Topic: Environmental Public Health
AFP Asian Edition | 2009-10-13 15:00:45
<div><p>Nearly 1,000 children in central China have tested positive for lead poisoning in the latest environmental scandal to erupt in the nation's smelting industry, state press said Tuesday.</p><p>The news comes close on the heels of a spate of lead poisoning incidents around China, and after ...
consumeraffairs.com | 2009-10-07 16:02:31
<div id="subtitle">But no comparable results found in male children</div><div><p>There's more worrisome news about the potential risks to humans from exposure to the chemical bisphenol A (BPA), which is used to make such products as plastic water bottles, plastic baby bottles, and the linings in food ...
Zumapress | 2009-09-24 02:41:09
September 17, 2009 Al Gosling poses for pictures at the Sherbourne Community Health Centre in Toronto. Gosling wants to go home. He has been without a place to live since June. He is 82 years old and remains chipper, but ...
isnare | 2009-09-20 19:40:39
As more employees developed illness caused by asbestos exposure in the early 20th century, asbestos companies and the companies that insured them began to worry about the future of their business endeavors.Exposure to asbestos has been well documented to be linked with the development of various diseases like asbestosis,lung cancer and mesothelioma cancer and most victims of asbestos ...
