 9From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 2) Peer-Revieweddoi: 10.1289/ehp. 12310 In this issue, Gensburg et al. (2009) summarize the mortality experience of > 6,100 former residents of Love Canal, New York, over the period 1979-1996. Love Canal became a household word 30...
- 10From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedOBJECTIVE: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency funded five academic centers in 1999 to address the uncertainties in exposure, toxicity, and health effects of airborne particulate matter (PM) identified in the...
- 11From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedFebruary 12-16 February, Thu-Mon. The American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting--Our Planet and Its Life: Origins and Futures. Chicago, Illinois. Information: AAAS Meetings Group, 1200 New York...
- 12From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedDespite concerns by domestic and international groups about the endocrine-disrupting effects and persistence in the environment of endosulfan, Australia will continue to allow the restricted use of this insecticide. This...
- 13From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Although microRNAs (miRNAs) have been found to play an important role in many biological and metabolic processes, their functions in animal response to environmental toxicant exposure are largely unknown....
- 14From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Both influenza viruses and air pollutants have been well documented as major hazards to human health, but few epidemiologic studies have assessed effect modification of influenza on health effects of ambient...
- 15From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: In Xuanwei County, China, unvented indoor coal burning is strongly associated with increased risk of lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. However, the impact of coal burning and stove...
- 16From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThalidomide, a drug banned in some countries for nearly 50 years because it causes malformations in embryonic limb tissue, may be on the verge of a dramatic, if carefully circumscribed, reinstatement for use against a...
- 17From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAs multibillion-dollar projects intended to sequester carbon dioxide ([CO.sub.2]) in deep geologic storage continue to seek financial support, the fertile black soils in the Amazon basin suggest a cheaper, lower-tech...
- 18From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: The Love Canal is a rectangular 16-acre, 10-ft deep chemical waste landfill situated in a residential neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York. This seriously contaminated site first came to public attention...
- 19From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Previous studies on the association between maternal age and risk of childhood leukemia found inconsistent results. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to assess whether there is an association between maternal age and...
- 20From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedGrowing concern about global climate change has focused increasing research attention on the carbon-regulating role played by soil. Collectively, the Earth's soils contain more than twice the amount of carbon found in...