How Climate Change Affects the Spread of Lyme Disease
The warming world can be a hospitable place for blacklegged ticks, which carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. They thrive in temperatures at or above 7.2º C (45º F) and at 82% or greater humidity (the warmer and wetter, the better). As climate change steadily bakes the planet—with shorter, milder winters and longer, hotter summers and springs—the range of places with those conditions is growing. However, climate change is actually making some parts of the world less hospitable to ticks. Extreme weather leads to droughts (which causes ticks to dry out and die) as well as a lack of snow cover (w...
Source: TIME: Health - March 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized climate change Disease healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

A new consensus on reconciling fire safety with environmental & health impacts of chemical flame retardants - Page J, Whaley P, Bellingham M, Birnbaum LS, Cavoski A, Fetherston Dilke D, Garside R, Harrad S, Kelly F, Kortenkamp A, Martin O, Stec A, Woolley T.
Flame retardants are chemical substances that are intended to mitigate fire safety risks posed by a range of goods including furniture, electronics, and building insulation. There are growing concerns about their effectiveness in ensuring fire safety and t...
Source: SafetyLit - March 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Woman almost hit by MBTA ceiling panel ‘grateful’ she wasn’t seriously hurt
Luckily for Navarro, a pair of “ruined” shoes and a bitter taste were the only physical impacts from the terrifying moment when she was nearly struck by a 25-pound insulation panel that came crashing down inside the MBTA Red Line stop last week. Rather than dwelling on how close she came to being…#navarro #mbta #ciannanavarros #harvard #bbcnews #suffolkuniversity #redline #allston #greenline #portersquare
Source: Reuters: Health - March 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Damp, cold and full of mould
This report makes recommendations to the government to protect private renters from cold, damp homes that are expensive to heat. This sector has widespread problems with damp, mould and cold, driven by the poor energy efficiency of privately rented homes, and the average private renter is facing annual energy bills that are £ 350 more expensive due to poor insulation.
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - March 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Now We Need to Worry About Harmful ‘ Forever Chemicals ’ in Our Toilet Paper Too
In case you’re counting, the average American will go through 26 kg (57 lbs) of toilet paper in a single year. Multiply that by the 332 million people in the U.S. and you get more than 19 billion pounds of waste paper being flushed away annually. All by itself that represents a massive disposal and sanitation challenge. But now, according to a paper just published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters there’s even more reason to be concerned: All of that toilet paper, including major brands sold around the world, turn out to be yet another source of PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substanc...
Source: TIME: Health - March 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized embargoed study Environmental Health healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

W.R. Grace Settles Montana Environmental Asbestos Claims for $18.5M
W.R. Grace has offered $18.5 million to settle the last of Montana’s claims for environmental damages caused by the company’s mining operations that spread asbestos throughout the town of Libby and surrounding areas. Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte announced the offer on Jan. 10. He said the settlement would resolve the remaining environmental claims in W.R. Grace’s bankruptcy case for the Libby Asbestos Superfund Site in Lincoln County. “After years of negotiation following Grace’s historic damage, Libby and communities in Lincoln County can more fully recover,” Gianforte said in a statement. “I look forwa...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - March 1, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Tags: Asbestos Exposure Legal Source Type: news

Newfoundland ’s dreams of a wind-powered hydrogen future are starting to take shape
Wind howls across the Port of Argentia, picking up foam from the frigid Bay of Placentia and flinging it indiscriminately on ships, trucks and people. It’s folly to try walking against these gusts, which stunt tree growth along the coast of Newfoundland. And yet they are a natural resource – one…#portofargentia #bayofplacentia #newfoundland #keithpearson #placentia #labrador #atlantic #hydrogen #charlenejohnson #stjohns
Source: Reuters: Health - February 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

I Feel Like I ’m Burning Alive. It ’ s Hard for People to Believe Me
In 2018, I woke up on my birthday around 2 or 3 a.m. with a funny feeling in my left hand. It started as a slight itch on my thumb that quickly morphed into a different sensation—the feeling of the thumb beginning to swell, followed by the same feeling in my fingers and sections of my palm, until my hand was almost double its normal size. Later that morning, I visited an orthopedist I’d seen once or twice before for other reasons. He gave me a shot to prevent further swelling, and I went on my way. It was an unremarkable visit. Soon after, another strange thing happened: My hands began to feel like they were on...
Source: TIME: Health - February 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Je Banach Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen freelance health Source Type: news

