The term "chemicals in the environment" refers to any man-made or natural substances that are present in the air, water, soil, and other surroundings.
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Having a compromised child like my son has forced me to explore and research many different avenues from the effects
of chemicals in our environment to the benefits of alternative medicines.
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harmful chemicals in our environment and several resources to help protect the public from unnecessary toxic exposure.
Taken together these methods enable the researchers to address key questions about
how chemicals in the environment can enter a fish, and better understand the implications.
While some physicians are confident in the human body's ability to regulate itself, others express a sense of uncertainty about the effect of the growing presence of
new chemicals in our environments.
Some scientists have argued that bees may be less susceptible to agricultural chemicals than laboratory studies suggest because the bees might detect potentially
toxic chemicals in the environment and avoid them.
These findings indicate that exposures of pregnant women and children to thyroid -
disrupting chemicals in the environment pose real risks for child development and health, and underline the need for a more targeted public health intervention strategy.
Researchers propose surprising strategy for how cells detect chemicals in their environment
Heavy metals such as mercury, cadmium, and lead as well
as chemicals in the environment such as pesticides and herbicides impair hormone cascades and interfere with health.
«Perfluorinated compounds found in African crocodiles, American alligators: Studies are first - of - their - kind examinations of PFAA levels in «sentinel» reptile species, especially useful for investigating impacts of long -
lived chemicals in the environment.»
In this report, the Commission noted that there is currently no risk management decision - making body for
industrial chemicals in the environment sector and no formal policy oversight by Environment Ministers.
Genetics sets the stage but the environment is the trigger, and with all the
untested chemicals in the environment, we're conducting a vast uncontrolled experiment and children are the guinea pigs.
Interest in how primates respond to oestrogen - disruptors has been sparked by the rising levels of synthetic
oestrogenic chemicals in our environment, such as bisphenol A — although Wasserman cautions that these synthetic forms might act differently from the natural versions.
As a fellow for two terms (1997 until 1999), Euling assessed the cumulative risk of various toxic agents on development and studied whether
certain chemicals in the environment influence the timing of puberty.
«During the 1990s and early years of this century, the primary EPA source of funding for research
on chemicals in our environment was the Science to Achieve Results — or STAR — program,» said Richard Di Giulio, Sally Kleberg Professor of Environmental Toxicology at Duke.
The receptor or ion channel, called TRPV1, was originally discovered in sensory neurons, where it acts as a sentinel for heat, acidity and
spicy chemicals in the environment.
Acquired cancers arise when the cell mechanisms are disrupted by a virus (although rare in dogs), by irradiation (skin cancers on dogs with short coats and pale skin exposed to excessive sunlight), or by an accumulation of toxic chemicals, either from failure of a cell to dispose of its waste byproducts or from natural or man -
made chemicals in the environment.
On the one hand we can see the value in reducing feral pigeon populations, and we don't suppose they can be retrained to monitor pollution like some of their cousins, but do we really need more
pharmaceutical chemicals in our environment, and can we be sure it's safe?
Health researchers, environmental campaigners and industry representatives hailed the report as a vital tool in trying to discern, or rule out, health effects
from chemicals in the environment.
«This includes toxins that become increasingly toxic with age and are re-emitted into the air or react with
other chemicals in the environment to produce new pollutants,» she said.
Early pioneers in the field who warned us about the effects of endocrine
disrupting chemicals in the environment were Rachel Carson in her 1962 book, Silent Spring, and Theo Coburn in her book, Our Stolen Future: Threatening Our Fertility.
Davis can't say why the shift is occurring, but she suspects the cause is exposure to estrogen -
mimicking chemicals in the environment: so - called metalloestrogens like arsenic and mercury, as well as pesticides, solvents, plastics, including phthalates (see story # 42, page 46), and PCBs.
For boys, who again are already over-exposed to
estrogenic chemicals in the environment, even small amounts of estrogen can block normal development of male characteristics and stimulate weight gain and breast growth.
The two studies are first - of - their - kind examinations of PFAA levels in «sentinel» reptile species, especially useful for investigating the impacts of long -
lived chemicals in the environment.