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Agricultural Pesticide Found in 80 Percent of Americans Tested

by Rishma Parpia
spraying toxic pesticide on crops
A new study published in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology reported the detection of chlormequat chloride—an agricultural pesticide known ...

Microplastics in Products Harm Human Health and the Environment

by Natasha Hobley
eating microplastics
The term “microplastics” is one that most people likely rarely heard 20 years ago. Now it’s one that is commonly seen in ...

Dopamine Neurons May Be Damaged by SARS-CoV-2

by Carolyn Hendler, JD
dopamine neurons
A new study provides evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can infect brain cells responsible for mood, movement and stress, causing a disruption ...

Laxative Drug MiraLAX Side Effect Reports Include Brain Dysfunction in Children

by Natasha Hobley
MiraLAX powder crystals
In 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded a grant of nearly $325,000 to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) ...

One in Four New Jersey Teens With Autism May Be Undiagnosed

by Rishma Parpia
teen boy on iPhone
A 2023 study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders found that despite advances in screening and diagnosis of autism ...

New Bat Virus Identified in Thailand

by Carolyn Hendler, JD
flying bats
Eco-Health Alliance, the New York-based non-profit that used U.S. government money to fund gain- of-function research on coronaviruses in bats at the ...

Massachusetts Unprepared to Care for Thousands of Autistic Young Adults

by Rishma Parpia
autistic adults
Thousands of autistic children in Massachusetts are reportedly now transitioning into adulthood, and those, who have been diagnosed with severe forms of ...

Evidence of Alarming Growth in Cognitive Impairment Among Adults

by Amber Baker
young woman staring out
According to research conducted in Netherlands by the Network for Health Research in Disasters (GOR Network), a significant number of adults are ...

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