Toxics Linked to Hormone Disruption and Asthma Found In Consumer Products, says National Work Group for Safe Markets

BOSTON, March 8, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Toxic chemicals linked to rising rates of endocrine disruption related disease were found in consumer products and reported in a peer reviewed article in Environmental Health Perspectives today. Silent Spring Institute tested cleaning products, cosmetics, sunscreens, shower curtains, air fresheners, and other household goods made by Colgate, Unilever, S.C. Johnson, Johnson and Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Seventh Generation, and Ecover and others."Test results show conventional and 'green' products contain hidden toxic chemicals not on product labels; consumers have no way of avoiding them," says Alexandra Scranton from Women's Voices for the Earth, who conducted their own tests for hidden toxic chemicals in products...

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Childhood Asthma is Hard to Predict
Atopy not as effective in predicting childhood asthma as previously believed

Childhood asthma continues to be a tricky thing to predict. New studies are bringing doubt to the effectiveness of using atopy, a genetic predisposition to allergic reactions, to predict asthma...

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Those with allergies battle symptoms with sprays, drugs and alternative therapies

Male juniper trees and Chinese elm are beginning to unleash their clouds of pollen and the result is not just runny-nose misery.

Allergic reaction to pollen can be down right dangerous for children and adults prone to asthma, said James H. Sussman, president of the New Mexico Allergy Society. "We see many people who have allergies who don't realize they also have asthma," said Sussman of Allergy Partners of New Mexico in Santa Fe. "If symptoms like coughing and a tight chest continue for more than an hour after exercise, it may be activity-induced asthma...

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