When York County got a bad report card from state environmental officials, it decided to monitor agricultural water ...

However, the aetiology of thyroid cancer remains unclear. A growing body of evidence suggested exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) may play a role in the initiation of thyroid cancer, but ...

The burden of air pollution is not evenly shared. Poorer people and some racial and ethnic groups are among those who often face higher exposure to pollutants and who may experience greater responses ...

The Executive Body adopted the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Aarhus, Denmark, on 24 June 1998. This Protocol targets 16 substances identified based on agreed risk criteria, ...

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A set of human milk samples, consisting of pools from up to 50 mothers that delivered their first baby was assessed for the persistent organic pollutants (POPs) listed in the Stockholm Convention. It ...

"To do this, we take their (fatty) tissue, cut it in very thin slices and expose it to the stresses they face, in other words pollutants and stress hormones," said Ms Pirard, who developed the method.

The farmers’ fears have been vindicated at a global meet of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in Geneva that ended on May 9. The convention is an international ...

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Fifth, we could not evaluate other pollutants such as methylmercury as it was not measured among children aged 4–15 years. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are well-known neurotoxicants.

At least 25 people have died due to storms and tornadoes in Kentucky and Missouri overnight. Officials expect the number to rise. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says there are over 700 personnel ...