Methamphtetamine's ruinous effects on children documented in Midwest study
...rug in their homes exposed their children to toxic fumes and the danger of explosions or fires. Some asked their children to steal items needed for making the drug or to stand guard, armed with a gun, looking out for police or other authorities. One positive found in the research was the response of the c...American Thoracic Society journal news tips for January 2005 (first issue)
... is a lung inflammation caused by inhaling dust or fumes that contain beryllium. Beryllium is a silvery-white metallic chemical element that forms strong, hard alloys with several metals, including copper and nickel. Today, the metal is used in the aerospace industry and in the atomic energy and weapons ...Increased suicide rate is possibly linked to chemicals released from nearby asphalt plants
...ts that highway workers exposed to asphalt-solvent fumes show an increase of suicide rates and brain cancers. A full characterization of the types of chemicals and the levels of releases at the liquid asphalt terminal is needed, said Weisler.Also needed, he added, is the retrospectiv...Workplace exposure a significant cause of severe respiratory disease
Workplace exposure to dust or fumes may account for as many as five million cases of emphysema, chronic bronchitis and related diseases in the U.S. diseases that have been mainly attributed to smoking, a new University of California, San Francisco survey shows. While smoking still ac...American Thoracic Society journal news tips for October (first issue)
...and asthma if participants were exposed todust and fumes in the workplace. The investigators showed the as...rcent of the participants were exposed to dust and fumes in theworkplace, with 3.7 percent exposed to quartz, and 5 percent inhaling asbestos. Between 5.7 p...The Lancet Oncology press release
...king report on the toxic effects of diesel exhaust fumes from large vehicles. The report-which showed that large cities are heavily polluted with emissions that are associated with increased risk of lung cancer-has clear public-health implications for a political administration that does not appear to givi...New study finds multiple myeloma linked to radiation exposures of nuclear workers
...ether workers exposed to solvents, metals, welding fumes asbestos and other agents faced increased risks of multiple myeloma, Wing said. Records of such exposures, however, were inadequate to enable the scientists to calculate increased risks accurately. Because exposures to ionizing radiation were almost...Drug trends among American teens
...s in chunks or "rocks" which can be heated and the fumes inhaled, much as is done with crack cocaine. Also like crack, it can be highly addictive. The proportion of 12th-graders indicating any use of ice in the prior 12 months fell from 3 percent in 1998 to 1.9 percent in 1999. (The proportions taking m...Whether sniffing flowers, fresh-baked bread or the fumes of a passingautomobile, the human olfactory system is an amazing scent sleuth, capable ofdistinguishing between millions of different smells. Now Weizmann Institutescientists have revealed one of the secrets behind this impressive ability. In order t...Semiconductor Plants May Be A Danger To The Health Of Employees
...hed with clean air from outside, says LaDou. Toxic fumes aresimply recycled. He thinks this may explain why US Department of Laborstatistics show that rates of occupational illness in American semiconductorplants caused by "caustic, noxious and allergenic substances" are three times ashigh as in other manu...