Reducing school bus pollution improves children's health
Use of clean fuels and updated pollution control measures in the school buses 25 million children ride every day could result in 14 million fewer absences from school a year, based on a study by the...
View ArticleResearcher looks through the noise to discover potential risks from jet fuel
Jet noise can impair hearing but, when combined with exposure to fuel, other serious effects may be occurring in the brains of military personnel.
View ArticleStudy links rare leukemia to busy roads
Children who live near traffic-choked roads run a 30 percent higher risk of developing a very rare type of blood cancer, researchers said.
View ArticleCarbs, not fats, boost half-marathon race performance, study finds
Carbohydrates are the body's main energy source during high-intensity, prolonged running, a new study published in Journal of Applied Physiology reports.
View ArticleInsulating houses keeps children out of hospital
A new study from the University of Otago, Wellington has found that retrofitting insulation to current 2008 standards in existing houses reduces hospitalisation rates for all children by six percent....
View ArticleFossil fuel combustion endangers children's health in two significant ways: A...
Writing in a commentary in Environmental Health Perspectives, Frederica Perera, director of the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH), identifies fossil fuel combustion and...
View ArticleReady your home for winter's wrath
(HealthDay)—Winter's here. Nothing you can do about that. But, it's not too late to take steps to keep you and your home safe when frigid weather hits, according the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...
View ArticleScientific discovery opens new possibilities for cancer and fibrosis treatment
Researchers from the Turku Centre for Biotechnology (BTK) in Finland have discovered that a cellular fuel sensor, known to control energy processes in the cells, is involved in the regulation of the...
View ArticleVitamin C and antibiotics—a new one-two punch for knocking-out cancer stem...
Cancer stem cells, which fuel the growth of fatal tumours, can be knocked out by a one-two combination of antibiotics and Vitamin C in a new experimental strategy, published by researchers at the...
View ArticleSustained reduction in petrol sniffing after low aromatic fuel rollout
The rollout of low aromatic fuel has contributed to significant and sustained reduction in petrol sniffing and associated health problems in Indigenous communities, studies have found.
View ArticleUse of dirty heating oil in NYC concentrated uptown
Residential buildings that continued to burn residual fuel oil were concentrated in Northern Manhattan and the Bronx, as of late 2015. Compared to cleaner heating sources such as natural gas, these...
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