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Fertility/Repro Health News
4 Feb CHE Partnership call: Health Effects of Indoor Air Contaminants.  Sponsor: Collaborative on Health and the Environment.Tuesday February 14, 2012 at 10:00 AM Pacific / 1 PM Eastern. With some notable exceptions, most people spend far more time indoors than outdoors. Thus, the quality of indoor air is an important public health concern. Considerable effort has gone into measuring and monitoring the quality of outdoor air and its health effects. But we often know far less about indoor air contaminants and their health effects. This call will feature experts whose research focuses on indoor concerns internationally and in the US.
3 Feb High levels of mercury found in Minnesota's North Shore babies.  One in 10 babies along Minnesota's North Shore are born with unhealthy levels of mercury in their bodies, according to a new report on contamination around Lake Superior, the first to look for the pollutant in the blood of U.S. infants. Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minnesota.
3 Feb Cell Phones: Technology, Exposures, Health Effects.  Environment & Human Health, Inc. has published a report that reviews the science on health risks due to cell phone technology and issues policy recommendations in addition to precautionary health recommendations for individuals.
2 Feb FOA: Biomedical and Behavioral Research Innovations to Ensure Equity (BRITE) in Maternal and Child Health (R15).  Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): April 3, 2012, October 11, 2012, October 11, 2013. This FOA seeks to increase the diversity of the pool of researchers involved in health equity research related to NICHD mission areas including infant mortality; Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS); child, adolescent, and/or adult obesity; uterine fibroids; pediatric and maternal HIV/AIDS prevention; violence prevention; health literacy; and outreach and information dissemination.
2 Feb EPA Dioxin report delayed. The Environmental Protection Agency has missed its own deadline to release a major report on the health effects of dioxins, a class of toxic chemicals. People in central Michigan have lived with dioxin pollution for more than three decades. Environment Report. 2 Feb Study: Cadmium may affect newborn girls more than boys: maternal exposure linked to smaller birth size.  A new study shows that maternal cadmium exposure is associated with reduced head circumference and birth weight in newborn girls. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2 Feb Women's reproductive environmental health takes the spotlight. NIEHS welcomed leading scientists to a meeting Jan. 20 to lay the foundation for a consortium focused on advancing research in women's reproductive health. NIEHS Environmental Factor. 2 Feb Folic acid supplementation dysregulates gene expression in lymphoblastoid cells -- implications in nutrition.
Excessive folic acid supplementation may require careful monitoring in women who are planning for, or are in the early stages of pregnancy. Aberrant expression of genes during early brain development may have an impact on behavioural characteristics. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.
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Fertility/Reproductive Health
Working Group
CHE's Fertility/Reproductive Health Working Group sets the table for over 400 diverse members to come together around environmental impacts to fertility and reproductive health. The goal of this dynamic conversation is to discern what the science is telling us, where the research gaps are, and how we can effectively support and promote science-based education and action. Read more...
If you would like to join and are already a CHE Partner, send us an email request. Or become a CHE Partner and indicate your interest in your application.
For more information, please contact Karin Russ at karin@healthandenvironment.org.
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