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Childhood cancer caused largely by environmental factors, report finds

October 5, 2020 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

For children in the U.S., cancer is the leading cause of death from disease. Worldwide, cancer has become so prevalent and devastating that some may use the phrase “like curing cancer” when describing something unfeasible or highly complicated. Yet in September, a team of more than 60 stakeholders and leaders in the health, science, business, policy and advocacy sectors […]

Filed Under: Cancer Tagged With: air, cancer, carcinogen, chemicals, children, environment, fetus, herbicide, leukemia, pesticides, pregnancy, toxin, tumors

Choosing low-fat milk over whole milk could increase your risk for health problems

January 18, 2020 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

A systematic review and meta-analysis of existing studies has found that children who drank whole milk had 40 per cent lower odds of being overweight or obese compared with children who consumed reduced-fat milk. The research was led by the University of Toronto and St. Michael’s Hospital of Unity Health Toronto, and included analysis of […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: children, milk, obesity

Maternal nut consumption during pregnancy linked to improvements in neurodevelopment in children

October 31, 2019 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

Nuts are known to help reduce the risk of hypertension, oxidative stress and diabetes and they may exercise a protective effect against cognitive decline in older age. To this list of beneficial health effects, we can now add new evidence from a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institute supported […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: children, nuts, pregnancy

Toxic flame retardants are in children’s car seats

February 27, 2019 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

In a new study, Indiana University scientists found toxic flame retardants in newly manufactured children’s car seats, sparking concerns about children’s health. Of the 18 children’s car seats tested, 15 contained new or traditional hazardous flame retardant chemicals. “New replacement flame retardants, often marketed as safer alternatives, are lurking in children’s products without rigorous safety […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: car seats, children, flame retardants, toxic

Pediatricians issue warning for parents not to microwave your kids’ food in plastic

February 16, 2019 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

Pediatricians have issued a warning for parents: don’t microwave your kids‘ food in plastic. Doctors say chemicals in the plastic pose health risks to children. The American Academy of Pediatrics say – in a statement published online – “that growing evidence that some chemicals found in food colorings, preservatives, and packaging materials may harm children’s health.” The Academy says […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: bpa, children, Food, microwave, plastic

Pesticide Levels in Children and Adults Drop Dramatically After One Week of Eating Organic

February 13, 2019 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

A groundbreaking peer-reviewed study published today in the journal Environmental Research found that switching to an organic diet significantly reduced the levels of synthetic pesticides found in all participants – after less than one week. On average, the pesticide and pesticide metabolite levels detected dropped by 60.5% after just six days of eating an all-organic diet. The study, Organic Diet […]

Filed Under: Organic Foods Tagged With: cancer, children, disease, Food, organic, pesticides, produce

Radiation Therapy May Increase Diabetes Risk In Childhood Cancer Survivors

January 21, 2019 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

Childhood cancer survivors treated with total body or abdominal radiation may have an increased risk of diabetes, according to a report in the August 10/24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. This correlation does not appear to be related to patients’ body mass index or physical inactivity. “As a result of […]

Filed Under: Cancer Tagged With: cancer, children, diabetes, radiation

FDA Reminds Parents Not To Feed Honey To Children Younger Than 1 Year

December 11, 2018 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

The FDA is reminding parents and caregivers not to give honey to infants or children younger than one year of age. This includes pacifiers filled with or dipped in honey. The FDA has received reports from the state of Texas that four infants have been hospitalized with botulism. All four infants had used pacifiers containing honey. These pacifiers were […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: baby, baby food, botulism, children, Clostridium, honey, infant, pacifier

Typical mutations in children of radar soldiers

October 9, 2018 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

The offspring of radar soldiers exposed to high doses of radiation during their service experience more genetic alterations than families without radiation exposure. This has been demonstrated in a pilot study by the research team involving Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), the Max Delbrück Centre for Molecular Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands) […]

Filed Under: Cancer Tagged With: children, mutations, radiation, soldiers

Preschoolers Exposed To Nighttime Light Lack Melatonin

March 6, 2018 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

Exposing preschoolers to an hour of bright light before bedtime almost completely shuts down their production of the sleep-promoting hormone melatonin and keeps it suppressed for at least 50 minutes after lights out, according to new University of Colorado Boulder research. The study, published today in the journal Physiological Reports, is the first to assess the […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: brain, children, circadian clock, hormone, melatonin, sleep

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