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Paint See: Household Products Parkinson's Disease Collaborative Centers for Parkinson's Disease Environmental Research (CCPDER) - March 2004 Role of the Environment in Parkinson's Disease - January 2003 NIEHS Announces $20 Million, Three-Center Effort to Pin-point Environmental Triggers of Parkinson's - August 2002 Research Initiatives: Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases Environews Topic: Parkinson's Disease Additional Information: Visit… NIH Topic: Parkinson's Disease Visit… healthfinder.gov Hot Topic - Parkinson's Disease Visit… MEDLINEplus - Parkinson's Disease Visit… National Parkinson Foundation PCBs See: Polychlorinated Biphenyls Perchloroethylene (PERC), Tetrachloroethylene Dry Cleaning Chemicals Dry Cleaning Fluid Additional Information: Visit… NIOSH/Control of Health and Safety Hazards in Commercial Drycleaners: Chemical Exposures, Fire Hazards, and Ergonomic Risk Factors Peroxide See: Household Products Pesticides First Human Study to Show Benefits to Newborns from Federal Ban on Home Use of Two Insecticides - March 2004 Agricultural Pesticide Use May Be Associated With Increased Risk of Prostate Cancer - May 2003 DDT Use in U.S. Linked to Premature Births in the 1960's - July 2001 Environews Topic: Pesticides Pesticides and Food Pesticides - Mexico moves to phase out DDT and chlordane Additional Information: Also See… DDT - dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane Also See… Food Visit… healthfinder.gov Hot Topic - Pesticides Visit… MEDLINEplus - Pesticides Visit… National Pesticide Information Center - Case Profiles Pfiesteria NIEHS Grant Aims to Take Teeth Out of Pfiesteria's Bite - September 1998 $6.3 Million Federal Grant Funds Pfiesteria Research - August 1998 NIH Project to Characterize Pfiesteria Toxins and Explore Their Potential Danger to Humans - September 1997 Additional Information: Also See… Toxic Algae Visit… NCSU Aquatic Botany Laboratory Pfiesteria piscicida Page Visit… MEDLINEplus - Pfiesteria Phthalates Study Demonstrates Exposure of People to Phthalates - September 2000 Environews Topic: Phthalates Plastics or Plasticizers Plastics or Plasticizers Accident in Animal Lab Raises Questions About a Chemical Used in Some Plastic - March 2003 Additional Information: Also See… Chemicals Pollution Pollution Pollution (Arctic) Indoor Air Pollutants Pollution (planes, air and noise) Environews Topic: Air Pollution Study Shows Air Pollution Slows Lung Function Growth in Children - October 2000 Environews Topic: Noise Pollution Environews Topic: Water Pollution Additional Information: Also See… Water Safety and Health Issues Also See… Smog Also See… Ozone Also See… Household Products Visit… healthfinder.gov Hot Topic - Indoor Air Quality Visit… MEDLINEplus - Indoor Air Pollution Also See… Water Pollution Visit… healthfinder.gov Hot Topic - Pollution Visit… NIH Topic: Air Pollution Visit… MEDLINEplus Topic: Air Pollution Visit… healthfinder® Topic: Air Pollution Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBBs) PBBs in Fire Retardant Associated with Early Menstruation in Michigan Girls Whose Mothers were Exposed in 1973 - December 2000 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) DDT, PCBs Not Linked to Higher Rates of Breast Cancer, an Analysis of Five Northeast Studies Concludes - May 2001 EnvironewsTopic: Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Population Environews Topic: Population Pregnancy See: Reproduction Prevention Asthma and Allergy Prevention 1998 Prostate Cancer Is there a Relationship Between Cadmium and Prostate Cancer? Vitamin D Receptor Gene Linked to Reduced Prostate Cancer Risk in Study at NIEHS and UNC - December 1996 Additional Information: Visit… NIH Topic: Prostate Cancer Visit… healthfinder.gov Hot Topic - Prostate Cancer Visit… MEDLINEplus - Prostate Cancer

 

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