Obesogens. Forget refined carbs, television and even infant formula. Blame obes-o-gens. We’re fat because of obesogens, the toxins that predispose rats and perhaps people to obesity. Researchers have been studying whether exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the womb or early in life pre-program children to pack on pounds. New York Times (human rights/global poverty) columnist …
10 Common Chemicals Linked to Autism and ADHD – Babble, April 26 With autism now affecting 1 out of every 88 American children, researchers have been scrambling to understand how, in just 10 years, these numbers have jumped a staggering 78 percent, and why ADHD now affects 14 percent of children …
The Worst Science Writer of 2009, Nicholas Kristof, is at it again. This time blaming environmental toxins for that other sure to scare parenting topic, autism – in his New York Times column read by millions (Do Toxins Cause Autism? ). How do you scare parents silly? Mention toxins, prenatal …
Bisphenol a in canned food like Campbell’s Chicken Noodle? New York Time’s columnist Nicholas Kristof’s turned his keen eye to bisphenol-a (aka BPA) Sunday in what may become a continuing series, “Chemicals in Our Food, Our Bodies.” He pulled out the usual data in addition to a new study by Consumer Reports. The anal organization apparently found traces of BPA in popular …
The national media will not let up on the dangers of bisphenol A. This from Let the Baby Have His Bottle? at Slate.com: The controversy over BPA comes from the hundreds of “low dose” studies that have emerged in the last decade, which suggest that the chemical is more of …