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Music and the Brain
http://www.enn.com/health/article/45588
Music is an art that puts sounds together in a way that people like or find interesting. It may well teach too. Montreal researchers find that music lessons before age seven create stronger connections in the brain. If you started piano lessons in grade one, or played the recorder in kindergarten, thank your parents and teachers. The younger you started music lessons, the stronger the connections in your brain.

Senators Want More Scrutiny Of Flame Retardants
http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/web/2013/02/Senators-Want-Scrutiny-Flame-Retardants.html
Twenty-three U.S. senators today called for the Environmental Protection Agency to increase the number of flame-retardant chemicals it is assessing for health risks. EPA is currently conducting detailed risk assessments of a class of structurally related flame retardants—polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)—and four other individual flame-retardant compounds. After the agency finishes the assessments, it will decide whether regulatory action to control any of the substances is needed. Industry is already phasing out PBDEs and is abandoning one of the other four chemicals, hexabromocyclododecane.

Effects of Bullying Last Into Adulthood, Study Finds
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/effects-of-bullying-last-into-adulthood-study-finds/
Victims of bullying at school, and bullies themselves, are more likely to experience psychiatric problems in childhood, studies have shown. Now researchers have found that elevated risk of psychiatric trouble extends into adulthood, sometimes even a decade after the intimidation has ended.

New Issue of Environmental Justice Available
http://online.liebertpub.com/toc/env/6/1
The February issue focuses on Empowered Partnerships: Community-Based Participatory Action Research for Environmental Justice.

Caffeine Linked to Low Birth Weight in Babies
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/02/20/caffeine-linked-to-low-birth-weight-in-babies/#ixzz2LUJO0nI7
The new findings from a large Scandinavian study suggest current guidelines on caffeine consumption during pregnancy may not go far enough.

Toxic Nap Mats Draw Suit in California
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Toxic-nap-mats-draw-suit-in-Oakland-4292200.php
The Center for Environmental Health, an Oakland, Calif., watchdog group, said Tuesday it is suing major manufacturers and retailers, including Target and Amazon.com, for selling nap mats made with a toxic flame retardant that is also a known carcinogen.

Senators Seek to Block Higher Ethanol Blend
http://www.ewg.org/release/senators-seek-block-higher-ethanol-blend
Environmental Working Group today welcomed the introduction of legislation to block the use of gasoline containing 15 percent corn ethanol by U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and David Vitter (R-La.), calling it a good first step in addressing concerns about the broader use of higher ethanol blends.

Excessive TV in Childhood Linked to Long-Term Antisocial Behavior, New Zealand Study Shows
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130218092711.htm
Children and adolescents who watch a lot of television are more likely to manifest antisocial and criminal behaviour when they become adults, according to a new University of Otago, New Zealand, study published online in the journal Pediatrics.

Lead Exposure on the Rise Despite Decline in Poisoning Cases
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=lead-exposure-on-the-rise
Leaded gasoline and lead paint are gone, but other sources are keeping the danger high
 

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