“According to the USGS, pharmaceutical traces can be found in 80 percent of United States streams.”
Category: ContraRisks
Common pesticide inhibits brain development in frogs
“New research published in Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry reveals that low doses of a commonly used pesticide potentially harm the Northern Leopard frog by inhibiting their brain development.”
First biomarker evidence of DDT-autism link
“The investigators found the odds of autism with intellectual disability in offspring were increased by greater than twofold for the mother’s DDE levels in the top quartile. For the overall […]
Probiotic use is a link between brain fogginess
“Probiotic use can result in a significant accumulation of bacteria in the small intestine that can result in disorienting brain fogginess as well as rapid, significant belly bloating, investigators report.”
Obesity Increases the Duration of Influenza A Virus Shedding
“Symptomatic obese adults were shown to shed influenza A virus 42% longer than nonobese adults”
In rats, perinatal exposure to phthalates impairs brain structure and function
“Male and female rats exposed in the womb and during lactation to plasticizing chemicals known as phthalates had significantly fewer neurons and synapses than those that were not exposed, researchers […]
Potential CRISPR damage has been ‘seriously underestimated’
“The DNA damage found in the new study included deletions of thousands of DNA bases, including at spots far from the edit. Some of the deletions can silence genes that […]
Administering hormones affects DNA
“researchers have demonstrated for the first time that the administration of even extremely low doses of an endocrine disruptor – in this case, an endogenous oestrogen – leads to epigenetic […]
Aluminium in brain tissue in autism
Conclusion: “We have made the first measurements of aluminium in brain tissue in ASD and we have shown that the brain aluminium content is extraordinarily high. We have identified aluminium […]
Endocrine-disrupting pesticides impair frog reproduction
“The scientists found that linuron, which is used as a pesticicide, impaired the males’ fertility, and that tadpoles developed ovaries instead of testicles to a greater extent, which caused a […]