Environmental health

50 years after Rachel Carson wrote “Silent Spring” pesticides like DDT have been banned in the United States but we still use a cocktail of other dangerous chemicals.

For some Americans, WIFI is more than just an annoyance  –  it’s a source of health problems. Electromagnetic hypersensitivity is a term for a range of symptoms that sufferers feel when they are exposed to electromagnetic fields, including acute headaches, skin irritation and chronic pain. It’s as if they are allergic to wireless technology. For some, the […]

Three papers published in Environmental Health Perspectives document the deleterious effects of organophosphate pesticides on children’s IQ levels. One study, from UC Berkeley, focused on agricultural workers’ children in Salinas, California. Host Bruce Gellerman talks to epidemiologist Brenda Eskenazi, the lead author of the UC Berkeley study.

Three papers published recently in Environmental Health Perspectives document the deleterious effects of organophosphate pesticides on children’s IQ levels.

The Centers for Disease Control has released a new study revealing the dangers of low-level exposure to the chemical perchlorate, found in drinking water in dozens of states.