Sentences with phrase «exposure to chemicals at»

Avoiding or minimizing exposure to chemicals at home and work is also important.

Exposure to chemicals at low doses during early fetal development can cause brain injury to the fetus.

If your illness was due to exposure to a chemical at work, you may be entitled to receive workers» compensation insurance payments from your employer.

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The next evening, more than 500 people, mostly women and children, began arriving at medical centers in Douma showing symptoms consistent with exposure to a chemical agent, according to Syrian American Medical Society, a relief organization.

Prenatal exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA), a common chemical used in plastic water bottles and canned food, is associated with measures of obesity in children at age 7, according to researchers from the Columbia Center for Children's...

Rowan, at just 1Â 1/2 years old, became the youngest child in the U.S. to be tested for chemical exposure with this method.

The total exposure to BPA is getting quite large when you look at ALL the products in their small lives that may contain this harmful chemical.

Although the health effects of these chemicals to babies are not yet known, it's still an important safety risk to consider, because as the study pointed out, babies actually inhale more air per surface than adults, putting them at greater risk for inhalation exposure.

Everybody knows exposure to chemicals and skin sensitivity at such a tender age is not good.

The best way to avoid ALL chemical exposure from diapers is to use cloth diapers for all or at least some of the time.

Leonardo Trasande, MD, shares advice for parents on a number of safe and simple steps to help you reduce your family's chemical exposure at home

«Dining out associated with increased exposure to harmful chemicals: New study finds burgers and other foods consumed at restaurants, fast food outlets or cafeterias, associated with higher levels of phthalates.»

Having healthy parties at school is a great way to curb their intake of empty calories and questionable chemical additives, while also increasing their exposure to wholesome nutrient - dense foods that many children could use more of.

Choose an obstetrician or health care provider Interview potential doctors Contact health insurance company about coverage Start and pregnancy and birth budget Discuss financial effects of pregnancy and baby with partner Stop smoking Stop drinking Stop using street drugs Talk to your physician about any prescription medications Drink at least 8 glasses of water every day Visit the doctor at least once per month or every 4 weeks Do not dye or perm hair Stop drinking coffee and other caffeinated beverages Exercise daily Start taking prenatal vitamins Eat foods rich in folic acid Eat iron rich foods Increase daily intake of whole grains, fruits and vegetables Nap as much as possible as fatigue is common Eat fish with low levels of mercury no more than 2 days per week Do not eat undercooked meats Do not eat unpasteurized dairy producs Do not eat cold cut deli meats Allow someone else to clean out the kitty litter, if applicable Limit exposure to chemicals Try to limit stress and tension Complete all prenatal tests — HIV, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Anemia, Blood Typing, Sickle Cell Anemia, Urine Screening and Rubella.

South of the border, the American Chemistry Council is disputing the findings, saying, «the chemicals studied here are shown to be at extremely low exposure levels and well below government - set safe levels.»

«Now management wants to slash healthcare for current workers and completely eliminate healthcare and life insurance for retirees — many of whom are dealing with illnesses related to their exposure to deadly chemicals at the plant.»

The public should be warned that they need to monitor health issues, and the state should highlight that there is significant body of scientific research that demonstrates risk, said Courtney Carignan, a research scientist at Harvard University's School of Public Health who studies the health effects of exposure to toxic chemicals.

But exposure to the chemicals blocked cell division, which could lead to neurological disabilities in babies if their cells are exposed at particular times during fetal development.

In addition, most cases of breast cancer are not hereditary, from BRCA or other mutations, but «sporadic,» meaning they arise at random or from smoking, obesity, exposure to toxic chemicals, hormone use, and other environmental factors.

«These chemicals are just about everywhere, from the blood in polar bears to eagles to humans on every continent,» said Joseph Allen, assistant professor of exposure assessment science at Harvard Chan School and the study's lead author.

The hazard quotient is the ratio of estimated specific exposure to a single chemical over a specified period to the estimated daily exposure level at which no adverse health effects are likely to occur.

Researchers continue to study what sparks these hormonal changes and have begun looking at environmental chemical exposure, stress levels and diet during pregnancy.

There is also the «sister study» of 51,000 women followed for 10 years looking at nutrition, lifestyle, exposure to environmental chemicals and biological markers.

At exposures typical of cosmetic users, several of these chemicals have been linked to cancer, impaired reproductive ability and compromised neurodevelopment in children.

What's more, the EPA generally tests only to see if chemicals are acutely toxic, rather than looking at the effects of long - term exposure.

To ascertain the age of the boulders strewn by the glaciers and thus come up with a date when glaciers were at their greatest extent, Willenbring and colleagues used a technique known as cosmogenic nuclide exposure dating, which measures the chemical residue of supernova explosions.

Exposure to the endocrine - disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) during pregnancy can cause oxidative damage that may put the baby at risk of developing diabetes or heart disease later in life, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's journal Endocrinology.

Despite its widespread use, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report potentially serious consequences of long - term exposure to the chemical.

