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March 2015

1 February, 2015
N° 142 – March 2015
Monthly Electronic Newsletter of Sertox (Latin-American Portal of Toxicology) – Year 13
March 2015
The logo of this number is about the section: They tell & write in Spanish. We recommended:  1) Dietary emulsifiers impact the mouse gut microbiota promoting colitis and metabolic syndrome, study; 2) Correlation between fluoride in public drinking water and a rise in incidence of underactive thyroid; 3) Efficiency of short-lived halogens at influencing climate through depletion of stratospheric ozone; 4) Estimated exposure to arsenic in breastfed and formula-fed infants in a United States cohort; 5) Exposure to electronic cigarettes impairs pulmonary anti-bacterial and anti-viral defenses in mouses; 6) All cause mortality and the case for age specific alcohol consumption guidelines, study; 7) MRI-based study finds methamphetamine causes more damage in adolescents; 8) Popular YouTube videos drown viewers with positive portrayals of drunkenness; 9) Cannabinoid agonists depress motoneuron activity in vivo, study; 10) Warning doctors and parents not to provide melatonin to children to help control their sleep problem; 11) Pesticides, Plastics Chemicals Tied to Earlier Menopause in Women, study; 12) Modeling global distribution of agricultural insecticides in surface waters, study; 13) A toxin from coral snake venom potently modulate GABAA receptor activity, study; 14) Morphological and behavioral evidence of batesian mimicry in nestlings of a lowland amazonian bird; 14) Global invasion history of the tropical fire ant, study; 15) US: Mercury exposure and antinuclear antibodies among females of reproductive age, study; 16) From Clinical Toxicology 2015; 17) Changes in kidney function among Nicaraguan sugarcane workers, study; 18) Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean, study.  Until next month. JCP
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