childrens-health
2 stories tagged "childrens-health"
Nutrition & Food
All 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.