The study, performed in Garfield County, Colo., between July 2010 and October 2011, was done by researchers at The Endocrine Disruption Exchange, a non-profit organization that examines the impact of low - level exposure to chemicals on the environment and human health.

«This study suggests that sufficient weight gain during pregnancy may help to dilute certain chemicals that store in fat, reducing exposure to the fetus,» said Jonathan Chevrier, an epidemiologist at McGill University in Montreal who did not participate in the research.

Vandenberg, Nagel and colleagues point out that their results «suggest that the mammary gland is sensitive to mixtures of chemicals used in UOG production at exposure levels that are environmentally relevant.

Overall, Vandenberg and colleagues report that prenatal exposure to the 23 - chemical mixture did not alter morphology of the pups» mammary glands at Day 21, before they entered puberty.

But it is unclear whether industrial pollutants such as cadmium are to blame, said Niladri Basu, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan who is conducting a study of chemical exposures at the reservation.

But the Toxic Substances Control Act explicitly allowed chemicals already employed at the time of the law's passage — BPA and more than 60,000 others — to continue to be used without any evaluation for toxicity or exposure limits.

Since the early 1990s, independent scientists in academic laboratories around the world have published hundreds of articles demonstrating how a broad selection of chemicals can interfere with the normal development of a baby at extremely low levels of exposure — in fact, levels similar to those experienced every day by people worldwide.

Early exposure in the human womb to phthalates, which are common environmental chemicals, disrupts the masculinization of male genitals, according to a new study that will be presented Sunday at the Endocrine Society's 97th annual meeting in San Diego.

«Reducing exposure to phthalates and other hormone - disrupting chemicals is something that needs to be addressed at a societal level through consumer advocacy and regulation, and education of health care providers.»

They showed that basal cells were much more efficient at repairing DNA damage, allowing them to survive and reproduce following exposure to chemicals or radiation that damaged the DNA.

On the drinking - water front, researchers from IBM, Central Glass, Ltd., of Japan, the King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) in Saudi Arabia, and the University of Texas at Austin are developing a new type of membrane that is resistant to damage by chlorine (the chemical most often used prevent bacterial growth in water supplies) and designed to filter out salts and harmful toxins in water such as arsenic (long - term exposure of which has been linked to cancer and other ailments) potentially creating new sources of drinking water.

The 2009 young scientist award on research on occupational health and exposure was given to Craig Moore of Newcastle University for his platform presentation «The influence of everyday clothing on percutaneous absorption and distribution of model penetrants in vitro» at the OEESC (Occupational and Environmental Exposure of Skin to Chemicals) 2009 conexposure was given to Craig Moore of Newcastle University for his platform presentation «The influence of everyday clothing on percutaneous absorption and distribution of model penetrants in vitro» at the OEESC (Occupational and Environmental Exposure of Skin to Chemicals) 2009 conExposure of Skin to Chemicals) 2009 conference.

The U.S. EPA in fact has no list of «endocrine disruptors» at all — preferring to assess chemicals on a case - by - case basis; taking into account the entire body of toxicological evidence available; and factoring in actual human exposure levels.

3/10/2008 Health Problems in Persian Gulf War Veterans Higher Due to Chemical Exposure UCSD researchers warn of potential risk to civilians exposed to pesticides A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine shows there is increasing evidence that high rates of illness in Persian Gulf War Veteran... More...

«Many scientists have studied similar effects from exposure to pharmaceuticals and pesticides, but now we're seeing it from chemicals found in common road salt and leaf litter,» said Max Lambert, lead author of the paper and a doctoral student at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

Konkel was honored at the Society's 99th Annual Meeting & Expo in Orlando, Fla., for her coverage of how exposure to endocrine - disrupting chemicals (EDCs) can affect the development of the placenta, -LSB-...] Read more

«This study suggests that smokers who completely switch to e-cigarettes and stop smoking tobacco cigarettes may significantly reduce their exposure to many cancer - causing chemicals,» said lead author Maciej Goniewicz, an assistant professor of oncology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y.

Protect your ovaries while youre at it, by limiting exposure to perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs)-- often in the coatings of nonstick pans and many other items like clothing, furniture, and packaged - food containers — which may double the risk of infertility, according to a study in Human Reproduction.

You can lessen your pets» exposure to toxic chemicals in household dust simply by removing your shoes at the door and vacuuming with a true, medical grade HEPA - filter vacuum.

But with so many questionable chemicals swirling around us, «you definitely want to take simple measures whenever possible to lower your exposure,» says Phil Brown, PhD, director of the Social Science Environ - mental Health Research Institute at Northeastern University in Boston.

Now, a new study published in the journal Environmental Health adds more evidence to the cautionary stance, showing that women who use douches can put themselves at a greater risk for exposure to harmful chemicals called phthalates, which are said to interfere with the body's hormones.

At the end of the day, I've come to the conclusion that getting rid of the springs in mattresses to avoid EMFs is akin to putting a filter on a cigarette to reduce chemical exposure.