childrens-health
4 stories tagged "childrens-health"
A Memphis Team Linked Tap-Water Fluoride to Kids' Testosterone, Sodium, and Uric Acid
In 4,470 American children, each unit of predicted plasma fluoride from tap water tracked with a testosterone geometric mean ratio of 0.49, plus higher serum sodium and uric acid. The authors declared no external funding.
Nutrition & FoodThey Drew Blood From 719 Women and Children in Rural Bangladesh. Every Sample Had at Least Two Mold Toxins.
Every one of 712 whole-blood samples from a cohort of 719 rural Bangladeshi women and children carried at least two mold toxins, and 84 percent of participants carried three or more, including one the liver converts into a carcinogen.
Nutrition & FoodAll 719 Blood Samples Carried Mold Toxins, and the Youngest Children Carried the Riskiest Kidney Dose
Researchers tested the blood of 719 women and young children in rural Bangladesh. Ochratoxin A turned up in every single one, and modeling put up to 99 percent of the children over the line toxicologists use to flag a cancer-risk exposure.
Brain & AgingBanned in 1979, 'Legacy' PCBs Are Now Tied to Shorter Telomeres in Children
Dioxin-like PCBs left American factories decades ago and never left children's bodies. New research traces how they may erode the protective caps on kids' chromosomes, and may help explain lower cognitive scores.