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Study finds levels of toxic flame retardants 5 times higher in toddlers

These results are particularly troubling since children, ages one to five, are in important stages of development and likely more sensitive to environmental chemicals, particularly those that affect their metabolism and hormones.

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A new piece of the obesity puzzle

Despite the First Lady’s Get Up and Move campaign, America’s weight problem persists. Perhaps the causes of obesity are more diverse than just genetics, lifestyle and diet. The three most known factors related to obesity are critically important, and an emerging fourth contributor – toxic chemicals– can be another important part of reducing and preventing obesity in the future.

Filed Under: Health Science Tagged With: action, atrazine, Bishphenol A, BPA, cancer, chemicals, Chemicals and Minorities, discrimination, endocrine disrupting chemicals, environmental, environmental justice, EPA, exposure, families, Fence line communities, Gaining Weight, health, Healthy, Jose Bravo, minorities, Minority Health, Obese, obesity, Obesogens, PFOA, phthalates, policy, products, retailers, toxic, toxic chemicals, tributyltin, weight and minorities, bill, saferchemicals, safer, new, state, store

Ants go marching one-by-one

One of my personal heroes is E.O. Wilson, a well-respected biologist, author and researcher. He has spent a good part of his career studying ants (yes, ants!) and the behavoiors of “social insects.” Based on his research he argues that we should model human behaviors similar to social insects, who work to take care of […]

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