Respiratory Health

Paraquat Overview [in New Window]

Updated:2006/12/29(Fri) 22:39 [Edit-Delete] [*Report To Admin]

Paraquat is the second most widely used herbicide in the world, and is the cause of illness and death especially when mixed and loaded by planatation workers (from the Pesticide Action Network).

Guide to Less Toxic Products [in New Window]

Updated:2006/06/19(Mon) 15:01 [Edit-Delete] [*Report To Admin]

Top page quote from Dr. Dick Irwin: "Chemicals have replaced bacteria and viruses as the main threat to health."
Consumer guide to personal products, baby care and household products, from the Environmental Health Association of Nova Scotia.

Adults with Asthma Eat Less Fruit, Have Lower Levels of Vitamin C and Manganese [in New Window]

Updated:2006/06/11(Sun) 22:10 [Edit-Delete] [*Report To Admin]

"Diet may be a modifiable risk factor for the development of asthma," say researchers in the journal Thorax - as reported by Reuters.com.

Workplace to Blame for One in Ten Asthma Cases [in New Window]

Updated:2006/06/06(Tue) 07:51 [Edit-Delete] [*Report To Admin]

Australian study finds that hairdressers, spray painters and others exposed to chemicals on the job are at higher risk of asthma (from theage.com.au).

African-Americans Show Greater Brain Activation in Response to Smoking Cues [in New Window]

Updated:2006/06/06(Tue) 07:25 [Edit-Delete] [*Report To Admin]

Enhanced cravings may explain the lower smoking quit rates among African-American smokers - press release from the University of Minnesota regarding a fMRI study led by Kolawole Okuyemi, M.D., M.P.H.

Counseling More Effective than Nicotine Gum in Helping African-American Light Smokers Quit [in New Window]

Updated:2006/06/06(Tue) 07:27 [Edit-Delete] [*Report To Admin]

In fact, quit rates in this group for nicotine gum were no better than placebo - press release from the University of Minnesota regarding a study led by Jasjit Ahluwalia, M.D., M.P.H.

Haz-Map: Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Agents [in New Window]

Updated:2006/05/29(Mon) 12:21 [Edit-Delete] [*Report To Admin]

An occupational toxicology database with information about the health effects of exposure to chemicals and biologicals at work.
Data on approximately 1,000 chemicals and biological agents and 180 diseases and their symptoms.
From the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

TOXNET [in New Window]

Updated:2006/05/29(Mon) 12:00 [Edit-Delete] [*Report To Admin]

TOXNET is an acronym for TOXicology Data NETwork, and is a cluster of databases on hazardous chemicals, toxic releases and environmental health.
From the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Problems with Corn-Based Ethanol as Fuel [in New Window]

Updated:2006/05/28(Sun) 12:18 [Edit-Delete] [*Report To Admin]

From the Organic Consumers Association - corn-based ethanol gets significantly fewer miles to the gallon and as little as 8 barrels' yield from 7 barrels of petroleum needed for production.

All About Allergies [in New Window]

Updated:2006/05/28(Sun) 09:56 [Edit-Delete] [*Report To Admin]

All about inhaled and ingested allergies, as well as their conventional and natural treatments (and precautions).
From the Life Extension Foundation, lef.org.

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