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Chemicals in car interiors may cause cancer — and they’re required by US law (May 2024) Flame Retardant Exposure in Vehicles Is Influenced by Use in Seat Foam and Temperature
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Amount of protein consumed by pregnant women modulates the facial appearance of offspring (Mar 2024, mice) The level of protein in the maternal murine diet modulates the facial appearance of the offspring via mTORC1 signaling
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Most US sandwich baggies contain toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’. Testing commissioned by Mamavation blog found high levels of a marker of PFAS in nine of 11 baggies tested (Mar 2024)
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US appeals court kills ban on plastic containers contaminated with PFAS. Conservative fifth circuit overturns EPA’s ban prohibiting Inhance from using manufacturing process creating toxic compound (Mar 2024)
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Common household chemicals pose threat to brain health. (Mar 2024) Pervasive environmental chemicals impair oligodendrocyte development
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Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Long-Term Risk of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Large-Scale Prospective Cohort Study (Mar 2024, N=178,711) "higher UPF consumption is associated with an increased risk of incident IBS, with a significant dose-response relationship"
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Landmark study links microplastics to serious health problems. (Mar 2024, n=304) Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Atheromas and Cardiovascular Events
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Over 1 billion people are now suffering from obesity with the number having more than quadrupled since 1990 (Mar 2024) Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults
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Higher Abdominal Fat Associated with Cognitive Decline. Association between abdominal adiposity and cognitive decline in older adults: a 10-year community-based study (Mar 2024, n=873)
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Long Covid ‘brain fog’ may be due to leaky blood-brain barrier (Feb 2024) Blood–brain barrier disruption and sustained systemic inflammation in individuals with long COVID-associated cognitive impairment
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Masturbation abstinence is popular online. Doctors and therapists are worried (Feb 2024, NoFap)
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More concerning than the nanoplastics in water bottles are the chemicals on them. (Jan 2024) Chemicals Used in Plastic Materials: An Estimate of the Attributable Disease Burden and Costs in the United States
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Recalled applesauce pouches now linked to more than 200 lead poisoning cases in 33 states, CDC says (Dec 2023)
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Two new studies have found that we’re eating and drinking more plastic than we might have realized (Jan 2024) Exposure of U.S. adults to microplastics from commonly-consumed proteins. Rapid single-particle chemical imaging of nanoplastics by SRS microscopy.
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Citing Misinformation, Florida Health Official Calls for Halt to Covid Vaccines (Jan 2024) Federal health officials and other experts have repeatedly sought to counter erroneous comments about the vaccines by Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s surgeon general.
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The Plastic Chemicals Hiding in Your Food. Consumer Reports finds BPA, phthalates "widespread" in supermarket and fast foods regardless of their packaging and ingredients and whether or not they are certified organic (Jan 2024)
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Nanoplastics promote conditions for Parkinson's across various lab models (Nov 2023) Anionic nanoplastic contaminants promote Parkinson’s disease–associated α-synuclein aggregation
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Commonly-used herbicide is harmful to adolescent brain function (Oct 2023, n=519) Urinary Glyphosate, 2,4-D and DEET Biomarkers in Relation to Neurobehavioral Performance in Ecuadorian Adolescents in the ESPINA Cohort
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CDC Covered Up COVID Vaccine Myocarditis Risk, Show Emails And Reports (Oct 2023) US government had reviewed Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System cases of post-vaccine myocarditis when CDC’s director falsely claimed, “we have not seen any reports”
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Tests find many popular omega 3 supplements are rancid. A Multi-Year Rancidity Analysis of 72 Marine and Microalgal Oil Omega-3 Supplements (Sep 2023)
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