by Northwestern University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For the first time, scientists at Northwestern Medicine have demonstrated a causal link between environmental phthalates (toxic chemicals found in everyday consumer products) and the increased growth of uterine fibroids, the most common tumors among women. Manufacturers use environmental phthalates in numerous industrial and consumer products, and they’ve also...
By LUKE ANDREWS HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 17:40 EDT, 24 August 2022 | UPDATED: 18:03 EDT, 24 August 2022 Tattoo ink may contain toxic cancer-causing chemicals, a new study finds. Scientists at State University of New York (SUNY) found that nearly half of a 56-sample of tattoo inks they investigated had azo-compounds, which degenerate under ultra-violet light — emitted...
NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY It may sound strange, but chemicals in plastic may make the bathroom scale a less pleasant place to visit. Every day, we come into contact with plastic products. A lot of plastic is found in food packaging. Plastic packaging is common for practical reasons, because it is cheap and...
IMAGE: A NEW STUDY FINDS CHICKEN NUGGETS, BURRITOS AND OTHER POPULAR ITEMS CONSUMERS BUY FROM FAST FOOD OUTLETS IN THE UNITED STATES CONTAIN CHEMICALS THAT ARE LINKED TO A LONG LIST OF SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS CREDIT: VALERIA BOLTNEVA WASHINGTON (Oct. 27, 2021)–Chicken nuggets, burritos and other popular items consumers buy from fast food outlets in...
SILENT SPRING INSTITUTE Every day, people are exposed to a variety of synthetic chemicals through the products they use or the food they eat. For many of these chemicals, the health effects are unknown. Now a new study shows that several hundred common chemicals, including pesticides, ingredients in consumer products, food additives, and drinking water contaminants, could...
by Tim Moss, The Conversation Swan has extrapolated from recent data to predict sperm counts could reach zero by 2045. But this isn’t necessarily accurate. Credit: Shutterstock A doomsday scenario of an end to human sperm production has been back in the news recently, now with the added threat of shrinking penises. Professor Shanna Swan, a US...
