by Brenda Watson | Jul 14, 2014 | Brain, Environmental Toxins, Mental Health
I blog about environmental toxins a lot because their harmful effects continue to be reported in scientific studies, yet little is done to curtail their use or educate the public about their harms. One class of toxins—the phthalates—is particularly troublesome because...
by Brenda Watson | Dec 20, 2013 | Environmental Toxins, General, Obesity
Exposure to the now-banned insecticide DDT by previous generations may be a factor contributing to the rise in obesity, according to a recent study published in the journal BMC Medicine. Not only may your great-grandmother’s DDT exposure increase your risk of...
by Brenda Watson | Feb 4, 2013 | General
Nearly nine million children in the United States have asthma, a condition that causes the airways to become swollen. Wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and trouble breathing are the most common symptoms of asthma. Although allergies are a major cause of asthma in...
by Brenda Watson | Oct 5, 2012 | General
For the first time since the US government has been collecting data on it, the top five disabilities affecting US children are no longer physical problems, but rather, mental problems, as reported recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association....
by Brenda Watson | Aug 8, 2012 | General
Obesogens—a term coined by Bruce Blumberg, a biology professor at the University of California, Irvine in 2006—are dietary, pharmaceutical, or industrial compounds that alter metabolic processes and predispose some people to gain weight. Simply put, obesogens are...