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Tag: "organic" at medical news

Toxins linked with pregnancy loss

...vailable. Heavy metals such as lead and mercury, organic solvents, alcohol, and ionizing radiation are confirmed environmental teratogens, and exposure could contribute to pregnancy loss. Caffeine, cigarette smoking, and hyperthermia are suspected teratogens, and the teratogenic impact of pesticides remain...

Link between chlorine byproducts and pregnancy risks

...g water.// When it is added to water that contains organic matter such as runoff from farms or lawns, however, it can form compounds such as chloroform that can cause illness. The study released by the Environmental Working Group and Public Interest Research Groups identified areas that may have increased ...

Risk for Pregnant Women

...nvironmental groups said chlorine also reacts with organic matter, including sewage and animal waste from run-off, to form harmful CBPs. "Dirty source water going into the treatment plant means water contaminated with chlorination byproducts coming out of your tap," Jane Houlihan, EWG's research director, s...

Antenatal kerosene exposure endangers child's sight

... children whose mothers were frequently exposed to organic solvents at work during their pregnancies than amo...hose mothers were frequently exposed on the job to organic solvents with 29 children whose mothers were not exposed. . The researchers found a significantly hi...

DNA biochip for genetic screening

...f molecules, such as RNA, peptides or libraries of organic molecules. Other prevalent technologies do not have the same potential and capabilities as ours.” Gao and her team plan to make the biochips available for fields such as genomics, proteomics, chemical genetics and other new areas. Gao presented info...

Nobel laureates in chemistry

...atalysts for two important classes of reactions in organic chemistry: hydrogenations and oxidations. The achievements are of great importance for academic research, for the development of new drugs and materials, and are being used in many industrial syntheses of pharmaceutical products. // This year Nobe...

Painter's problem

...re regularly exposed to moderate to high levels of organic solvents double their chances of having a low sper...ts and low sperm activity was repeated exposure to organic solvents. The most common organic solvent is ethanol or alcohol.// "We know that solvents, whether...

Pharma cos must forge Strategic alliances

...ticals, dyes and dyes intermediates; inorganic and organic chemicals, cosmetics and toiletries and agarbattis. He said that the Indian pharma industry was one of the dynamic industries as its products was comparable with global products in terms of safety, efficacy and quality with 400 different drugs and 2...

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