Newsweek: Chemicals may be plumping up our kids Sep 17, 2009
"The evidence now emerging says that being overweight is not just the result of personal choices about what you eat, combined with inactivity," says Retha Newbold of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) in North Carolina, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) ... In that context, the idea that exposure to certain chemicals during fetal or infant development might "program" someone for obesity didn't seem so crazy, says Jerrold Heindel of NIEHS. In 2003 he... (MSNBC -- Health)
iSniff: Pocket-Size Pollution Sensors Promise Big Improvement in Monitoring Personal Environment Sep 16, 2009
Chillrud is one of eight grantees currently refining personal airborne pollution sensors as part of the National Institute of Environmental Health Service's (NIEHS) a project aimed at gaining an improved understanding of how genetic factors and environmental exposures influence human disease. "As we were developing the initiative," says of the NIEHS, "we came to the conclusion that we needed to develop the capacity to monitor individual exposures.". (Scientific American)
Electronic nose knows, warning with color-changing badge Sep 15, 2009
A sensor akin to an electronic nose could be used to detect toxic industrial chemicals and be as commonplace as radiation badges around nuclear facilities, according to the the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). NIEHS, part of the National Institutes of Health, funded research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where investigators created disposable badges used in detecting toxic chemicals. (EETimes)
Opto-electronic nose sniffs out toxic gases Sep 14, 2009
"This research is an essential component of the GEI Exposure Biology Program that NIEHS has the lead on, which is to develop technologies to monitor and better understand how environmental exposures affect disease risk," said NIEHS director Linda Birnbaum ... D. program administrator at NIEHS. "Given the broad range of chemicals that can be detected and the high sensitivity of the array to those compounds, it appears that this device will be particularly useful in occupational settings.". (EurekAlert!)
Scientists develop sensor 'nose' to sniff out toxins Sep 14, 2009
IANS 14 September 2009, 01:00pm IST. WASHINGTON: Scientists have developed a stamp sized sensor that can sniff out some poisonous gases and toxins and can show results simply by changing colour. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Union busting at NIEHS? Jul 2, 2009
Union busting at NIEHS ... News: Union busting at NIEHS ... NIEHS headquarters in North Carolina Image: NIEHS. (The Scientist)
Reproductive Health Effects Found From Low Doses Of Bisphenol-A Jun 19, 2009
ScienceDaily (June 18, 2009) New research from North Carolina State University and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) shows significant reproductive health effects in rats that have been exposed to bisphenol-A (BPA) at levels equivalent to or below the dose that has been thought not to produce any adverse effects ... The study was co-authored by Patisaul and Heather B. Adewale of NC State and Wendy N. Jefferson and Retha R. Newbold at NIEHS.. (Science Daily)
Citalopram no better than placebo treatment for children with autism spectrum disorders Jun 2, 2009
The STAART network is jointly funded by NIMH, NINDS, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), all part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The mission of the NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for... (EurekAlert!)
Well water should be tested annually to reduce health risks to children May 26, 2009
Researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, took a lead role in working with the AAP to develop these recommendations and draft a new AAP policy statement about the things parents should do if their children drink well water ... "Children are especially vulnerable to waterborne illnesses that may come from contaminated wells," said Walter J. Rogan, M.D., an epidemiologist at NIEHS and lead author on the policy... (EurekAlert!)
Good to the last drop May 11, 2009
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Possible Link Between Childhood Obesity And Allergies May 9, 2009
The study was funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), both parts of the National Institutes of Health ... "We found a positive association between obesity and allergies," said Darryl Zeldin, M.D., acting clinical director at NIEHS and senior author on the paper ... An allergy/asthma component was supported by NIEHS and added to the 2005-2006 NHANES study, making it the largest nationally... (Science Daily)
Tumor focus shifts May 8, 2009
The study findings were announced at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) after the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors Technical Reports Review Subcommittee completed its independent peer review of the sodium dichromate dihydrate research report ... The NTP is located at the NIEHS, part of the National Institutes of Health. (Cameron Observer, MO)
Study: Obese Kids More Likely To Have Allergies May 5, 2009
"We found a positive association between obesity and allergies," says Dr. Darryl Zeldin, acting clinical director at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences or NIEHS, whose study appears in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. The research shows, says Zeldin, obese young people are 26-percent more likely to have allergies. (W-USA News, DC)
Countries unite to reduce animal use in product toxicity testing worldwide Apr 28, 2009
The NTP is headquartered at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) ... The NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM) administers and provides scientific support for ICCVAM and is a part of the NTP at the NIEHS. For additional information, visit NICEATM at ... NIEHS supports research to understand the effects of the environment on human health and is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
First sister study results reinforce the importance of healthy living Mar 17, 2009
D., the director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health. The researchers who published these papers are from the NIEHS which sponsors the Sister Study ... D., chief of the Epidemiology Branch at NIEHS and principal investigator of the Sister Study. (EurekAlert!)
Indoor Air Pollution Increases Asthma Symptoms, Study Suggests Feb 28, 2009
The research was supported by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; and the Johns Hopkins NIEHS Center for Urban Environmental Health. Journal reference. (Science Daily)
Pollution-related Asthma May Start In The Womb Feb 17, 2009
Funding for the multi-institutional study comes from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and private foundations. UC's Linda Levin, PhD and Columbia University Mailman School's Julie Herbstman, PhD, and Deliang Tang, MD, DrPH, were also co-authors of the study. (Science Daily)
New Cause Of Ozone Wheezing And Potential Treatments Found Feb 12, 2009
11, 2009) Researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, and Duke University have discovered a cause of airway irritation and wheezing after exposure to ozone, a common urban air pollutant ... "We found that it is not the ozone itself that causes the body to wheeze, but the way the lungs respond to ozone," said Stavros Garantziotis, M.D., principal investigator in the NIEHS Laboratory of Respiratory Biology and lead... (Science Daily)
