Environmental Health Perspectives

Allium vegetables have been shown to have beneficial effects against several diseases, including cancer. Garlic, onions, leeks, and chives have been reported to protect against stomach and colorectal cancers, although evidence for a protective effect...

October 1-2 October, Mon-Tue. Spirometry Workshop, Ft. Walton Beach, Florida. Information: Melinda L. Sledge, The Deep South Center for Occupational Health and Safety, UAB, School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL 35294-0022 USA, 205-934-7178, fax:...

Adverse health effects of airborne toxicants, especially small respirable particles and their associated adsorbed chemicals, are of growing concern to health professionals, governmental agencies, and the general public. Areas rich in petrochemical...

The objectives of this study were to to identify maternal characteristics associated with traditional food consumption and to examine food items associated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and mercury body burden in pregnant Inuit women from Northern...

The acute toxicity of diethylnitrosamine (DEN) to the liver has been well documented in the literature, but whether DEN also affects the endocrine parameters has been addressed in only a few studies. We thus investigated the effects of DEN on pituitary,...

If you really want to impress your green friends, what better way than by driving a car that's made partially of grass? The car looks and feels like any other until it's composted in a landfill. Then, over time, microbes snack on remnants of the aging...

Technologies for Closing DNA Sequence Gaps and Improving Methods for Obtaining the Sequence of Difficult-to-Sequence Regions The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) invites applications to develop strategies and technologies for obtaining...

We evaluated the airway irritation of isoprene, isoprene/ozone, and isoprene/ozone/nitrogen dioxide mixtures using a mouse bioassay, from which we calculated sensory irritation, bronchial constriction, and pulmonary irritation. We observed significant...

We appreciate the comments of Landrigan et al. and find that few of them are inconsistent with the conclusions presented in our paper (1). Indeed, many of their comments are mentioned in our paper. Nowhere in our paper, however, do we argue that child-protective...

A previously healthy woman developed hypersensitivity pneumonitis of such severity that she required chronic systemic corticosteroid therapy for symptom control. Detailed investigation of her workplace and home environments revealed fungi in her typical...

In 1997 the group now known as Environmental Defense (ED) published Toxic Ignorance, a report focused on the dearth of basic toxicologic information on high production volume (HPV) chemicals. These chemicals, which are used in various industries and...

Agricultural Transformation, Food and Environment: Perspectives on European Rural Policy and Planning, Volume 1 Henry Buller, Keith Hoggart, eds. Brookfield, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2001, 200 pp. ISBN: 0-7546-1736-X, $69.95 Allergy in the 21st...

The NIEHS announced on 3 May 2001 that five research centers comprising the Comparative Mouse Genomics Centers Consortium have been selected to develop mouse lines with genetic variations that may be key to understanding the effects of environmental...

Microarray technology has been applied to a variety of different fields to address fundamental research questions. The use of microarrays, or DNA chips, to study the gene expression profiles of biologic samples began in 1995. Since that time, the fundamental...

We examined human adipose tissue, liver, and bile from humans in Japan to understand the contamination status, specific accumulation, and elimination of two newly identified environmental contaminants, tris(4-chlorophenyl)methane (TCPMe), tris(4-chlorophenyl)methanol...

Individuals with a common genetic variation may not metabolize certain drugs as readily as those without the mutation, researchers report in the April 2001 Nature Genetics. As a result, they may be particularly sensitive to these medications. This...

Environmental scientists play a key role in society's responses to environmental problems, and many of the studies they perform are intended ultimately to affect policy. The precautionary principle, proposed as a new guideline in environmental decision...

Maintenance of old homes can be an extremely hazardous activity if improperly done. For example, lead poisoning can arise from exposure to lead-based paint chips as well as dust produced during prep work for repainting. In this issue, researchers led...