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Bulletin 2009-06
Please find below recent news and emerging science on environmental impacts to human health, gleaned from Environmental Health News and other sources.
This service is provided to you as a part of the HEAL’s Chemicals Health Monitor project. To receive more information about the project, please, send an e-mail to Hana Kuncova at hana@env-health.org.
To read this latest issue on-line, please, click here.
In this issue I would like to draw your attention to two articles. First suggestion is an article entitled "Male reproductive health under threat" announcing new scintific review critically assessesing the evidence that common and man-made chemicals widespread in the environment contribute to human male reproductive disorders. This report was written by Professor Richard Sharpe, The Queen’s Medical Research Institute, UK, and commission by CHEM Trust.
Second suggestion is an article entitled "REACH outs chemical risk potential: Euronews story on EU chemicals policy". In this TV spot HEAL’s Policy Advisor Lisette Van Vliet talks about harmful chemicals and ’right to konw’ about chemicals in consumers products.
Male reproductive health under threat
A scientific review released today highlights the dangers of exposing people and especially pregnant women to hormone disrupting chemicals in (...)REACH featured on Czech TV
A programme released on Czech TV last week cast the spot light on the dangerous chemicals covered by the REACH regulation. The programme, "NEDEJ (...)REACH outs chemical risk potential: Euronews story on EU chemicals policy
The pan-European television news channel Euronews broadcast a special feature on the implementation of EU chemicals legislation REACH on 2 May. (...)Public Campaign: toxic flame retardants and their effect human and marine health
A new film investigating killer whales enters the domain of human health, raising urgent concerns about an increasingly global problem. The film (...)French network responds to Health Minister on BPA
Professors Ana Soto and Carlos Sonnenschein from Tufts University, Boston presented "The indisputable scientific evidence of the toxicity of (...)News from Sci Journals 04
Formaldehyde exposure and leukemia: a new meta-analysis and potential mechanisms Abstract: Formaldehyde is an economically important chemical, (...)
Latest News
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The Cocktail Effect – Opportunity for Public Input to EU Scientific Committees
As mandated by the Council of Environmental Ministers in December 2009, the European Union Commission is starting to look at how to address the daily reality of our exposure to mixtures of (...) (Read more...)
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8 more chemicals on most harmful list
In mid June, eight more chemicals were formally adopted by the European Chemicals Agency’s Member State Committee as ‘Substances of very high concern’, and ECHA has added them to REACH’s most (...) (Read more...)
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Outlook for the identification of Europe’s most harmful chemicals
One of the indicators for the robustness of the new European Chemicals management system, known as REACH, is often taken to be the rate of growth of its innovative list of ‘most harmful’ chemicals. (...) (Read more...)
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European health group supports call for reducing exposure to BPA
On the 23 June 2010, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) added its name to a letter to European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) calling for a reduction in human exposure to the synthetic (...) (Read more...)
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European Union Commissioners announce decisions on moving the implementation of REACH forward
REACH implementation for PBT criteria, candidate list, and authorization is able to progress due to Commissioners’ agreement. (Read more...)
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Eight more chemicals proposed for REACH ’most harmful’ list
The European chemicals agency has published proposals for eight chemicals to be placed on the EU chemicals legislation REACH's most harmful list. The proposals are open for public comment until (...) (Read more...)
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Study charts path for better protection from harmful "chemical mixtures"
The EU can and should assess and manage the risks from exposure to chemical mixtures, better known as the "cocktail effect", according to a significant report commissioned by the Environment (...) (Read more...)
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Moving towards protection from the combination effects of chemicals
EU Environment Council calls for assessing combination effects of chemicals (Read more...)
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