California will ban a brain-damaging pesticide that the Trump administration’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has delayed banning at the national level, the state announced Wednesday. Chlorpyrifos, which is used on almonds, citrus, grapes, cotton, walnuts and other crops, has been shown to harm children’s health and neurological development. “Countless people have suffered as a […]
By Wenonah Hauter Five years ago this week, an emergency manager appointed by then-Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder made the devastating decision to save money by switching Flint’s water supply over from Detroit’s water system to the Flint River. Seen as a temporary fix, the new water supply was not properly treated. High levels of lead […]
The world’s first malaria vaccine was launched in Malawi on Tuesday, NPR reported. It’s an important day in health history. Not only is it the first malaria vaccine, it’s the first vaccine to target any human parasite. The vaccine is the result of a more than 30-year effort by the World Health Organization (WHO), the […]
By Jessica Corbett In a ruling welcomed by public health advocates, a federal court on Friday ordered the Trump administration to stop stalling a potential ban on a pesticide linked to brain damage in children, giving regulators until mid-July to make a final decision. Citing unacceptable health risks for children, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency […]
People of all ages are spending more of their day looking at their phones, computers and television screens, but parents now have another reason for limiting how much screen time their children get — it could lead to behavioral problems. According to a new study from the University of Alberta, younger children who receive two […]
By Sydney Swanson With April hopping along and Easter just around the corner, it’s time for dyeing eggs (and inadvertently, dyeing hands.) It’s easy to grab an egg-dyeing kit at the local supermarket or drug store, but those dye ingredients are not pretty. Typical kits contain dyes loaded with artificial colors, like FD&C Yellow #5, […]
By Haneen Khreis In the U.S., more than 6 million children had ongoing asthma in 2016. Globally, asthma kills around 1,000 people every day — and its prevalence is rising. This condition has a high economic cost. Each year in the U.S., more than $80 billion is lost because of asthma. This is mainly due […]
Air pollution has long been known to have a potentially deadly impact on the heart and lungs, but increasing evidence is showing it might be bad for the brain as well. Studies have linked it to dementia, and now, researchers at King’s College London have found the first evidence of an association between exposure to […]
Environmental exposure to pesticides, both before birth and during the first year of life, has been linked to an increased risk of developing autism spectrum disorder, according to the largest epidemiological study to date on the connection. The study, published Wednesday in BMJ, found that pregnant women who lived within 2,000 meters (approximately 1.2 miles) […]
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