| Common Weedkiller Causes Reproductive Issues in Humans |
 | Weedkiller was already known to cause reproductive issues in frogs and fish. Now it turns out that atrazine, the second most widely used weedkiller in the U.S., has also been connected to impaired hormonal signaling in human cells, as revealed by a new research made at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and published in the "PLoS ONE" journal.
This herbicide is employed on corn and sorghum fields, bu ... [read more >>] |
| 08 May 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Computer/Cellphone Recycling Boosts Cancer/Reproductive Issues Inducing Toxins in Mothers' Milk |
 | You replace your old computer with a new one annually, you do the same with your mobile phone even more often and you still breathe a fresh air. But your gadget wastes go to recycling places where people living nearby load their organisms with gadget toxins you have not even heard of. These include dioxins and furans, often found in women's breast milk, representing a huge threat to babies.
Electronic waste recycling is a huge issu ... [read more >>] |
| 23 October 2007, 06:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |