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CANCER: PESTICIDES AS BAD AS SMOKING The risk of developing cancer after
exposure to pesticides rivals that of smoking, and is higher for some cancers, says a study published in Frontiers in Cancer Control and Society. Researchers found that the strongest pesticide link was among non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, leukemia, and bladder cancer, and the effects of pesticide exposure were more pronounced than the effects of smoking.
DEMENTIA: GREENER NEIGHBORHOODS SLOW COGNITIVE DECLINE Living in a greener neighborhood during
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Common Plastic Linked to Autism H
igher levels of the plastic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) have
been found in pregnant women who gave birth to sons with autism. Some previous studies have linked
exposure to plastic chemicals during pregnancy with subsequent autism in offspring, and a new study conducted in mice has found a potential reason. “BPA can disrupt hormone-controlled male fetal brain development in several ways, including silencing a
key enzyme, aromatase, that controls neurohormones and is especially important in fetal male brain development,” said epidemiologist Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Ph.D. Boys with low levels of
aromatase who were born to moms with higher levels of BPA were 3.5 times more likely to have autism symptoms by the age of 2 and six times more likely to be diagnosed with autism by age 11.
BOILING WATER DECREASES MICROPLASTICS Research published in the American Chemical Society’s Environmental Science & Technology Letters found that nearly 90% of the nano- and microplastics in hard tap water could be removed by boiling and filtering the water. Boiling hard water causes a chalky substance known as limescale to form, which encapsulates the plastic particles and can be scrubbed away. The remaining particles floating in the water can then be removed by pouring the water through a coffee filter. Boiling soft water removed about 25% of the plastics.
High Autism Recurrence Rates in Families With Autistic Children
O
ne in five children with an older sibling diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are likely to also be diagnosed with the
disorder, according to a study from Kennedy Krieger Institute. A child with more than one older sibling with autism has a 36% increased risk for also being diagnosed. Researchers analyzed 1,605 infants who had an older sibling with autism and evaluated them multiple times from 6 months through 3 years old. The study also found that the sex of a child significantly influences risk, with younger siblings of girls with autism more likely to develop autism (34.7%) compared to siblings of males (22.5%).
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midlife can slow cognitive decline, even in people who carry the APOE gene that is linked with an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease. A study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives found that living in a greener residential area during midlife may slow a person’s cognitive decline by about eight months.
VACCINES: SMALLPOX VAX MAY PROTECT AGAINST MPOX A study published in Eurosurveillance
found that people who were given smallpox vaccines as children could be protected against infections caused by monkeypox virus. Researchers examined countries with smallpox data and found that the effectiveness of the smallpox vaccine in preventing mpox ranged from 42% in the Netherlands to 84% in Spain, possibly reflecting different booster strategies.
COVID: EVEN MILD CASES CAN CAUSE MEMORY LOSS A study published in BMC Psychology found
that COVID-19 can cause long-term memory loss and attention deficit. Data collected from 302 volunteers found that cognitive impairment was observed in 48.9% of severe cases of COVID-19, 39.2% of moderate cases, and 11.7% of patients with mild cases 18 months after contracting the virus.
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