Household Pollutants Found To Increase Asthma Risk
Exposure to the fumes emitted from solvents and cleaning products at home may increase the risk of childhood asthma, say researchers // based on findings from a recent study. Researchers found the levels of indoor volatile organic compounds were significantly higher in the homes of children with asthma. Volatile organic compounds are found in solvents, paints, floor adhesives, cleaning products,...Pollutants may affect male fertility
Environmental pollutants may affect male fertility. The persistent organochlorine pollutants (POP) present //in the environment can cause changes in the sex ratio of the children of the people who remain exposed to them for long. Two environment pollutants, hexachlorobiphenyl (CB 153) and dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethene (p,p'-DDE) had affected the X-Y ratio of the sperms of people a...Athletes Are More Prone To Environmental Pollutants Due To Choice Of Diet
The alliance between diet and health is well recognized, however, it is frequently difficult to establish a causal relationship between a particular dietary component and a specific health endpoint. This is of special interest // particularly for environmental pollutants, as most of them reach humans through the food chain. In recent years, a number of studies have determined the occurrence of va...Industrial and Environmental pollutants increase diabetes risk
Researchers have found that exposure to pollutants increase the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. The study was conducted on fisherman families eating// salmon fish containing high levels of chemicals and pollutants known as Persistent Organochlorine Pollutants which includes Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and DDT. Type 2 diabetes generally develops after age 40 and can develop grad...Exposure to Pollutants Reduce The Effectiveness Of Vaccines In Children
According to a new study exposure to pollutants, like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), which are chemicals that are widely used in industry// could have a direct effect in reducing the immune response of the child to the vaccinations. It was explained that Grandjean and colleagues from the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, had examined vaccination responses in two birth cohorts...