|
 |
|
 |
|
|
| Research - Selected Studies |
|
Click on the blue headings below for more information.
|
|
|
Selected Autism Studies
|
| This page highlights a few studies concerning the mercury and autism controversy. |
|
|
|
Autism Trials Underway
|
| A variety of new clinical research trials are now underway, examining autism spectrum disorders. Here is a list of featured studies... |
|
|
|
|
BodyBurden Study: The Pollution in People
|
| Researchers at two major laboratories found an average of 91 industrial compounds, pollutants, and other chemicals in the blood and urine of nine volunteers, with a total of 167 chemicals found in the group. |
|
|
|
|
Mothers and Daughters Study
|
Tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group of four mothers and their daughters found that each of the eight women’s blood or urine was contaminated with an average of 35 consumer product ingredients, including flame retardants, plasticizers, and stain-proof coatings.
|
|
|
|
|
Industrial Chemicals Impairing Brain Development
|
| Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine found that 202 industrial chemicals have the capacity to damage the human brain, and they conclude that chemical pollution may have harmed the brains of millions of children worldwide. Click for a news release summarizing the findings and the implications. |
|
|
|
|
National Children's Study
|
| The National Children's Study, sponsored by the National Institute
of Child Health and Human Development, plans to follow over 100,000 children until age 21, tracking their environmental exposures, health and development. However, the program is now in jeapordy. |
|
|
|
|
Study Supports Correlation Between
Childhood Cancer and Toxic Chemicals
|
| A comprehensive study recently published by two leading institutions reveals strong evidence that exposure to toxins can increase the incidence of cancer in children. |
|
|
|
|
Environmental Toxicants Associated with ADHD
|
This new statisitcal study of data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey concludes that exposure to prenatal tobacco and environmental lead are risk factors for attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder (ADHD) in U.S. children.
|
|
|
|
|
Teflon Study
|
| Read this before you cook your next meal. |
|
|
|
|
Environmental Health Perspectives
|
| Environmental Health Perspectives is published monthly by the National Institutes of Health and covers a range of topics related to the impact of environmental factors on children's health and the public at large. |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|