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Latest science shows endocrine disrupting chemicals in plastics, pesticides, and other sources pose health threats globally

A report from the world's leading scientific and medical experts on hormone-related health conditions raises new concerns about the profound threats to human health from endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that are ubiquitous in our surroundings and everyday lives. Everyday exposures to EDCs in the environment may be linked to increasing rates of infertility, diabetes, immune deficiencies, and other serious conditions; Highly Hazardous Pesticides pose ongoing threats.

First-in-humans discovery reveals brain chemicals at work influencing social behavior

The idea that people make decisions based on social context is not a new one in neural economic games. But now, for the first time, researchers show the impact of the social context may spring from the dynamic interactions of dopamine and serotonin. Researchers built carbon-fiber electrodes that were implanted in patients receiving Deep Brain Stimulation surgery. The method allows researchers to measure more than one neurotransmitter at a time, revealing a dance that has never been seen before.

Health staff and civil servants offered 5% rise

Female workers on strike, at Belfast rally

Under the offer, which is being put to trade union members, staff would also receive a one-off payment.

Health unions to ballot members on new pay offer

Under the offer staff would receive a pay uplift of 5% and a one-off payment of £1,505.

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