Related Health Conditions
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- Autism
- Auto-immune Diseases (Allergies, Asthma, Celiac Disease, Eosinophilic disorders, Mastocytosis)
- Cancer
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelopathy (CFS/ME)
- Fybromyalgia Syndrome (FMS)
- Multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS)
- Obesity
- NEWS
The following health conditions have been linked to environmental exposures. Click on the links in brackets for background information of the illnesses and on the links below each category for related news articles.
See also this list of Canadian Medical Association Journal articles for general reading on environmental contaminants and their effect on human health (all but the first article are accessible without a subscription):
Environmental Contaminants Series
Autism
- New Study Implicates Environmental Factors in Autism (NY Times, 4 July 2011)
- Brain Drain: Could Environmental Chemicals Cause Autism? (Huffington Post, 16 Mar 2010)
- Overloaded? New science, insights about mercury and autism in children (EWG, 13 Dec 2004)
- Environmental Links to Autism Spectrum Disorders (Discovery Health)
Auto-immune Diseases
CATEGORIES OF A-I Diseases
- Allergies (Allergy-Asthma Information Centre)
- List of related websites and Canadian companies and stores that sell healthy materials (Your Healthy House - Resources)
- Allergies and Environmental Illness (Healthy Child)
- Asthma (PEI Asthma Centre)
- How to check if your child's school is "asthma friendly" (PEI Asthma Centre)
- Air Quality Health Index (Asthma Society of Canada)
- Celiac Disease (Canadian Celiac Association | Celiac.com | U of Maryland Celiac Research Centre)
- More of Us are Getting Celiac Disease. Why? (Living Withouth, 31 Aug 2011)
- Celiac Disease Becoming More Common [PDF 0.05 Mb] (NY Times Blog, 2 July 2009)
- Eosinophilic disorders (aka EGIDs = eosinophil-associated gastrointestinal disorders) (APFED)
- Eosinophilic disorders make some kids (and adults) allergic to eating (Living Without, May 2011)
- Mastocytosis (NIAID | Mastocytosis Society Canada Support Forum)
- Symptoms of Mastocytosis (video explains mast cell activation symptomatology and testimonies from patients suffering from mastocytosis or mast cell related diseases)
Cancer
- Environmental Exposure: the CancerSmart Guide to Breast Cancer Prevention [PDF 0.7 Mb] (Toxic Free Canada)
- Cancer Panel Says Environment May Contribute to Cancer Risk
- Prenatal origins of cancer (TEDX)
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelopathy (CFS/ME)
(National ME/FM Action Network)- ME/CFS Pamphlet [PDF, 0.2 Mb; permalink to PDF]
- ME/CFS Frequently Asked Questions
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (NY Times, 27 Feb 2012)
Fybromyalgia Syndrome (FMS)
(National ME/FM Action Network)
- FMS Frequently Asked Questions
- ME/CFS Pamphlet [PDF, 0.2 Mb; permalink to PDF]
Multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS)
- Environmental Health: How Complex Health Issues May Be Linked to Our Air, Food and Water
- List of related websites and Canadian companies and stores that sell healthy materials (Your Healthy House - Resources)
Obesity
- Programmed to be Fat? Controversial new science is raising suspicion that chemicals in the environment may be programming us to be fat. (The Nature of Things CBC, 12 Jan 2012)
NEWS
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: 4th National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals (Full Report [PDF 6.5 Mb] | Executive Summary [PDF 0.8 Mb]) is the most comprehensive assessment to date of the exposure of the U.S. population to chemicals in our environment. CDC has measured 212 chemicals in people's blood or urine—75 of which have never before been measured in the U.S. population.
- Environment becomes heredity (Miller-McCune Magazine, 14 July 2008): Advances in the field of epigenetics show that environmental contaminants can turn genes “on” and “off” triggering serious diseases that are handed down through generations. But there’s also a more heartening prospect: The same diseases may be treated by relatively simple changes in nourishment and lifestyle.
Environmental Health Clinics in Canada
- Environmental Health Clinic at the Women's College Hospital in Toronto, ON
- Environmental Health Centre in Fall River, NS