Smoking moms' offspring more likely to be treated for mental problems. — Environmental Health News

Smoking moms' offspring more likely to be treated for mental problems. — Environmental Health News

Overall, this is the first study to report a link between prenatal exposure to cigarette smoke and mental health problems during late childhood and adolescence. Measuring the use of prescription medications is a good indicator of psychiatric health effects, and with this study, allowed researchers to examine effects on milder mental health problems that don't require hospitalisation.

In addition, the more a mother smoked, the more her children used medications. Exposure to smoke from more than 10 cigarettes per day related to longer continuous use of the drugs – specifically the stimulants. More cigarettes were also associated with the increased use of multiple drugs by the same individual.

Prenatal cigarette smoke exposure is related to a variety of negative health outcomes in the fetal, including low or delayed foetal growth and development. Long-term health issues can include behavioural problems, attention issues and mental health problems. These effects are known because young adults exposed to smoking while in the womb have increased hospital care for mental health disorders.  

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Banned Pesticide Use Remains High in CA Strawberry Fields - New America Media

Banned Pesticide Use Remains High in CA Strawberry Fields - New America Media

An analysis of state pesticide-use data revealed that in Monterey County, the state’s main strawberry production area, methyl bromide use has fallen only 24 percent over the decade, from roughly 1.7 million pounds in 1999 to to 1.3 million pounds in 2009. 

Adjacent Santa Cruz County, another top strawberry-producing region, saw a similar percentage drop in usage, to about 400,000 pounds from 564,000 pounds in 1999. San Luis Obispo County actually saw an up tick, to roughly 125,000 pounds in 2009 from 110,000 pounds a decade earlier.

“While overall the use of methyl bromide has declined in recent years in California, [its] use in certain crops, including strawberries, has declined very little," said Michael Marsh, a Salinas-based attorney with California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., a public interest law firm  that advocates on behalf of farmworkers. "And when you look at overall use of fumigants, including methyl bromide, chloropicrin and Telone, you find that the amount of dangerous fumigants used is much higher than it was 20 years ago."

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UV blocker curtails male hormone made in human cells, mice. — Environmental Health News

UV blocker curtails male hormone made in human cells, mice. — Environmental Health News

Benzophenone (BP) chemicals absorb and thus filter out ultraviolet light. The one known as BP2 is added to cosmetics and personal care products to prevent sunlight from breaking down the products. Perfumes, lipstick, hair and skin care products and plastics for packaging can contain BP2. People can be exposed as BP2 has been detected in human urine.

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