The tipping point for Dr. Paula Braveman came when a longtime patient of hers at a community clinic in San
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Hormonal hazard: Chemicals used in paints and plastics can promote breast tumor growth
Photoinitiators are chemicals that release reactive molecules in response to UV radiation. Given these properties, photoinitiators are used in a
Read moreSeveral persistent chemicals found in fetal organs
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet found industrial chemicals in the organs of fetuses conceived decades after many countries had banned the
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Even when women do their best to have a safe pregnancy, chemicals commonly found in the home could still raise
Read moreHighly fluorinated chemicals can increase risk for diabetes and coeliac disease in children
Tuulia Hyötyläinen and Matej Orešič, both researchers in biomedicine, have published two studies on the connection between highly fluorinated chemicals—per-
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