Chemical Cocktail Guidelines urged from EC

Swedish scientists have called for guidelines for management of the joint action of toxins on human health and environmental health. Researchers concluded that a systematic approach to managing the effect of chemical cocktails in the environment are needed, and they urge the European Commission for guidelines.
Thomas Backhaus Research Fellow, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences and co-author of the report at the request of the EU said: "The number of chemical compounds that living organisms are exposed to the Earth is huge. Assessment of possible combinations so as not realistic and predictive approaches should be implemented in risk assessment . We need leadership to manage the effect of the chemical cocktail that we can assess the risks to humans and the environment. "
Information from the European Commission report states that "the combination of exposure to chemicals should be considered in a more systematic basis." Regulation of toxin based on a review of one chemical, but current regulations do not allow for life health risks of chemicals in consumer products which include cosmetics, medical products, clothing, shoes, and in the air that contain different chemical cocktail that can affect on the environment of life.
Assessing the impact of chemicals on humans and the environment, one is not enough because the toxins form a complex mixture that can not be well understood. Researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences have found a combination of 57 different pesticides in rivers and streams that have not been evaluated for their effects on living organisms, except for separately.
American study in 2005 showed the presence of pesticides, dioxins, industrial chemicals and flame retardants in newborns. Scientists from the University of Gothenburg and the University of London conducted a survey of modern toxicology and ecotoxicology of the mixture, to find very clear that the combination of chemicals in the environment is much more toxic than any individual chemical.
Scientists are asked to guidelines from the European Commission to help establish a more systematic means of managing the combined action of environmental toxins. European lawmakers were able to produce legislation to deal with hormone-disrupting substances, which combined, the environment and human health is much more than one chemical.

Mid-Life Smoking Leads To Early Memory Problems

Mid-life smokers experience memory problems earlier than non-smokers, but ex-smokers still have chances to cut the risk.
A team of researchers from National Institute of Health and Medical Research in Villejuif, France examined 10,308 people aged between 35 to 55. Study enrollment took place between 1985 and 1988 after all participants reported their smoking habits. Later, between the years of 1997 and 1999 they were again questioned about smoking habits. At this time 5,388 participants who had reported their smoking habits were also given memory tests to estimate their ‘memory, reasoning, vocabulary and verbal fluency’. Out of them 4,659 participants were tested once more 5 years later. The number of participants declined during the study mainly because most of them simply refused to pass memory tests for various reasons.
The smoking and memory study found that mid-life smokers have the lowest memory scores and that ex-smokers are 30% less likely than smokers to suffer from memory problems earlier in life. However, researchers said that these figures underestimate the reality, because most smokers refused to participate in the study. Researchers also remind that mid-life memory problems lead to early dementia development, indirectly linking smoking to dementia.
The study says: "During the past 20 years, public health messages about smoking have led to changes in smoking behaviour. Public health messages on smoking should continue to target smokers of all ages."
The study also reported that ex-smokers have significantly improved healthy habits just after quitting smoking. Quitters were found to spend more time on exercising, drink less alcohol, eat more fruits and vegetables, and adopting healthy lifestyle rules.