Articles Tagged “chemicals”
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Scientists have measured the speed at which neurons communicate
A new study indicates that it takes a few seconds for the brain cells to regroup and re-use chemicals that help to fast and continuous data communication. Neurons communicate with each other by a space…
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Prenatal exposure to chemicals from crude oil – associated with heart malformations
For the first time U.S. scientists have shown that exposure to ethyl benzene – a chemical compound present in crude oil – significantly increases the risk of congenital cardiac malformations. Previous studies have suggested an…
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Chemical Cocktail Affects Humans and the Environment
Throughout our lives we are exposed to an enormous range of man-made chemicals, from food, water, medicines, cosmetics, clothes, shoes and the air we breathe. At the request of the EU, researchers at the University…
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Environmental Chemicals Found In Breast Milk And High Incidence Of Testicular Cancer
A comparison of breast milk samples from Denmark and Finland revealed a significant difference in environmental chemicals which have previously been implicated in testicular cancer or in adversely affecting development of the fetal testis in…