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  • Featured,  Global Threats,  Health,  Science

    Measles outbreak in Samoa: potential effects on COVID-19

    November 8, 2020 / 12 Comments

    Measles—one of the world’s most contagious diseases—induces immune amnesia, an anomaly of the immune system that results in increased susceptibility to infections by other pathogens. Not surprisingly, there are concerns globally about populations that have recently experienced measles outbreaks. These populations could be at elevated risk of developing more severe COVID-19 illness, resulting in increased mortality.    The emergence of…

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    Roberta Attanasio
  • Air Pollution,  Featured,  Health,  Science,  Toxic Exposure,  Urbanization

    The unborn baby: Healthy pregnant mothers exposed to air pollution from road traffic inhale toxic particles that may end up in the placenta

    September 28, 2020 / 20 Comments

    By Roberta Attanasio According to a recently published study, carbon and metal particles from road traffic, once inhaled, reach one of the many places where we would rather not find them—the unborn baby’s life support system, best known as placenta. Lead author Jonathan Grigg said: “Our study for the first time shows that inhaled carbon particulate matter in air pollution,…

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    Roberta Attanasio
  • Featured,  Innovation,  Leadership,  Sustainability

    What is regenerative leadership?

    September 14, 2020 / 26 Comments

    By Roberta Attanasio The world is up for re-invention—complexity, ambiguity and uncertainty call for innovative models of leadership. We’re all here to be leaders, we all need to embrace new aspects of leadership, and we all need to step into unique roles that allow our gifts and talents to shine while contributing to a life-honoring present and future. Shared leadership…

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    Roberta Attanasio
  • Air Pollution,  Featured,  Health,  Science

    Allergies in Young Children: Effects of Exposure to Multiple Air Pollutants During Prenatal and Early Life

    December 10, 2019 / 21 Comments

    By Roberta Attanasio The frequency of allergies in children keeps rising rapidly worldwide, but it’s not clear why. However, it is acknowledged that developing even one type of allergy early in life is almost like turning on a switch—it can start children on a path to more. “The progression of skin allergies to asthma and allergic rhinitis is called the…

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    Roberta Attanasio
  • Featured,  Science,  Toxic Exposure

    Environmental Toxins and Damage to the Immune System: Transgenerational Effects

    December 5, 2019 / 10 Comments

    By Roberta Attanasio The hypothesis of the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD), also called “Barker’s hypothesis”, was formulated a few decades ago and stimulated interest in the fetal origins of adult disorders. Subsequent research by Mohan Manikkam and Michael Skinner helped establish the principle of transgenerational toxicity by showing that the effects of toxic chemicals can extend even…

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    Roberta Attanasio
  • Air Pollution,  Featured,  Toxic Exposure

    Childhood Asthma and Traffic-Related Air Pollution

    October 15, 2019 / 19 Comments

    By Roberta Attanasio “I explain it to people like you are breathing through a coffee stirrer straw, and you just can’t get enough breath. The attacks can happen so quickly and out of nowhere, so I feel like I’m really not in control of my own body. Not being able to breathe in and out the way my body is…

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    Roberta Attanasio
  • Ecosystem Threats,  Featured,  Global Threats,  Health,  Land Pollution,  Science,  Toxic Exposure,  Water Pollution

    As coal mining declines, community mental health problems linger

    August 2, 2016 / 1 Comment

    By Roberta Attanasio The U.S. coal industry is in rapid decline, a shift marked not only by the bankruptcy of many mine operators in coal-rich Appalachia but also by a legacy of potential environmental and social disasters. As mines close, states, the federal government and taxpayers are left wondering about the costs of cleaning up the abandoned land, especially at…

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    Roberta Attanasio
  • Conservation,  Ecosystem Threats,  Featured,  Food Supply,  Science,  Sustainability

    Farmed Salmon Develop Ear Deformities All Around the World

    May 31, 2016 / 3 Comments

    By Roberta Attanasio Salmon farming is the fastest growing food production system in the world—accounting for 70 percent (2.4 million metric tons) of the market. Increasing demand is leading to the gradual development of responsible practices to minimize its negative impacts on the environment. Indeed, salmon farming is known to pollute the oceans, use toxic pesticides to control the spread…

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    Roberta Attanasio
  • Ecosystem Threats,  Featured,  Food Supply,  Ocean Pollution,  Water Pollution

    Salmon Farming: The Chilean Massive Die-Off

    May 21, 2016 / 8 Comments

    By Roberta Attanasio Salmon farming—the fastest growing food production system in the world—is going through hard times in Chile, the world’s second-largest salmon producer after Norway. Last year, Chile exported $4.5 billion of farmed salmon, but now a deadly algal bloom is killing millions of farmed fish. A few months ago, an estimated 40,000 tons of salmon died in the…

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    Roberta Attanasio
  • Ecosystem Threats,  Featured,  Global Threats,  Health,  Science,  Toxic Exposure,  Water Pollution

    Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water?

    April 25, 2016 / 25 Comments

    By Roberta Attanasio The problem of contaminated tap water in the U.S. goes well beyond Flint—and also beyond lead. There are many more toxic chemicals in our drinking water that we like to believe. Communities in New York, New Hampshire and Vermont recently found elevated levels of PFOA, a suspected carcinogen, in their water supplies. PFOA, or perfluorooctanoic acid, is a synthetic…

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    Roberta Attanasio
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