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Table of Contents | 116(2) Feb 2008

On the Cover

A series of lead paint–triggered toy recalls through the summer and fall of 2007 left parents and toy manufacturers scrambling for information about toy safety. This month's Focus article looks at some of the regulatory and health concerns uncovered by the year's recalls.

 

 

 

Editorial

Guest Editorial: Responding to Blood Lead Levels < 10 μg/dL

Mary Jean Brown, George G. Rhoads

 

Correspondence

Short-Term Exposure to Mobile Phone Base Station Signals

Stelios A. Zinelis

Mobile Phone Base Stations: Eltiti et al. Respond

Stacy Eltiti, Denise Wallace, Anna Ridgewell, Riccardo Russo, Elaine Fox

Mobile Phone Base Station Exposure and Symptoms

Martin Röösli, Anke Huss

Sensitivity to Mobile Phone Base Station Signals

Andrew Cohen, George Carlo, Andy Davidson, Margaret White, Catarina Geoghan, Andrew Goldsworthy, Olle Johansson, Don Maisch, Eileen O’Connor

 

News | Forum

Women’s Health: Does City Life Alter Breast Density?

M. Nathaniel Mead

Innovative Technologies: Transportation Fuels on the Table

Kellyn S. Betts

Cancer: Stress Link Redefined

Bob Weinhold

Genetic Research: Selfish DNA versus Vector-Borne Disease

Ernie Hood

EHPnet: Consumer Action Guide to Toxic Chemicals in Toys

Erin E. Dooley

The Beat

Erin E. Dooley

 

News | Focus

Face to Face with Toy Safety: Understanding an Unexpected Threat

Charles W. Schmidt

 

News | Spheres of Influence

Global Trade Comes Home: Community Impacts of Goods Movement

Andrea Hricko

 

News | Science Selections

Testing Lead’s Limits: Time for Another Reassessment of Guidelines?

M. Nathaniel Mead

Arsenic Makes Its Mark: Using Biomarkers to Track Noncancer Respiratory Effects

M. Nathaniel Mead

Revisiting the DDE–Lactation Question: Association Not Confirmed in Breastfeeding Mothers

Valerie J. Brown

Exposure Under Pressure: Lead Linked to Release of Cortisol in Children

Julia R. Barrett

 

Reviews

Inorganic Arsenic and Human Prostate Cancer

Lamia Benbrahim-Tallaa, Michael P. Waalkes

Editor's Summary

Testicular Dysgenesis Syndrome and the Estrogen Hypothesis: A Quantitative Meta-Analysis

Olwenn V. Martin, Tassos Shialis, John N. Lester, Mark D. Scrimshaw, Alan R. Boobis, Nikolaos Voulvoulis

Editor's Summary

 

Research Articles

Arsenic in Drinking-Water and Risk for Cancer in Denmark

Rikke Baastrup, Mette Sørensen, Thomas Balstrøm, Kirsten Frederiksen, Carsten Langtofte Larsen, Anne Tjønneland, Kim Overvad, Ole Raaschou-Nielsen

Editor's Summary

DDE, a Degradation Product of DDT, and Duration of Lactation in a Highly Exposed Area of Mexico

Lea A. Cupul-Uicab, Beth C. Gladen, Mauricio Hernández-Ávila, Jean-Philippe Weber, Matthew P. Longnecker

Editor's Summary

Perturbation of Organogenesis by the Herbicide Atrazine in the Amphibian Xenopus laevis

Jenny R. Lenkowski, J. Michael Reed, Lisa Deininger, Kelly A. McLaughlin

Editor's Summary

Blood Lead Concentrations < 10 μg/dL and Child Intelligence at 6 Years of Age

Todd A. Jusko, Charles R. Henderson Jr., Bruce P. Lanphear, Deborah A. Cory-Slechta, Patrick J. Parsons, Richard L. Canfield

Editor's Summary

Long-Term Effects of Traffic-Related Air Pollution on Mortality in a Dutch Cohort (NLCS-AIR Study)

