TOXICS INFORMATION PROJECT (TIP)

P.O. Box 40572, Providence, RI 02940

Tel. 401-351-9193, E-Mail: TIP@toxicsinfo.org

Website:  www.toxicsinfo.org

(Lighting the Way to Less Toxic Living)

LINKS TO ASTHMA ARTICLES

• ACUTE EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION ON PULMONARY FUNCTION, AIRWAY INFLAMMATION, AND OXIDATIVE STRESS IN ASTHMATIC CHILDREN , April, 2009, Environmental Health Perspectives 117(4):668-674, Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) School Environmental Health & Safety www.cehn.org/science_aom.htm

• HOUSEWORK COULD POSE HEALTH HAZARDS, STUDY SAYS, Oct 12, 2007 LONDON (Reuters) - Housework might be bad for your health, according to a study suggesting that tidying up as little as once a week with common cleaning sprays and air fresheners could raise the risk of asthma in adults. www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSCOL25842520071012

• ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS PETITION U.S. TO REGULATE AIR FRESHENERS (Asthma Cited as One of Health Concerns) Jane Kay, Environment Writer, San Francisco Chronicle, Thursday, Sept.20, 2007 www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/20/MNTLS9GTF.DTL&tsp=1

• PESTICIDES CAN 'DOUBLE' THE RISK OF ASTHMA . Exposure to pesticidal chemical sprays doubles the risk of developing asthma, researchers have found. Daily Mail , United Kingdom. Sept. 2007.
  www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=482212&in_page_id=1774

• INTERIOR SURFACE MATERIALS AND ASTHMA IN ADULTS: A POPULATION-BASED INCIDENT CASE-CONTROL STUDY . American Journal of Epidemiology 164:742-749 .  Jouni J. K. Jaakkola, JJK, A Ieromnimon and MS Jaakkola. November 7, 2006. This large study from Finland reports that adults working in rooms with plastic walling materials are more than twice as likely to develop asthma. These results are consistent with prior studies showing increased asthma risk with exposure to the phthalate DEHP. www.ourstolenfuture.org/NewScience/oncompounds/phthalates/2006/2006-1107jaakkolaetal.html

• ASTHMA STUDY BUSTS DUST MITE MYTH, By Tamara McLean, June 28, 2006 .
  www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,19615476-23289,00.html

RIDDING the house of dust mites and making dietary changes does nothing to stop children developing asthma or eczema, researchers have found.

• ASTHMA LINKED TO CHEMICALS , www.factsinaction.org/brief/brmar042.htm
  A study by the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California associates childhood exposure to chemicals and pollutants such as those found in weed killers, pesticides, dust, animals, fuel oil, soot and exhaust with an increased risk of developing asthma.

• CLEANING PRODUCTS MAY TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY , Wednesday , May 24, 2006 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some cleaning products can worsen breathing problems in cleaning workers who have existing asthma or bronchitis, Spanish researchers report.
  www.smh.com.au/news/asthma/cleaning-products-may-take-your-breath-away/2006/05/26/1148524878101.html

• WARNING: YOUR JOB MAY GIVE YOU ASTHMA, By Charnicia Huggins, June 20, 2005
  www.medicineonline.com/news/12/791/Warning-Your-Job-May-Give-You-Asthma.html

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Work-related asthma is fast becoming one of the most commonly diagnosed occupational respiratory diseases in this country, and people who work in certain industries may run a higher risk than others, new study findings show. SOURCE: American Journal of Industrial Medicine, June 2005.

• THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ASTHMA AND ALLERGIC SYMPTOMS IN CHILDREN AND PHTHALATES IN HOUSE DUST: A NESTED CASE-CONTROL STUDY
  
  • Environmental Health Perspectives 112:1393-1397. Bornehag, CG, J Sundrell, CJ Weschler, T Sigsgaard, Björn Lundgren, Mikael Hasselgren, Linda Hägerhed-Engman. 2004.
    
  • www.ourstolenfuture.org/NewScience/oncompounds/phthalates/2004/2004-0720bornehagetal.htm This study links exposure to phthalates found in household dust to rhinitis, eczema, and asthma in children.
    
  • Background on Phthalates : www.ourstolenfuture.org/NewScience/oncompounds/phthalates/phthalates.htm
    
  • Background on Asthma: www.protectingourhealth.org/newscience/asthma/asthmaknow.htm

• PESTICIDES AND ASTHMA, 2004 : www.environmentcalifornia.org/envirocaliftoxics.asp?id2=9616
  2004 According to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), asthma can be triggered by pesticides.  Several types of pesticides are known to cause allergic reactions or airway constriction, including pyrethrins, pyrethroids, organophosphates, and carbamates.

• EARLY LIFE ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS FOR ASTHMA: FINDINGS FROM THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH STUDY . Salam, MT, Y-F Li, B Langholz and FD Gilliland. 2003
  Environmental Health Perspectives. doi:10.1289/ehp.6662 Online 9 December 2003. Infants exposed to herbicides and pesticides are much more likely to develop early persistent asthma. Collaborative for Health & the Environment. www.protectingourhealth.org/newscience/asthma/2003/2003-1209salametal.htm

• RESPIRATORY CONCERNS & FRAGRANCE www.toxicsinfo.org/asthma/FragranceAllergies.htm
  Baur X, Schneider EM, Wieners D, Czuppon AB. Occupational asthma to perfume.
  Allergy 1999 Dec 54:12 1334-5. Patients with airway diseases often experience asthma like symptoms upon contact with perfumes.

• TOXIC EFFECTS OF AIR FRESHENER EMISSIONS . Arch Environ Health 1997 Nov-Dec; 52(6):433-41, Anderson RC, Anderson JHAnderson Laboratories, Inc., West Hartford, Vermont 05084, USA. www.andersonlaboratories.com/alweb7c1.htm
  ASTHMA TRIGGERS: HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS. Excerpted From: The Asthma Handbook “Triggers: Know Your Troublemakers” Available from the American Lung Association www.alaw.org/asthma/asthma_handbook/triggers_know_your_troublemakers.html

• ASTHMA FORUM : http://forums.about.com/ab-asthma/messages/?msg=2708.1

• FACT SHEET: PESTICIDES AND SCHOOLS : www.nrdc.org/greensquad/library/asthma.html

For further information about chemical triggers of asthma and other respiratory conditions, and healthy alternatives to toxic products, contact:

Liberty Goodwin, TIP Director, at 401-351-9193 or liberty@toxicsinfo.org