A recent article
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2009/2009-06-15-01.asp
assures us that Secretary of State Clinton and Foreign Minister Cannon are interested in updating the 37 year old agreement to reflecct omong other things … new knowledge. I am thrilled to see that there is high level interest in preserving and protecting the Great Lakes water quality.
In the past two deades, international […]
In an article about the effect of PCBs on the testosterone levels of Mohawk men of the St. Lawrence River:
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/mohawks-and-pcbs
there is the following quote:
“It is a big problem on a global scale,” Carpenter said. “The public is really not aware of how dangerous PCBs are. But the reality is that we’re doing a very poor […]
Women in India’s grain belt, near the Pakistan border have been found to have elevated levels of pesticides in their milk.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Health–Science/Pesticides-found-in-mothers-milk/articleshow/4618968.cms
The Times of India reports that “Now, it seems pesticides have contaminated even mother’s milk.”
It would probably surprise them, but finally assaying for pesticides did not create the situation. The pesticides have contaminated human milk […]
THis article: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V74-4VYW66F-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=f85555b2b2b4ae0ab54132117b374055 describes a study of the presendc of stain resistant hemials ingested by Inuit in Nunavut and finds that most of their exposure is from traditional food.
The concentrations are in the low part per billion and of no toxic significance to their health.
Meanwhile, the levels of toxaphene, chlordane, and PCBs in marine mammal […]