Hemp: the green crop tied down by red tape in the US
Stalky plant is not approved as a livestock feed, holding back a sustainable industry that could invigorate agricultureKen Elliott runs a hemp oilseed and fiber processing facility in Fort Benton, Montana. His company,IND Hemp, grinds up the stalky plant so that it can be used for a variety of purposes, such as snacks, grain, insulation and paper. Some 20 truckloads of spent biomass lie in heaps on his property.Elliott estimates he could make a couple million dollars if he sold this leftover stuff as livestock feed. Hemp seedcake would make a great substitute for alfalfa – rich in fatty acids, proteins and fiber. His cat...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 24, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Judith Matloff Tags: Agriculture Business Cannabis US news US politics Montana Environment Source Type: news

Take Up to 70% Off at Wayfair ’s President’s Day Sale
Presidents Day is synonymous with mattresses—but Wayfair’s Presidents Day sale extends well past your hybrid foam. You can take up to 70% off sitewide home categories, including 30% off the Sobro Smart End Table—we just wrote about Sobro’s coffee table, and the end table is similarly impressive.…#sobrosmartendtable #sealycool12
Source: Reuters: Health - February 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Could Tempur Sealy be the Sleeper Stock of 2023?
Bedding products manufacturer Tempur Sealy International Inc. (NYSE: TPX) stock has been quietly rising towards all-time highs. The world's largest bedding provider makes high-end memory foam and innerspring mattresses under premium brands Tempur-Pedic, Stearns & Foster, and Sealy. It also…#sealy #purpleinnovationinc #sleepnumberco #leggettplattinc #leg #tempersealy #tempursealy #eps #yoy #scottthompson
Source: Reuters: Health - February 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Home insulation: how to stop your bills going through the roof
If you have been working at home this winter in six layers of clothes and a hat, plus an ever-present hot-water bottle, you have almost certainly been wondering how to better insulate your home and make it cheaper to heat. After all, nothing focuses the mind like gas and electricity bills of…#epc #hertfordshire #idealconcord #beckylane #guardianmoney #adrian #mcscertifiedcom #richardfitton #universityofsalford #jouleterrace
Source: Reuters: Health - February 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

PFAS ‘ Forever Chemicals ’ Are Turning Up in Menstrual Products. Here ’ s What You Need to Know
Feminine hygiene products may be among the most basic and essential purchases a consumer can make. The 72 million women and girls in the U.S. of child bearing age—broadly defined as ages 15 to 49—rely on industry to provide them a diverse range of sanitary products, from tampons to pads to period underwear to liners, and industry generally responds. But increasingly it seems that manufacturers are delivering these consumers a very bad thing as well—one that can pose a grave threat to their health and welfare. Over the past three years, feminine hygiene products have been turning up contaminated by PFAS, s...
Source: TIME: Health - February 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Explainer healthscienceclimate Wellbeing Source Type: news

Cruz Foam makes styrofoam alternative from shrimp shells and food waste
More than 100 cities in the US have put ordinances in place restricting or flatly banning the use of disposable styrofoam, especially by restaurants and for shipping food and other products. In the state of California alone, 97 cities or counties have a partial or full ban on single-use styrofoam,…#losangelescounty #goldman #cruzfoam #johnfelts #marcorolandi #chitin #santacruz #felts #ventures #ashtonkutcher
Source: Reuters: Health - February 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Inside the Race to Get Forever Chemicals Out of Raincoats
Patagonia, Inc. has spent nearly a decade rejiggering its supply chain, redesigning products and dumping millions of dollars into a high-stakes trial-and-error process that’s nearly complete. This isn’t about optimizing for fashion. Patagonia, like practically every other outdoor apparel company, has long relied on per- or polyfluorinated chemicals — PFAS for short — to make its products water-resistant. The problem is that these chemicals, also known as fluorochemicals, PFC chemicals or forever chemicals, are toxic. They’ve been linked to cancer and other health problems and they don’t ...
Source: TIME: Health - February 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Zahra Hirji and Olivia Rockeman / Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized Environmental Health wire Source Type: news

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