- Glyphosate associated with lower birth weights https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-022-00906-3 121 comments science
- Multiple neonicotinoids in children’s cerebro-spinal fluid, plasma, and urine https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-021-00821-z 17 comments science
- The science of spin: targeted strategies to manufacture doubt with detrimental effects on environmental and public health (climate change, coal pollution, tobacco, sugar, endocrine disruptors, & atrazine) https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-021-00723-0 5 comments science
- Of the pesticides used in US agriculture, 322 million pounds are of pesticides banned in the EU, 26 million pounds are of pesticides banned in Brazil and 40 million pounds are of pesticides banned in China. Pesticides banned in the EU account for more than a quarter of all US pesticide use https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-019-0488-0 4 comments science
- Many pesticides used in the US, tens to hundreds of millions of pounds annually, have been banned or being phased out in EU, China and Brazil. The EPA has all but abandoned non-voluntary cancellations, making pesticide cancellation largely an exercise that requires consent by the regulated industry. https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-019-0488-0 25 comments science
- More than 5.6 million Americans are potentially exposed to nitrate in drinking water at levels that could cause health problems, according to a new study. https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-018-0442-6 7 comments science
- Cancer prevalence among flight attendants compared to the general population https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-018-0396-8 6 comments science
- Glyphosate is the most heavily used herbicide worldwide but the extent of exposure in human pregnancy remains unknown. A new study finds that > 90% of pregnant women had detectable glyphosate levels in their urine and that these levels correlated significantly with shortened pregnancy lengths. https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-018-0367-0 5 comments science
- 233 (12.6%) airline pilots meet depression threshold and 75 (4.1%) pilots report having suicidal thoughts from a descriptive cross-sectional study of 1,837 pilots by Harvard researchers. http://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-016-0200-6 4 comments science
- Childhood lead exposure has been linked to aggressive crime later in life http://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-016-0122-3 4 comments science