Sentences with phrase «on dioxin»

The accident provided massive amounts of data on dioxin exposures that is still being studied even today.

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I was looking for some real data on dioxins to put my concerns about them in a scientific perspective and that's exctly what I got here.

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Examples from the last few years include the subprime mortgage crisis; the failure of the Peanut Corporation of America; the 2007 pet food scandal; lead paint on children's toys in 2007; melamine - laced Chinese milk products; contaminants in the drug Heparin; and dioxin - contaminated Irish pork.

Equally vexing is an article on disposable paper diapers and the toxic chemical, dioxin, which is a byproduct of the paper production process.

SG claims their disposables do not contribute to dioxin pollution, which has been linked cancer risks for everyone breathing the air on our planet.

And recently, a study on mice found that dioxins, present in all of us thanks to bioaccumulation, may also play a part in poor breastmilk production.

Heather McNamara: What it means is that they don't use chlorine bleached dye, the paper or the plastic that's on the diapers and when you use chlorine to dye then it releases a toxin called dioxin which is very, very hazardous.

She used paper diapers on her first son and switched her second son to cloth after learning about all the chemicals, including dioxin, which is in paper diapers.

Among other things, residents are worried about the health impacts of adding Cortland County's trash to the incinerator, suggesting dioxins coming from the plant have already had adverse health effects on residents.

It now turns out that Yushchenko was probably saved by the benign but ugly lumps called hamartomas that grew on his face and body — seen in the December 2004 photo below — which helped isolate the dioxin from his vital organs.

The report is replete with examples of the social controversies involving science and technology at that time - the biological and environmental effects of nuclear weapons testing, DDT and other dioxins, the use of defoliants and herbicides by the U.S. military in Vietnam, the safety of nuclear power plants, the ban on fetal research, a moratorium on recombinant DNA research, the need for human subject protections and informed consent in genetics research, the misuse of psychology as a tool for torture, the implications of national security controls on science; misconduct in science, and the role of and protections for whistleblowers - many of which continue to resonate in the science and society relationship of today.

Native Americans, such as the Mohawk in upstate New York and the Yakama and Nez Perce in the Columbia River basin, rely heavily on a diet of salmon, trout and other fish that are contaminated with PCBs, dioxins and other chemicals.

So if, as Le Cao Dai believes, it is causing second and third - generation birth deformities, the likelihood is that they are congenital, caused by either the continuing presence of dioxin in the environment and human tissue, or lingering effects on the father's or mother's hormonal system.

But while chlorine is good at activating the strong bonds of molecules, which allows manufacturers to synthesize the products we use on a daily basis, it can be an insidious chemical, sometimes escaping into the environment as hazardous byproducts such as chloroform and dioxin.

Two industrial byproducts on the list, dioxins and furans, will be reduced right away and eliminated «where feasible,» for example, by clamping down on open trash burning.

Moreover, excessive ingestion of elements that have no apparent role in health, (e.g. lead, mercury, PCBs, dioxins), may incur toxic and potentially lethal effects, depending on the dose.

Vitargent has also developed a dioxin test on zebrafish (Danio rerio).

This year «s Young Scientist Award on human health sciences, presented at the EUROTOX annual meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, has been awarded to Camille Béchaux, Anses France for her poster presentation on: Dynamical modeling of dietary exposure to dioxins and corresponding present and future health risk: A case study in France

Meaning, essentially, that eggs contain the bad stuff (dioxins), but because of nature's intelligence, they also contain good elements to prevent the bad stuff from wreaking havoc on your body.

Dioxins aren't great, but whole foods account for that — and if you were going to try to avoid them altogether, you might have very little left to put on your plate.

The report concluded that the feeding reservoirs were in fact a greater source of dioxins in food than emissions are, «and suggest that further risk management actions to reduce emissions from controlled sources beyond those already in place will have little or no additional impact on food levels.»

Therefore the healthy pre-modern groups that Price studied, who thrived on diets rich in animal products, probably consumed some level of dioxins in their food, possibly rivaling our own consumption.

This argument focuses on a class of chemicals called dioxins, and suggests that in the modern world, overburdened by pollutants, these fat - soluble chemicals accumulate specifically in the fatty tissue of animal products, making a vegetarian — even vegan — diet a necessity for those living in the modern world.

The Always Infinity pad on the other hand, with its mostly undisclosed ingredients, create lots of black smoke and thick residue — indications that the pad may contain dioxins, synthetic fibers and petrochemical additives.

I wonder what the impact of dioxins is on these people.

Although the first tenet of the dioxin - based argument for vegetarianism, that dioxins are potent human carcinogens, endocrine disruptors, reproductive disruptors, and immune disruptors appears to be false or irrelevant to humans at the levels at which they are exposed, it is still sensible for us to err on the side of caution and, ceteris paribus (all things being equal), opt for a lower dioxin intake over a higher one.

