Category: Scientific/Technical Items
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Prenatal Phthalate Exposure Allegedly Linked to Lower IQ Scores
A recent study has claimed that children born to women whose urinary phthalate levels during pregnancy were in the top quartile of their study cohort had lower intelligence-quotient (IQ) test scores at age 7 than their peers born to women in the quartile with the lowest exposure. Pam Factor-Litvak, et al., “Persistent Associations between Maternal…
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BPA in Canned Goods Purportedly Raises Blood Pressure
Researchers with Seoul National University have published a study allegedly finding that people who drank soy milk from cans containing bisphenol A (BPA) exhibited a statistically significant increase in blood pressure. Sanghyuk Bae and Yun-Chul Hong, “Exposure to Bisphenol A From Drinking Canned Beverage Increases Blood Pressure,” Hypertension, December 2014. Involving 60 adults older than…
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Study Examines Estrogenic Chemicals Purportedly Released by BPA-Free Thermoplastic Resins
A study led by University of California, Davis, toxicologist Michael Denison and CertiChem, Inc. founder George Bittner has allegedly found that some hard, clear thermoplastic resins made without bisphenol A (BPA) still release chemicals with estrogenic activity (EA). George Bittner, et al., “Chemicals having estrogenic activity can be released from some bisphenol a-free, hard and…
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Phthalates Allegedly Associated with Increased Stress Markers During Pregnancy
A new study has purportedly found that “urinary phthalate metabolites were associated with increased oxidative stress biomarkers” in a population of 482 pregnant women. Kelly Ferguson, et al., “Urinary Phthalate Metabolites and Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress in Pregnant Women: A Repeated Measures Analysis,” Environmental Health Perspectives, November 2014. In addition to measuring nine phthalate metabolites at…
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Trans Fat Consumption Allegedly Linked to Diminished Memory
University of California, San Diego, researchers have presented a study at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2014, claiming that working-age men who consumed higher amounts of trans fat “had significantly reduced ability to recall words.” According to a November 18, 2014, press release, the study analyzed dietary data from 1,000 healthy men younger than…
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Researchers Call for Better Energy Drink Labeling
A study of national poison control center data has reported that public and health care providers filed 5,156 incidents of energy drink exposure between October 2010 and September 2013, with 40 percent of cases involving children younger than age 6. Presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2014, the new research warned that among…
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Prevalence of Fast-Food Outlets Allegedly Linked to Diabetes Rates
A new study has reportedly found that U.K. residents with at least two fast-food restaurants within 500 meters of their homes have significantly increased odds of developing Type-2 diabetes. Danielle Bodicoat, et al., “Is the number of fast-food outlets in the neighborhood related to screen-detected type 2 diabetes mellitus and associated risk factors?,” Public Health Nutrition,…
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Byproduct of Red Meat Digestion Allegedly Linked to Heart Failure Mortality
A new study exploring the link between cardiovascular disease and a gut bacteria metabolite known as trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) has reported that “higher TMAO levels predict higher future risk of death from heart failure, independent of other clinically used blood tests or risk factors.” W.H. Wilson Tang, et al., “Prognostic Value of Elevated Levels of Intestinal…