“The startling global resurgence of pertussis, or whooping cough, in recent years can largely be attributed to the immunological failures of acellular vaccines, School of Public Health researchers argue in […]
Category: ContraRisks
Nanoparticle Scientists Warn Tattooed Folks: Ink Doesn’t Stay Put
“In a study published in the journal Scientific Reports on Tuesday, a team of French and German researchers reports that nanoparticles found in some tattoo inks can migrate away from […]
Monsanto Attacks Scientists After Studies Show Trouble For Weedkiller Dicamba
“Dicamba, an old weedkiller that is being used in new ways, has thrust Bradley and a half-dozen other university weed scientists into the unfamiliar role of whistleblower, confronting what they […]
Researchers see atrazine affecting health across generations
“Observations indicate that although atrazine does not promote disease in the directly exposed F1 [first] generation, it does have the capacity to promote the epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of disease in […]
‘Environmental Nightmare’ After Thousands Of Atlantic Salmon Escape Fish Farm
“The Atlantic salmon bring with them pollution, virus and parasite amplification, and all that harms Pacific salmon and our waters of Washington,” Beardslee said.
Common antiseptic ingredients de-energize cells and impair hormone response
“A new in-vitro study by University of California, Davis, researchers indicates that quaternary ammonium compounds, or “quats,” used as antimicrobial agents in common household products inhibit mitochondria, the powerhouses of […]
Antibacterial Exposure in Utero May Harm Developing Child
“Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) report that exposure to environmental levels of triclocarban (TCC) can transfer the compound from mother to offspring and interfere with the metabolism […]
How food preservatives may disrupt human hormones
“We discovered that each of these chemicals damaged hormones that communicate between the gut and the brain,” said Dhruv Sareen, PhD, assistant professor of Biomedical Sciences and director of the […]
Higher Exposure to Flame Retardants in Pregnant Women Leads to Lower IQ in Children
Researchers at UC San Francisco performed a meta analysis which found a clear connection between a flame retardant commonly found in furniture and household products and lower IQ in children. […]
Antibiotics taken late in pregnancy can increase risk for IBD in offspring
“A study by researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine shows that when mice that are genetically susceptible to developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) were given antibiotics during late pregnancy […]