Chemicals Miniblog

• Increased blood levels of persistent organic pollutants (POP) in obese individuals after weight loss-A review January 5, 2017
  Most research in this field, including animal studies, is carried out on a single compound or group of selected compounds, not taking the "cocktail effect" into consideration. This does not reflect the true range of POP to which humans are actually exposed. Few chronic investigations have been published and, in particular, few studies were availabl […]
• Air pollution and cardiovascular mortality with over 25 years follow-up: A combined analysis of two British cohorts January 5, 2017
  Adverse effects of air pollution on cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality are well established. There are comparatively fewer studies in Europe, and in the UK particularly, than in North America. We examined associations in two British cohorts with >25years of follow-up. Elevated non-significant hazard ratios for CVD mortality were seen with 1991 BS and […]
• Scientists Loved and Loathed by an Agrochemical Giant January 5, 2017
  But Dr. Cresswell’s initial research for Syngenta did not support the varroosis claims. “We are finding it pretty unlikely that varoosis is responsible for honey bee declines,” he wrote to Syngenta in 2012. An executive wrote back, suggesting that Dr. Cresswell look more narrowly at “loss data” of beehives rather than at broader bee stock trends, “As this ma […]