New Pharmaceutical Company to Target Alzheimer's Disease.
SARASOTA, Fla., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- A team of world-renowned scientists today announced the launch of Archer Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a new company that will use modern technologies for the identification of novel treatments for Alzheimer's disease. Archer Pharmaceuticals, Inc., led by Chief Executive Officer Michael Mullan, M.B.B.S.,...

Determination of the feasibility of using a portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer in the field for measurement of lead content of sieved soil.
Introduction The goal of our study was to determine the practicality of using the portable XRF analyzer in the field for analysis of sieved soil for lead. The study used a modified version of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Method 6200 sampling protocol; we omitted...

Exposure to lead, tobacco linked to ADHD.
HONOLULU -- More than 800,000 cases of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in the United States may be linked to childhood exposure to lead and intrauterine exposure to tobacco smoke, Dr. Tanya E. Froehlich said at the joint meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies and the Asian Society for Pediatric Research. ...

An assessment of lead leachability from lead-glazed ceramic cooking vessels.
* Since the early 1990s, numerous studies in Mexico have demonstrated an association between the use of lead-glazed ceramic cooking ware (LGC) and elevated blood lead levels. * The authors sought to determine whether ceramic ware collected from the Hispanic community in Oklahoma City contained lead and...

EPA lead paint rule should go further, advocates say.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued new rules for working with lead-based paint in March, eliciting praise for moving building practices forward but also frustration for not going as far as many advocates had hoped. Officially titled the "Lead: Renovation, Repair and Painting Program," the new rule...

2007--a tough year for the CPSC, the FDA and consumers.
Everyone has heard of the widely publicized product recalls stemming from the discovery of lead in children's toys. However, the U.S. government recognizes that the problem is much broader than toys, and it is prepared to hold any company dealing in consumer goods responsible for an unsafe product--regardless of...

Healthy schools: a major front in the fight for environmental justice.
I. INTRODUCTION II. HOUSING DISCRIMINATION SET THE FOUNDATION FOR TOXIC SCHOOLS A. Toxic Neighborhoods Lead to Toxic Schools III. HEALTH IMPACTS ON CHILDREN MUST BE A FACTOR IN SITING AND MAINTENANCE POLICIES A. Use of State Education Mandates as a Tool to Achieve Environmentally Healthy School Facilities B. San...

Letters to the editor.
Dear Editor: In the October 2007 issue of the Journal of Environmental Health, Sharmer, Northrup-Snyder, and Juan contend that older, lead-containing paint covering furniture, toys, salvaged windows, and other used objects found in antique shops, secondhand shops, and similar settings represent a previously unrecognized source of lead...

A quality eye on suppliers: as global regulatory bodies take a harder line on quality issues, medical device OEMs and suppliers are being urged to stay out in front with robust auditing and quality systems.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Medical device manufacturers tempted to breathe a sigh of relief that predictions of an uptick in FDA warning letters pushing supplier quality haven't proved true shouldn't take the lull as a sign that the government has lost interest. Kimberly A. Trautman, medical device...

Justice for sale.
It was a state Supreme Court race so ugly it made national news. An article on Newsweek 's website compared it to the John Grisham novel The Appeal . As in the Grisham story, a white,...