written by Arnold P. Wendroff, PhD CHE Partner In response to the publication of an article and video, Dr. Wendroff submitted these comments to the publishers: Dear Age of Autism Editors, I was prompted to write to you by the article in today’s Age of Autism. If in fact there was a valid correlation between […]
Bernard Windham, MD Mercury and lead are extremely neurotoxic and cytotoxic, but their combined synergistic effect is much worse. A dose of mercury sufficient to kill 1% of tested rats, when combined with a dose of lead sufficient to kill less than 1% of rats, resulted in killing 100% of rats tested(1). Thus with combined […]
written by Ted Schettler, MD, MPH Science Director An unprecedented alliance of leading scientists, health professionals, and children’s health advocates has come together to publish a consensus statement concluding that scientific evidence supports a causal link between exposures to toxic chemicals in food, air and everyday products and children’s risks for neurodevelopmental disorders. The alliance, […]
written by Elise Miller, MEd Director NOTE: While CHE primarily highlights emerging environmental health science, we also occasionally bring attention to how this new research is being applied (or not) to decision-making in the marketplace and regulatory policies. Every day new mountains are being born—not because of shifting plate tectonics but due to electronic waste, […]
To commemorate World Environmental Health Day this year and its focus on children’s environment and health, CHE is publishing a series of short essays from partners who are leaders in children’s environmental health. written by Philippe Grandjean, MD, PhD CHE Partner Climate change and chemical pollution are serious challenges that require tough decisions, and the […]
This quarter’s selections include a discussion of the role of bad luck in cancer, the continuing saga of federal chemical policy reform, the costs of hormone-disrupting chemicals, a couple of success stories, and plenty of research on the impacts of several common toxics on health. Find out more about many of the Top 10 topics […]
written by Nancy Hepp, MS Research and Communications Specialist Sometimes there are stories, studies or policy decisions in our quarterly Top 10 nomination list that don’t make the final cut but are still worthy of some extra conversation. Here’s an example of two stories that we considered for our most recent list: From the National […]
Elise Miller, MEd, CHE Director, and Ted Schettler, MD, MPH, Science Director at SEHN and CHE, contributed the following article to the current edition of San Francisco Medicine, focused on human health and the environment, and especially the effects of early-life exposures. The full article can be found on the San Francisco Medical Society’s website. […]
written by Nancy Hepp Research and Communications Specialist Four recent items left me scratching my head regarding fish consumption: Is that fish safe to eat? Sorting through new guidelines: After possibly scaring away too many people, especially pregnant and breastfeeding women and their growing kids, from eating fish due to fears of mercury, the Food […]
written by Ted Schetter, MD, MPH Science Director for CHE and the Science and Environmental Health Network This month the US Court of Appeals in Washington, DC, upheld EPA’s 2012 decision to tighten air quality standards for fine particulate air pollution (PM 2.5) by lowering the annual average limit from 15 to 12 microgm/m3.[1] The […]
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