Chemicals commonly found in microwave popcorn and several other household products are likely destroying the efficacy of childhood vaccines. According to a report at MSNBC.com, perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) have the ability to lower the immune system responses to common vaccines for diphtheria and tetanus. Children who had concentrated or high levels of PFC in their [...]

The law firm of Parker Waichman Alonso LLP announced this week it would continue its fight on behalf of native Guatemalans seeking justice from the U.S. government over non-consensual experimentation conducted in the 1940s. The call comes on the heels of an announcement by the Dept. of Justice that it will seek to have an [...]

Walmart has pulled a specific can of Enfamil infant formula from more than 3,000 stores across the U.S. following the report of an infant death in Missouri. Press reports indicate the newborn from Lebanon, Mo., was fed Enfamil just prior to its death. The infant tested positive for Cronobacter, a sometimes fatal form of a [...]

Americans are beefing up–not with lean muscle mass, but fat. Health officials reported Tuesday that obesity rates topped 30 percent in nine states last year, in contrast to only three in 2007. This means that 2.4 million more people became obese from 2007 to 2009, tallying the amount to 72.5 million, or 26.7 percent of [...]

To date, three hundred and twenty-four BP oil spill exposure-related cases have been reported to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH), according to its eighth surveillance report released today. It was 290 last week. Two hundred and forty-one of those cases involved workers on oil rigs or workers doing oil spill clean-up, while [...]

According to a new study, when swimming pool disinfectants mix with swimmers’ urine, hair, skin, sunscreen and sweat, serious conditions including asthma and bladder cancer can result, wrote the London Daily Telegraph.

Apparently, tainted soil is not the culprit in the Acreage childhood cancer cluster. This was divulged after more than a year of government probing in this semi-rural Florida community at a cost of about a quarter-million dollars, wrote the Palm Beach Post. On Wednesday, state officials said that results from the last in a series [...]

Grand Rapids, Michigan’s Millennium Park closed early for cleaning Wednesday evening after an outbreak of Norovirus sickened about 100 people last weekend. The Kent County Health Department says test results received Wednesday confirmed that some of the park visitors suffered from Norovirus after visiting the park on Friday or Saturday. But tests indicated the park’s [...]

Two hundred and ninety BP oil spill exposure-related cases have been reported to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) to date, according to its seventh surveillance report released today. Last week, it was 227. Two hundred and sixteen of those incidents involved workers on oil rigs or workers doing oil spill clean-up, while [...]

If you need an excuse not to keep a spotless home, here it is. A new study indicates general use of household cleaners doubled the risk of breast cancer in women who used them frequently. Scientists found decisive links between the cancer and women’s use of cleaning products, mold removers and air fresheners. The latter [...]