N° 148 – September 2015
Monthly Electronic Newsletter of Sertox (Latin-American Portal of Toxicology) – Year 13

In this number: 1) Health effects of toxic cyanobacteria in US drinking and recreational waters, study; 2) Reduced carbon emission estimates from fossil fuel combustion and cement production in China, study; 3) Cigarettes worsen effects of estrogen deficiency in women who stop menstruating at age 40, study; 4) Impact of smoke-free legislation on perinatal and infant mortality: a national England study; 5) The global health implications of e-cigarettes, study; 6)Comparing characteristics of prescription painkiller misusers and heroin users in the United States; 7) Pregnancy complications following prenatal exposure to SSRIs or maternal psychiatric disorders, study; 8) Complete biosynthesis of opioids in yeast, study; 9) US: head lice are now almost 100 percent permethrin resistant in 25 States; 10) Sulfide Intrusion and detoxification in the seagrass Zostera marina, study; 11) Detection and quantitation of circulating human irisin by Tandem Mass Spectrometry, study; 12) Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch; 13) One of two new studies suggests marijuana use in teen years might be more harmful for males; 14) Health Canada has strikingly revised its position on the health risks of asbestos exposure. Logo is about doping, in Spanish page, Untill next number. JCP