All Articles Tagged As: toxins

Deadly effect of arsenic in drinking water measured in massive study (6/23/2010)

More than 20 percent of deaths in a study of 12,000 Bangladeshis were attributable to arsenic exposure from contaminated drinking water, new research reports. The large 10-year study is the first to prospectively measure the relationship between individual exposure to arsenic and its associated mortality risk. ...> Full Article

Study links reduced fertility to flame retardant exposure (1/29/2010)

A new UC Berkeley study finds that women with higher blood levels of PBDEs, a common type of flame retardant, took longer to get pregnant. The flame retardants are used in foam furniture, electronics, fabrics, carpets, plastics and other common items in the home. ...> Full Article

Arsenic and old toenails (2/27/2009)

New research highlights environmental exposure to toxin ...> Full Article

Arsenic Exposure May Be Associated With Type 2 Diabetes (8/22/2008)

In a study involving a representative sample of U.S. adults, higher levels of arsenic in the urine appear to be associated with increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes ...> Full Article

Exposure to Agent Orange linked to prostate cancer in Vietnam veterans (8/6/2008)

Vietnam War veterans exposed to Agent Orange have greatly increased risks of prostate cancer and even greater risks of getting the most aggressive form of the disease as compared to those who were not exposed. ...> Full Article

Long-term Pesticide Exposure May Increase Risk of Diabetes (6/6/2008)

Licensed pesticide applicators who used chlorinated pesticides on more than 100 days in their lifetime were at greater risk of diabetes ...> Full Article

Male painters exposed to fertility damaging chemicals (5/26/2008)

Men working as painters and decorators who are exposed to glycol ethers are more likely to have poor semen quality, according to research carried out by scientists from the Universities of Sheffield and Manchester. ...> Full Article

Scientists Determine Drug Target for the Most Potent Botulinum Neurotoxin (5/1/2008)

Scientists taking the first step toward designing an effective antidote to the most potent form of the toxin ...> Full Article

Research Reveals How Food Poisoning and Bioterrorism Toxins Could Be Tamed (3/11/2008)

New insights into how plant toxin ricin kills cells could help scientists develop drugs to counteract poisonings ...> Full Article

New research examines commonly used toxin (2/29/2008)

New research at the University of Calgary Faculty of Kinesiology suggests that Botulinium type-A toxin (BTX-A) passes easily to surrounding muscles and is more difficult to control once injected than many people suspect. ...> Full Article

Expert Adds Obesity to Side Effects of Lead Exposure (2/19/2008)

Optometry professor finds unexpected link between prenatal lead exposure and obesity in males ...> Full Article

Research Team Identifies Novel Anti-Cancer Drug from the Sea (2/16/2008)

A collaborative team of researchers spearheaded by Dennis Carson, M.D., professor of medicine and director of the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) has identified a potent new anti-cancer drug isolated from a toxic blue-green algae found in the South Pacific. The properties of somocystinamide A (ScA) are described in a paper that will be published online in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science the week of February 11 -15. ...> Full Article

Bacterial Toxin Closes Gate on Immune Response, Researchers Discover (2/14/2008)

Implications for Finding New Ways to Fight MRSA ...> Full Article

Study shows how ultrafine particles in air pollution may cause heart disease (1/21/2008)

Patients prone to heart disease may one day be told by physicians to avoid not only fatty foods and smoking but air pollution too. ...> Full Article

Some Wood Floor Finishes Are A Likely Source Of PCB Exposure (1/18/2008)

A case study suggests that old wood floor finishes in some homes may be an overlooked source of exposure to the now banned environmental pollutants polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). ...> Full Article

Study Shows Link Between TCE Exposure, Parkinsonism (1/10/2008)

Industrial workers who worked with trichloroethylene (TCE) may face a greater risk for parkinsonism, a study by a team of University of Kentucky researchers shows. ...> Full Article

Potentially Harmful Pesticides Found In All Human Subjects Tested (1/7/2008)

A study carried out by researchers from the Department of Radiology and Physical Medicine of the University of Granada, in collaboration with the Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública, found that 100% of Spaniards analyzed had at least one kind of persistent organic compound (POC's), substances internationally classified as potentially harmful to one's health, in their bodies. These substances enter the body through food, water or even air. All of them tend to accumulate in human adipose tissue and easily enter into the organism through the aforementioned mediums. ...> Full Article

Exposure to PCBs and Chlorinated Pesticides Linked to Diabetes Among Mohawk Population (12/3/2007)

Exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and chlorinated pesticides may cause diabetes, according to a study by researchers at the University at Albany's School of Public Health. The study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 115, Issue 10, October 2007), found that there was a nearly four times greater risk of diabetes in Mohawks who had PCB levels in the top one-third of the study population. ...> Full Article

Environmental toxins may limit fertility (11/26/2007)

Targeted compounds found in car exhaust, wood stove fumes ...> Full Article

Scorpion Toxin Makes Fungus Deadly to Insect Pests (11/17/2007)

Professor has discovered how to use scorpion genes to create a hypervirulent fungus that can kill specific insect pests, including mosquitoes that carry malaria and a beetle that destroys coffee crops, but does not contaminate the environment as chemical pesticides do. ...> Full Article

Biochemists add new molecular weapon to their arsenal (11/11/2007)

Researchers have acquired a new molecular tool that could help them transform a toxin from coral-reef bacteria into a next-generation cancer drug. ...> Full Article

Researcher Defends Against E. Coli's Deadly Kidney Punch (10/7/2007)

Researcher blocking the toxins created by the E. Coli bacteria before it doesn't damage to kidney's ...> Full Article

Pollution Killing up to 25,000 Canadians Annually (10/6/2007)

Canadians are awash in toxic chemicals - and it is costing our health care system up to $9.1 billion and 1.5 million hospital days annually. ...> Full Article