Pesticide study using children as test subjects postponed
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WASHINGTON Ethical concerns have prompted the government to postpone a study of how children&#39;s bodies absorb pesticides and other chemicals.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has suspended a controversial study aimed at exploring how infants and toddlers absorb pesticides and other household chemicals, officials said yesterday.
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Pesticides and other pollutants in the environment may contribute to childhood leukaemia, say researchers.
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A study released on Thursday in the Journal of Adolescent Health challenges the deeply held, or at least hopeful, notion that high school drug testing is a deterrent.
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Nine farms in Thailand have been found to be contaminated by genetically modified crops. The announcement comes after a scandal shut down a big part of the country&#39;s program to test genetically modified crops.
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Â· Trade group urges ban for chemical additivesÂ· Anger over burden on parents to check labels
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Researchers last night called for further investigation into whether babies born by caesarean section were at extra risk of food allergies and diarrhoea.
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The Food and Drug Administration  should delay a decision on whether milk and meat from some  cloned animals are safe to eat until additional safety studies  can be conducted, a Democratic lawmaker and consumer groups  said in separate statements on Tuesday.
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Researchers announced at a San Francisco conference that exposure to low levels of pesticides might speed the development of Parkinson's disease.
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Children in a northern Nevada leukemia cluster are more likely to have a variation in a gene that helps combat unsafe chemicals, and more research is needed to learn why, federal researchers said Thursday.
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Children whose mothers were exposed during pregnancy to common workplace chemicals scored lower on tests measuring language skills, attention and memory, researchers said on Monday.
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THURSDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- A new Canadian study may finally explain how a key compound found in the U.S.-banned insecticide DDT accelerates the growth of breast cancer tumors.
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By Beccy Tanner, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Feb. 14--About 1,100 families in Wichita are being encouraged to get blood tests for their children because their water may be contaminated with lead.
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WASHINGTON -- November 12 -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), led by Bush appointees, plans to launch a new study in which participating low income families will have their children exposed to toxic pesticides over the course of two years.
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Children whose mothers were exposed to several widely available solvents during pregnancy score lower on language and behavior tests than children whose mothers were not exposed to solvents during pregnancy, according to a study published in the Oct.
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The Food and Drug Administration should delay a decision on whether milk and meat from some cloned animals are safe to eat until additional safety studies can be conducted, a Democratic lawmaker and consumer groups said in separate statements on Tuesday.
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Staying uninvolved while interviewing participants for a study about the effect of food shortages on H.I.V. treatment is often difficult, one researcher finds.