Tag Archives: Exposure

Exposure to ‘Blue Spaces’ Linked to Better Mental Health

Oct. 14, 2022 — Spending time in “blue spaces” — comparable to seashores, rivers, and lakes — as a baby can have important and lasting advantages for wellbeing all through life, in line with a new research printed within the Journal of Environmental Psychology. When uncovered to blue areas in childhood, individuals are extra prone […]

Lead Exposure Is Still a Problem for Kids, and the Pandemic Has Made It Worse

The excellent news – if it’s attainable to explain a gradual, insidious, and everlasting poisoning as “good news” – is that the blood lead ranges of youngsters within the United States have dropped steadily over the previous half-century. The unhealthy information is, the pandemic could have erased a few of these good points. During the […]

COVID Exposure in Womb Tied to Neurodevelopmental Disorders

June 10, 2022 — Infants uncovered to SARS-CoV-2 within the womb are at elevated danger for neurodevelopmental problems within the first yr of life, new analysis suggests. But whether or not it’s publicity to the pandemic or maternal publicity to the virus itself which will hurt early childhood neurodevelopment is unclear, warning investigators, led by […]

Low-Level Exposure to Toxic Metals Affects Heart Health

Dec. 17, 2021 — People uncovered to even low ranges of sure poisonous metals could enhance their threat of atherosclerosis, the plaque buildup within the arteries that may trigger strokes and coronary heart assaults. A big research in Spain evaluated middle-aged individuals (97% of whom have been male) working in an auto physique manufacturing facility […]