Rob Beelen, Gerard Hoek, Piet A. van den Brandt, R. Alexandra Goldbohm, Paul Fischer, Leo J. Schouten, Michael Jerrett, Edward Hughes, Ben Armstrong, Bert Brunekreef

Editor's Summary

Hair Mercury Negatively Correlates with Calcium Pump Activity in Human Term Newborns and Their Mothers at Delivery

Guy Huel, Josiane Sahuquillo, Ginette Debotte, Jean-François Oury, Larissa Takser

Editor's Summary

Low-Level Prenatal and Postnatal Blood Lead Exposure and Adrenocortical Responses to Acute Stress in Children

Brooks B. Gump, Paul Stewart, Jacki Reihman, Ed Lonky, Tom Darvill, Patrick J. Parsons, Douglas A. Granger

Editor's Summary

HPRT Mutations in Lymphocytes from 1,3-Butadiene-Exposed Workers in China

Shengxue Liu, Lin Ao, Bing Du, Yanhong Zhou, Jian Yuan, Yang Bai, Ziyuan Zhou, Jia Cao

Editor's Summary

Polychlorinated Biphenyl Exposure and Neuropsychological Status among Older Residents of Upper Hudson River Communities

Edward F. Fitzgerald, Erin E. Belanger, Marta I. Gomez, Michael Cayo, Robert J. McCaffrey, Richard F. Seegal, Robert L. Jansing, Syni-an Hwang, Heraline E. Hicks

Editor's Summary

Dental Amalgam Exposure and Urinary Mercury Levels in Children: The New England Children’s Amalgam Trial

Nancy Nairi Maserejian, Felicia L. Trachtenberg, Susan F. Assmann, Lars Barregard

Editor's Summary

Temporal Variability and Predictors of Urinary Bisphenol A Concentrations in Men and Women

Shruthi Mahalingaiah, John D. Meeker, Kimberly R. Pearson, Antonia M. Calafat, Xiaoyun Ye, John Petrozza, Russ Hauser

Editor's Summary

Chlorination Disinfection By-Products and Risk of Congenital Anomalies in England and Wales

Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen, Mireille B. Toledano, James Bennett, Nicky Best, Peter Hambly, Cornelis de Hoogh, Diana Wellesley, Patricia A. Boyd, Lenore Abramsky, Nirupa Dattani, John Fawell, David Briggs, Lars Jarup, Paul Elliott

Editor's Summary

Nonmalignant Respiratory Effects of Chronic Arsenic Exposure from Drinking Water among Never-Smokers in Bangladesh

Faruque Parvez, Yu Chen, Paul W. Brandt-Rauf, Alfred Bernard, Xavier Dumont, Vesna Slavkovich, Maria Argos, Jeanine D’Armiento, Robert Foronjy, M. Rashidul Hasan, HEM Mahbubul Eunus, Joseph H. Graziano, Habibul Ahsan

Editor's Summary

Arsenic as an Endocrine Disruptor: Arsenic Disrupts Retinoic Acid Receptor–and Thyroid Hormone Receptor–Mediated Gene Regulation and Thyroid Hormone–Mediated Amphibian Tail Metamorphosis

Jennifer C. Davey, Athena P. Nomikos, Manida Wungjiranirun, Jenna R. Sherman, Liam Ingram, Cavus Batki, Jean P. Lariviere, Joshua W. Hamilton

Editor's Summary

Neurocognitive Changes among Elderly Exposed to PCBs/PCDFs in Taiwan

Kao-Chang Lin, Nai-Wen Guo, Pei-Chien Tsai, Chiu-Yueh Yang, YueLiang Leon Guo

Editor's Summary

Case Report: Human Exposure to Dioxins from Clay

Alfred Franzblau, Elizabeth Hedgeman, Qixuan Chen, Shih-Yuan Lee, Peter Adriaens, Avery Demond, David Garabrant, Brenda Gillespie, Biling Hong, Olivier Jolliet, James Lepkowski, William Luksemburg, Martha Maier, Yvan Wenger

Editor's Summary

 

Book Review

Book Review: The Secret History of the War on Cancer

James Huff

 

New Books

New Books