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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Life and Issues Related to Disability - September 9, 2008 News Alcohol Binges Early in Pregnancy Increase Risk of Infant Oral Clefts - July 31, 2008 NIEHS/NTP Seeks Input on Cell-Based High ... ] Reyes-Reyes EM, Akiyama SK. July 2008 Maternal Smoking and Receptor Gene Variant Combine to Increase Risk for Childhood Asthma [Abstract] [Synopsis] Wang C, Salam MT, Islam T, Wenten M, Gauderman WJ, ...
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MedlinePlus: Pesticides
Medicine) Pesticides(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) Latest News Golf Course Insecticides Pose Little Danger to Players(08/13/2008, HealthDay) Long-Term Pesticide Exposure May Increase Risk of Diabetes(06/04/2008, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) Treatment In Case of Pesticide Poisoning(Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs) Also ...
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Climate change
Celsius), which would increase risk of hunger. Globally, the potential for food production is projected to ... already face other challenges such as tropical storms or local coastal subsidence, are especially at risk. The numbers affected will be largest in the mega-deltas of Asia and Africa while ...
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ENN: Handling Pesticides Associated With Greater Asthma Risk In Farm Women
American Thoracic Society. The researchers assessed pesticide and other occupational exposures as risk factors for adult-onset asthma in more than 25,000 farmwomen in North Carolina and Iowa ... disease, as well as lifetime exposures to agents that may either protect against asthma or increase risk," said Dr. Hoppin. "We hope to start the study in 2008." Copyright Environment News ...
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Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance
HEALTH will conduct outreach workshops to public and private sectors in order to help increase awareness for future potential hazards. HEALTH reported a total of 228 events during the period of ... of the full report, please contact the Rhode Island Department of Health, Office of Environmental Health Risk Assessment in writing at Three Capitol Hill, Room 201, Providence, RI 02908-5097 or by ...
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Back To Sleep - Reduce the Risk of SIDS
Because babies automatically swallow or cough up such fluid, doctors have found no increase in choking or other problems in babies sleeping on their backs. What about side sleeping? ... Learn more about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and how you can reduce your baby's risk of developing SIDS, including the new American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations that advise against cosleeping ...
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Radiation Risk
Various regulatory bodies, including the U.S. Environmetal Protection Agency (EPA) have extrapolated these risk ratios, based on high doses, down to much lower dose levels, and all the way ... populations that reside in areas of elevated background radiation have not shown an associated increase in the risk of cancer. National Academy of Sciences, BEIR VII, "Health Risks from Exposure to ...
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No asbestos-linked cancer increase found near plants
Asbestos cancer alert for 1970s boiler room mates » No asbestos-linked cancer increase found near plants Study targets rates near former vermiculite sites By Lois M. Collins Deseret ... now a Utah Power and Light substation, commercial parking lot and small businesses, poses no public health risk now. Most of the site had been cleaned up when the researchers were writing their ...
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Pennsylvania's Environment At Risk: The Local Impacts of the Bush Administration's Environmental Policies - PennEnvironment
August 2003. The agency has supported only voluntary measures to slow the rate of increase in carbon dioxide emissions. Global warming could have profound effects on Pennsylvania's environment and ... timber industry to cut down large, fire resistant trees while doing little to protect at-risk communities. The Forest Service also has announced plans to weaken the popular Roadless Area Conservation ...
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Our Natural Heritage At Risk: Threats Facing 10 of Pennsylvania's Most Special Places - PennEnvironment
Pennsylvania that provides drinking water for more than 1.8 million people. • Increase development pressures in the Unami Creek Valley Woodlands, the largest surviving band of forest in ... , five-year commitment made by former Gov. Tom Ridge to the Growing Greener program, and increase funding for the program to deal with the billion dollar-plus backlog in conservation programs. ...
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