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Hazardous chemicals in plastics threaten human health Plastics contain and leach hazardous chemicals, including endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that threaten human health. An authoritative new report, Plastics, EDCs, & Health, from the Endocrine Society and the IPEN (International Pollutants Elimination Network), presents a summary of international research on the health impacts of EDCs and describes the alarming health effects of widespread contamination from EDCs in plastics. EDCs are c...

Mainland China and India remained biggest emerging markets for clean energy investment in 2019 The two countries accounted for $94bn of new wind and utility-scale solar investment in 2019, according to a new report Mainland China and India remained the biggest emerging markets for clean energy investment in 2019. That’s one of the findings from a new BloombergNEF report, which suggests the two countries accounted for $94 billion (£70.6bn) of new wind and utility-scale solar investment and 7...

Children with cancer do not appear to be at increased risk of severe COVID-19 infection Results from the first national study of children with cancer who test positive from COVID-19 has found that these patients do not appear to be at any increased risk of severe COVID-19 infection compared to healthy children. Led by the University of Birmingham, the study analyzed the severity of COVID-19 infection in children with cancer. Published in the British Journal of Cancer, results found that the ma...

The antiepileptic drug ezogabine reduced pathologic excitability of cortical and spinal motor neuron cells that are early signs of clinical dysfunction in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a study conducted by the Neurological Clinical Research Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital.

Longer nocturnal respiratory events in OSA patients have an effect on the heart Dec 10 2020 Longer nocturnal respiratory events in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) cause higher immediate heart rate variability, and greater changes in beat-to-beat intervals are associated with reduced daytime alertness, according to new research from the University of Eastern Finland. Obstructive sleep apnea affects approximately 1 billion people worldwide. It is one of the most prevalent sleeping dis...

Researchers say should a similar health scare strike, it could kill up to 80 million people. wipe out 5% of the global economy. they also outline concrete actions that world leaders can take right now in an effort to prevent a global pandemic. jennifer nuzzo is here from johns hopkins. shes the lead author of one of the background reports that went into the overall findings. nice to talk to you. thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> the biggest concern here in your mind? >> well, i think were m...

>> thank you. >> i want to bring in dr. davidson from raleigh, north carolina, the lead author of the cdcs new report, studying the outbreak of electronic cigarette illnesses. dr. davidson, thank you so much for your time. first of all, what do we know about these illnesses so far? what are the symptoms that folks should be on the lookout for? >> thank you so much for having me. i appreciate coming on to speak about this subject. the patient that you just had on who isseen. my colleagues and i f...

>> it was good. >> well, its an eloquent piece of work. and i know youre the lead author of this resolution. i have to ask about your thought process that went into asking the house to weigh in on something like this formally and why you structured this the way you did. >> i saw the tweets with everybody else this weekend, and as you mentioned, unlike three of the four congresswomen that trump attacked, i was actually born in a foreign country. im an immigrant. i -- i took that oath to support a...

Heard "go back to your own country," but it is the first time i have heard it coming from the white house. >> after the presidents tweets, the neo nazi "daily stormer" website gloated that "this is the kind of white nationalism we voted for." now we have to decide, is this the kind of politics that we want in our country? >> the lead author of tonights resolution condemning the president for his racist remarks is a democrat who was not born in this country. although he is not one of the democrat...

And at the highest level of government there is no room for racism. >> they are just as american as any one of us, and its shameful that the leader of our country would seek to disparage them for political gain. >> its not the first time ive heard "go back to your own country," but it is the first time i have heard it coming from the white house. >> after the presidents tweets, the neo nazi daily stormer website gloated that this is the kind of white nationalism we voted for. now we have to deci...