Judge says pesticide spraying can resume on Calif's central coast

lihuazhang821003 submitted, created time 1 year 1 month (www.examiner.com)

SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News) - The spraying of a pesticide to fight a crop-eating moth can resume after a Monterey County judge said Friday he was satisfied with a government plan to address any environmental or health concerns.

Judge Robert O'Farrell had issued a temporary injunction against the spraying on California's central coast amid concerns over the long-term health effects of the pesticide.

After planes dropped the first round of spray on coastal communities last month, hundreds of residents reported feeling short of breath and sharp stomach pains

1 comment | Blog It | Email It | Keywords: environmental health Public Health

TB patient asks forgiveness after desperate flight

angelfish submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.taipeitimes.com)

ABC television reported on Friday , A tuberculosis patient who turned fugitive in order to continue with wedding and honeymoon plans despite warnings not to travel has apologized to the fellow airline passengers he may have endangered, .Speaker touched off an international health alert, a rare federal isolation order and a congressional investigation when he and his new bride fled across Europe, sneaked onto a flight to Canada and then drove across the border to the US to avoid health officials

Submit comment | Blog It | Email It | Keywords: TB tuberculosis environmental health health risk

Polymorphisms in XPD (Asp312Asn and Lys751Gln) genes, sunburn and arsenic related skin lesions

addict submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (carcin.oxfordjournals.org)

Single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes related to DNA repair capacity and UV exposure have not been well investigated in relation to skin lesions associated with arsenic exposure. This population based case-control study, of 600 cases and 600 controls, frequency matched on age and gender in Pabna, Bangladesh in 2001-2002, investigated the association and potential effect modification between polymorphisms in XPD (Lys751Gln and Asp312Asn) genes, tendency to sunburn and arsenic related skin lesions

Submit comment | Blog It | Email It | Keywords: Arsenic DNA repair hyperkeratosis melanosis ERCC2 molecular epidemiology environmental health