Fish oil may pass on its toxic dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to you.

A group of scientists recently published a paper describing what happened when they ordered some dioxin from Dow Chemical, grabbed some DDT while they were at it, and dripped the chemicals on some human white blood cells, with and without a variety of phytonutrients, to see if they could have a protective effect.

Wow, on the surface the data you have provided makes me think this Alaskan salmon should be big - time avoided by anyone seeking to limit high - intake sources of PCBs / dioxins.

The breast milk of vegetarians appear to have significantly lower levels of PCBs, DDT, and dioxins than that those on a standard American diet.

A few videos (there are more than 50) on why fish are not the best choices for omega 3's include Nerves of Mercury, The Effect of Canned Tuna on Future Wages, and Dioxins in the Food Supply.

First congratulations on the vegan nutritional approach to pregnancy... you have already taken a huge step in avoiding exposure of your baby to persistent organic pollutants such as dioxin and endocrine disrupters and metals such as mercury and arsenic.

Dioxins will not be listed on a label, but are often contained in antibacterial agents such as triclosan, PEGs and sodium laureth sulfate.

Specifically, SUPERB homed in on 44 foods known to have high concentrations of toxic compounds: metals, arsenic, lead, and mercury; pesticides chlorpyrifos, permethrin, and endosulfan; persistent organic pollutants dioxin, DDT, dieldrin, and chlordane; and the food processing byproduct acrylamide.

Check out these videos for more on cruciferous vegetables: Prolonged Liver Function Enhancement from Broccoli The Broccoli Receptor: Our First Line of Defense Counteracting the Effects of Dioxins Through Diet

However, I find it baffling how a 24 year old «blogger» with no qualifications or credentials in the aforementioned disciplines of study, has the audacity to write an article attempting to refute the claims and findings of a man with 40 + years experience in scientific research, a who was involved in the discovery of dioxin, recognized as one of the most deadly toxins ever found, a man who has written hundreds of scientific papers, a recipient of numerous awards for his work as a biochemist and a man who directed the most comprehensive study of diet, lifestyle and disease on humans, ever.

To truly whet your appetite, I can?t skip the added ingredients you?ll get with a farmed fillet: dioxins, PCBs, fire retardants (those da - n things are everywhere, aren?t they???), pesticides (especially for sea lice), antibiotics, copper sulfate (to take care of algae on the nets), and?

Roehm, D.C., 1983, Effects of a program of sauna baths and metavitamins on adipose DDE and PCBs and on clearing of symptoms of agent orange (Dioxin) toxicity, Clin Research, 31 (2): 243.

Over his career, Commoner worked on nuclear fallout, pesticides, water contamination, air pollution, toxic metals, the petrochemical industry, population, energy and nuclear power, urban waste disposal, dioxin, recycling, and all manner of other environmental issues.

The environmental community really ought to get its house in order on this issue by reining in the «dioxin» fear mongers who rely on 20 year old and completely irrelevant data to intimidate communities considering WTE projects.

The situation was sufficiently confusing that my brother, a cardiologist and heart - drug researcher, sent me an urgent e-mail asking: «What's the poop on the risk of farmed salmon, dioxin and PCBs?

Dr. George Carlo who helped set the ground - work for TASSC and remained on its «Advisory Board», was simultaneously working for Dow Chemicals (dioxins and breast implants); the Cellular Telephone Industry Association (opposing the need for research into the GSM / D - AMPS pulsed EMF power); and the energy companies (global warming).

Coordinating and leading a large international network of non-governmental organizations, she advocated for a global ban on persistent pollutants such as DDT, PCBs, and dioxin.

The cement industry takes any potential emission of POPs seriously, both because perceptions about these emissions have an impact on the industry's reputation, and because even small quantities of dioxin - like compounds can accumulate in the biosphere, with potentially long - term consequences.

According to two studies (Managing Coal Combustion Residues in Mines, Committee on Mine Placement of Coal Combustion Wastes, National Research Council of the National Academies, 2006, and Human and Ecological Risk Assessment of Coal Combustion Wastes, RTI, Research Triangle Park, August 6, 2007, prepared for the US EPA): «Toxic constituents include arsenic, beryllium, boron, cadmium, chromium, chromium VI, cobalt, lead, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, selenium, strontium, thallium, and vanadium, along with dioxins and PAH compounds.»

• The luggage line of Patagonia was once made from tough PVC, but on learning of the problems with dioxins, they moved to alternative materials.

On the site Buygreenstandards, dioxane is also known as diethylene dioxide, diethylene ether, diethylene oxide, and it is not to be confused with dioxin, they write.