Second hand smoke? I give you third hand smoke.

Source:  BBC Health; PNAS (no laughing) Journal

The Journal for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science has published a study on lingering tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs).  Researchers in Berkeley, California (say no more Berkeley) have found “substantial” concentrations of toxins upon substances exposed to tobacco products.

What sort of substances? Clothing, furniture and wallpaper for starters.   [...]

Pesticide Exposure and Parkinson’s?

You have to be the right age group for this one and it may be a regional thing but . . Apparently running behind the mosquito truck was NOT a good idea.

Epidemiologists (people who study outbreaks of diseases) are beginning to link cases of Parkinson’s Disease to individuals occupationally (at work) exposed to pesticides. Specifically, [...]