Toxicological trivia from October 23, 2015: Researchers report that some animals in Central Illinois are being exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and pesticides that were banned in the U.S. in the 1970s and ’80s. Their analysis appears in the journal Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources collected 23 animals between 2009 […]

DDT, Lindane Can Cause Cancer, WHO Says. By Jacob Koffler. time.com. June 23, 2015. DDT was mostly banned in the U.S. in 1970, while lindane is still present in some products. Exposure to insecticides lindane and DDT can cause cancer, according to findings released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday. WHO’s International Agency […]

Pesticide Used Decades Ago May Raise Breast Cancer Risk: Study.  By Kathleen Doheny. consumer.healthday.com. June 16, 2015. Higher exposure to DDT in the womb linked to four times the risk of disease. Although the pesticide DDT was banned in the United States in 1972, women exposed to the chemical while they were still in the […]

Control of rural house infestation by Triatoma infestans in the Bolivian Chaco using a microencapsulated insecticide formulation, David Eladio Gorla , Roberto Vargas Ortiz  and Silvia Susana Catalá. Parasites & Vectors 2015, 8:255  doi:10.1186/s13071-015-0762-0

Pesticide linked to three generations of disease: Methoxychlor causes epigenetic changes.sciencedaily.com. July 24, 2014.Summary:Researchers say ancestral exposures to the pesticide methoxychlor may lead to adult onset kidney disease, ovarian disease and obesity in future generations.Washington State University researchers say ancestral exposures to the pesticide methoxychlor may lead to adult onset kidney disease, ovarian disease and […]

DDT Linked To Alzheimer’s Disease: Symptoms, Risk Level Worsened By Exposure To Pesticides In Foods. By Susan Scutti. medicaldaily.com. January 27, 2014. The exact cause of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a type of dementia which currently affects five million Americans, is unknown though scientists believe the late-onset version of the disease may be linked to a […]

A fresh solution for the lindane problem.basqueresearch.com. October 22, 2013. For many years two companies located in Bizkaia, Bilbao Chemicals (Barakaldo 1947-1987) and Nexana (Erandio 1952-1982), had been manufacturing lindane and dumping it into the environment with no control whatsoever. Today we have become aware of the need to solve the problems caused by this […]

India school lunch deaths: high pesticide levels found. bbcnews. July 20, 2013. High levels of agricultural insecticide have been found in samples taken from tainted food blamed for the deaths of 23 schoolchildren in north-eastern India.Forty-seven were taken ill after eating a free meal of rice and soya beans at a school in Bihar state […]

A Chemical of Concern. By Christopher Cook.onearth.org. May 30, 2012. It was banned from homes in 2000, but agriculture still sprays 10 million pounds of the pesticide chlorpyrifos each year. Luis Medellin has lived most of his 25 years in what he calls "a box of trees" — a trailer park surrounded by orange groves […]

A Chemical of Concern. By Christopher Cook.onearth.org. May 30, 2012. It was banned from homes in 2000, but agriculture still sprays 10 million pounds of the pesticide chlorpyrifos each year. Luis Medellin has lived most of his 25 years in what he calls "a box of trees" — a trailer park surrounded by orange groves […]

Prenatal Exposure to Organochlorine Compounds and Birth Size. Maria-Jose Lopez-Espinosa, Mario Murcia, Carmen Iñiguez, et al. Pediatrics 2011; 128:1 e127-e134; doi:10.1542/peds.2010-1951 . Abstract: Objective: To investigate the possible association between birth size and cord concentrations of some organochlorine compounds (OCs), including 4,4′-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), 4,4′-1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-dichlorodiphenyl)ethylene (DDE), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), β-hexachlorocyclohexane (β-HCH), 4 polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners (118, […]

Global status of DDT and its alternatives for use in vector control to prevent disease. VAN DEN BERG, Henk.Ciênc. saúde coletiva [online]. 2011, vol.16, n.2 [cited  2011-04-01], pp. 575-590 . Full text .Abstract:  In this article I reviewed the status of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), used for disease vector control, and its benefits and risks in relation […]

Prohibit the sale of lindane and other drugs. terra.com.ar. 02/01/1911. The statement of the agency under the Ministry of Health of the Nation states that lindane is indicated particularly in immunosuppressed patients (HIV), and also a second-choice option in the treatment of pediculosis.ANMAT report, that Lindane accumulates in the fatty tissue of all living beings […]

Gammalin 20, not cholera, caused mass killing in Adamawa, says government. promedmail.org. December 20, 2010. Adamawa state Government has given more insight into the outbreak of  [suspected] cholera in the northern senatorial district of the state  which has so far claimed over 300 lives.The State commissioner for health, Dr Tijjani Maksha, told newsmen in  Yola […]

MicroDose initiates Phase 1 clinical trial investigating the pharmacokinetics of atropine inhalation. news-medical. september 24, 2009. MicroDose Technologies today announced that it has initiated a Phase I study at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center with atropine sulfate delivered from the MicroDose proprietary dry powder inhaler (DPI). The study is a further step in the […]

Unprecedented Use Of DDT Concerns Experts. medicalnewstoday. May 06, 2009.A panel of experts and citizens convened to review recent studies on the link between DDT and human health expressed concern that the current practice of spraying the pesticide indoors to fight malaria is leading to unprecedented – and insufficiently monitored – levels of exposure to […]

Red Kite poisoning – Police make information appeal. daelnet.co.uk. May 07,  2009.POLICE are appealing for information after a rare bird of prey was found dead in the Greenhow area of the Yorkshire Dales.The Red Kite was poisoned after apparently eating bait laced with the pesticide alphachloralose, which is often used illegally as a method of […]