Lifetime Exposure

This page contains news and, when available, background information, on Lifetime Exposure:. Links on this site lead to other sites on the web.

Lifetime Exposure: - Total amount of exposure to a substance that a human would receive in a lifetime (usually assumed to be 70 years).
[Environmental Protection Agency]

News archive for Lifetime Exposure::

Lawmaker Pledges to Block 'Secret Rule'  -  Jul 25, 2008
Washington Post,That is because the draft calls for the department to reconsider its long-standing assumption that lifetime exposure limits be set to protect even those who

Differences in psychological effects in hospital doctors with and ...  -  Jul 31, 2008
British Journal of Psychiatry (subscription),The prevalence of lifetime exposure to traumatic events potentially predisposing to PTSD was similar (48.4% (n=16) among PTSD v. 42.1% (n=72) among non-PTSD

Radiation exposed  -  Aug 2, 2008
Grist Magazine,As the overall lifetime exposure increases, so does the risk." The research is in fact based on empirical data. You can read the whole NRC report,

Warning bells over children's phone use  -  Jul 16, 2008
Stuff.co.nz,Today's children have started using cellphones at a younger age, so their lifetime exposure will be greater, it says. Toronto Public Health supervisor Loren

BCHS physician to speak on skin cancer  -  Jul 25, 2008
Battle Creek Enquirer,..."Contrary to popular belief, 80 percent of a person's lifetime sun exposure is not acquired before age 18 -- only about 23 percent of lifetime exposure

Red alert! The cellphone warning has been issued  -  Jul 23, 2008
Los Angeles Times,Limit children's cellphone use -- both to reduce their exposure at a time when their brains are still developing and to reduce their lifetime exposure.

California Health Provider Cautions About Prolonged Exposure to Sun  -  Jul 26, 2008
PRLog.Org (press release),Most people get up to 80 percent of their lifetime exposure to the sun by the time they are 18. This sends a really clear message to parents about their

Pesticides-Diabetes Link  -  Jul 22, 2008
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),...licensed pesticide applicators enrolled in the Agricultural Health Study, who provided information about lifetime exposure and their medical history.

Program helps rescue kids from drug homes  -  Jul 22, 2008
Wausau Daily Herald,The protocol system provides an immediate safety net and is intended to help the children escape a lifetime exposure to drugs. "When you go into these homes

Bone density may help predict breast cancer risk  -  Jul 28, 2008
Xinhua,Higher hip bone mineral density may be a reflection of greater lifetime exposure to estrogen and many (but not all) breast cancers are estrogen-sensitive,

Play it safe when planning summer fun in the sun  -  Jul 17, 2008
Friday Flyer,...high sun exposure and/or high altitudes; occupational exposure, such as working outdoors; overall lifetime exposure to the sun; and having many moles.

20 PEI public buildings have 'unacceptable radon levels'  -  Jul 17, 2008
Times and Transcript,..."There is an increased chance of lung cancer in people whose lifetime exposure is in the elevated range," Sweet said during a news conference.

Hip Bone May Hold Breast Cancer Clue  -  Jul 28, 2008
WebMDHigher hip bone mineral density may be a reflection of greater lifetime exposure to estrogen; many (but not all) breast cancers are estrogen-sensitive.

Air shouldn't kill  -  Jul 5, 2008
Caledon Enterprise,...occur during or immediately after periods of increased pollution, while the rest can be attributed to long-term, lifetime exposure to air pollutants.

Granite Countertops Are Red Hot--Perhaps Literally  -  Jul 24, 2008
Daily Green...the potential to damage cells, and cumulative, lifetime exposure is often cited as a major cause of many cancers, as well as potentially aging itself.

The Cumulative Effect on Our Children  -  Jul 21, 2008
American Chronicle,Lifetime exposure to estrogen as well as other hormones are known to increase the risk of breast cancer and may account for decrease in sperm count.

Repros Therapeutics Says Initial Findings Of Proellex Show No ...  -  Jul 18, 2008
RTT News,Results showed that gross necropsy of female rats given the equivalence of a lifetime exposure to Proellex demonstrates that Proellex is not a carcinogen

seven tips for healthy holidays  -  Nov 16, 2007
Financial Mail (subscription),Also, Duvenage says that by the time you're 18, you've had 80% of your lifetime's exposure to the sun. There are two things to learn from this.

