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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Toxics 'R' Us Everyday folk found to be contaminated with toxic chemicals		09 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 9:16 AM on 09 Nov 2007 Volunteers across the U.S. were found to have toxic bisphenol-A, PBDEs, and phthalates in their blood and urine, says a small study sponsored by a coalition of environmental health groups. The "Is It in Us?" study analyzed 35 people from seven states; while the sample size was too small to be representative of the larger population, the results were quite similar to those of a hu ...
Topics: Centers on Disease Control and Prevention, green living, health, news, scientific research, toxics (all these topics)

What You Talkin' 'Bout, Dana? White House spokesfolks play up health benefits of climate change		26 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 1:34 PM on 26 Oct 2007 Recent Senate testimony on the public-health impacts of climate change by the director of the Centers for Disease Control was watered down because the White House wanted "to focus that testimony on public health benefits," White House spokesperson Dana Perino said this week. She went on to state that U.S. experts are attempting to determine "what are go ...
Topics: Centers on Disease Control and Prevention, climate, climate change impacts, dumbassery , health, news, White House (all these topics)

Body Count Americans' bodies harbor numerous toxins, big study finds		22 Jul 2005	Daily Grist
Body Count Americans' bodies harbor numerous toxins, big study finds The largest-ever study of human chemical exposure shows that Americans are carrying dozens of potentially harmful toxic compounds in their bodies. Researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control tested some 2,400 people in 2000 and 2001 and found more than 100 worrying compounds, many with known links to health t ...
Topics: Centers on Disease Control and Prevention, news, toxics, United States (all these topics)

Lead Us Not Into Temptation		10 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Lead Us Not Into Temptation Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have accused the Bush administration of stacking a government advisory panel on childhood lead poisoning with members sympathetic to lead-related industries. The 12-member panel advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on averting such poisoning, and in the past, the CDC has appointed ...
Topics: Centers on Disease Control and Prevention, health, politics, Rhode Island, toxics (all these topics)

Luck Ran Out		23 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
Luck Ran Out Nevada has run out of funding to continue its birth-defects registry, a loss that supporters say couldn't have come at a worse time. The registry, which was begun three years ago with a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, identifies trends in birth defects across the state in order to help identify and eliminate the causes of ...
Topics: Centers on Disease Control and Prevention, health, Nevada, nuclear power, pollution and waste (all these topics)

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