Carcinogenicity of isobutyl nitrite, ß-picoline, and some acrylates

The drug is oxybutynin, or Ditropan XL, long used to treat urinary incontinence.The study found that women taking the medicine had an average of five fewer hot flashes a week, compared with three fewer among women taking a placebo."Oxybutynin is an option that can control these symptoms and improve quality of life," said lead researcher Dr. Roberto...

The public health community needs to adopt a consistent science-based view on new generation tobacco products in order to properly inform regulators around the world and thereby shape a stable framework, James Murphy, the head of Reduced Risk Substantiation at British American Tobacco (BAT) told EURACTIV.com in an interview.Speaking to EURACTIV on ...

A team of researchers with the French National Centre for Scientific Research has found an example of environmental microplastics disrupting a predator-prey relationship. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, the group describes their study of the impact of microplastic consumption on the common periwinkle and what they...

EU-OSHA presents an interactive infographic created to support the Healthy Workplaces Manage Dangerous Substances campaign.The infographic allows users to discover facts and figures on the risks that dangerous substances pose to workers and the benefits of managing those risks. It’s user-friendly and covers key messages, such as the...

ABSTRACT - Background: Previous work determined that early life exposure to low-dose Bisphenol A (BPA) increased rat prostate cancer risk with aging. Herein, we report on prostate-specific results from CLARITY-BPA (Consortium Linking Academic and Regulatory Insights on BPA Toxicity), which aims to resolve uncertainties regarding BPA toxicity....