Private Sector: Back to basics  -  Nov 26, 2007
Pittsburgh Post Gazette,Over time, the stock market has outperformed CDs and bonds by a 2-to-1 margin, so a lifetime exposure to equities is a must. But which asset classes?

We need plastics awareness  -  Nov 14, 2007
Statesman Journal,Not knowing that number can increase a person's lifetime exposure to potentially dangerous chemicals. For instance, according to the OEC, some non-bio-based

High arsenic levels found in Surrey/Langley water wells  -  Nov 9, 2007
Vancouver Sun,Long-term or lifetime exposure to arsenic in drinking water can have serious adverse health effects including several types of skin cancer and cancers of

Early puberty's toxic causes and effects  -  Nov 20, 2007
San Francisco Bay Guardian,Longer lifetime exposure to estrogen increases the risk of developing many forms of breast cancer. Steingraber points to obesity and endocrine-disrupting

Disparities in skin cancer knowledge, protection among high school ...  -  Aug 21, 2007
PressZoom (press release),Exposure to the sunâ€™s ultraviolet (UV) rays is a major risk factor for melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers, and the majority of lifetime exposure occurs

Should You Be Concerns About Hormone Pollution?  -  Aug 23, 2007
Resident Publications,...â€œWe are very limited in what we know about peopleâ€™s lifetime exposure [to estrogenic compounds],â€? explains Silent Spring Institute executive director Julia

Superfund listing: A blessing or a curse?  -  Aug 19, 2007
Arizona Republic,...you are at risk if there are high levels of metals over a lifetime exposure, especially if you're a child," said Raina Maier, a University of Arizona

Even older women at high risk have little interest in being tested ...  -  Aug 8, 2007
RxPG NEWS,7 â€“ Few older women were interested in being tested for the virus that causes AIDS despite having significant risk factors for lifetime exposure,

Older Women Don't Want HIV Tests  -  Aug 9, 2007
MedPage Today,Notably, women who were not interested in HIV testing were more likely to have moderate-risk or high-risk factors for lifetime exposure to HIV than women

Smoking Cannabis May Impair Function of Large Airways  -  Aug 1, 2007
Medscape (subscription)Inclusion criteria were lifetime exposure of at least 5 joint-years of cannabis or at least 1 pack-year of tobacco. A joint-year of cannabis was defined as

High-Risk Older Black Women Are Uninterested In Receiving HIV Tests  -  Aug 10, 2007
eMaxHealth.com,Few women older than age 50, particularly black women, find it necessary to undergo testing for HIV even though many of the women have a moderate- to

ABC's of skin cancer prevention  -  Jul 30, 2007
YourHub.com,Accumulated lifetime exposure to the sun and severe sunburns are two primary triggers for skin cancer, and both can be prevented.

Smoking ban benefits yet to be seen  -  Aug 3, 2007
Myrtle Beach Sun News,But the data he cited include assumptions about lifetime exposure to secondhand smoke that are impossible to measure, according to Gio Batta Gori,

Study Finds Older Women Have Little Interest in Knowing HIV Status  -  Aug 13, 2007
DentalPlans.com,The study shows that despite the majority of the older women interviewed having significant risk factors for lifetime exposure to HIV, few had ever been

Joint as bad as five cigarettes  -  Jul 31, 2007
The Sun,Cannabis smokers were included if they had aa lifetime exposure of at least five joint years of cannabis, and tobacco smokers were included if they had at

One Cannabis Joint Equals Smoking Up to Five Cigarettes  -  Jul 31, 2007
MedPage Today,Inclusion criteria were a lifetime exposure of at least five joint-years of cannabis or at least one pack-year of tobacco. A joint-year of cannabis was

Late summer is no picnic for hay fever sufferers  -  Jul 29, 2007
The Tribune-Democrat,Armstrong theorizes that lifetime exposure builds up in patients who develop allergies later. â€œItâ€™sa disease process, so to speak, that is in flux,â€?

archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured

XML / RSS / Syndication options

mongabay.com features more than 350 RSS feeds to meet your specific area of interest