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NEWS:
Asbestos deaths skyrocketing, says CDC
Asbestos still being uncovered across Australia
Benzene may pose risk in the workplace
Chemical PBDE Showing Up In Breast Milk
Cosmetic Chemicals Found in Breast Tumors
Diesel fumes linked to cancer deaths
Federal tests find perchlorate in food
FDA: Kids, women should limit fish
Illinois Embargoes Lead-Tainted Mars Candy Targeted to Latinos
Is Your Shampoo Killing Brain Cells?
Lead exposure still a health hazard, says CDC
Lead poisoning remains a threat for kids
Lead risk worst for fetuses, children
Leukemia in Kids from Benzene?
Los Angeles Tops Nation In Asbestos-Linked Deaths
Mercury affects brains of adolescents
Report: Many Mexican Candies Contain Lead
Risks Seen in Low Exposure to Benzene
Study links lead exposure to cataracts in men
ARTICLES:
CDC-Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Fact Sheet
Health Effects from Pesticide Exposure
Organochlorine compounds in carpet dust and non-hodgkin lymphoma risk (Annals of Epidemiology)
JOURNAL ARTICLES:
Acute childhood leukaemia and environmental exposure to potential sources of benzene and other hydrocarbons; a case-control study. (Occup Environ Med)
Agricultural and residential pesticides in wipe samples from farmworker family residences in north Carolina and virginia. (Environ Health Perspect)
Arsenic in a Child's World (Pediatr Nurs)
Association of Pesticide Exposure With Neurologic Dysfunction and Disease (Environ Health Perspect)
Blood lead levels in residents of homes with elevated lead in tap water--District of Columbia, 2004. (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep)
Blood Mercury Levels in Young Children and Childbearing-Aged Women --- United States, 1999--2002 (MMWR)
Cancer risk and parental pesticide application in children of agricultural health study participants. (Environ Health Perspect)
Dioxins and related compounds in human breast milk collected around open dumping sites in Asian developing countries: bovine milk as a potential source. (Arch Environ Contam Toxicol)
Estimating exposure to chemical contaminants in drinking water. (Environ Sci Technol)
Hair Mercury Levels in U.S. Children and Women of Childbearing Age: Reference Range Data from NHANES 1999-2000 (Environ Health Perspect)
Herbicide exposure and the risk of transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder in Scottish Terriers. (J Am Vet Med Assoc)
High-intensity targeted screening for elevated blood lead levels among children in 2 inner-city Chicago communities. (Am J Public Health)
Lead exposure and attention regulation in children living in poverty. (Dev Med Child Neurol)
Lead poisoning from "lead-free" paint (CMAJ)
Low-dose agrochemicals and lawn-care pesticides induce developmental toxicity in murine preimplantation embryos. (Environ Health Perspect)
Mercury in canned tuna: white versus light and temporal variation. (Environ Res)
Mercury intoxication resulting from school barometers in three unrelated adolescents. (Eur J Pediatr)
Mercury, 101 (Pediatr Nurs)
Mortality among a cohort of garment workers exposed to formaldehyde: an update. (Occup Environ Med)
Mortality in New Zealand workers exposed to phenoxy herbicides and dioxins. (Occup Environ Med. 2005)
Relation between pesticide exposure and intrauterine growth retardation. (Chemosphere)
Seasonal, interannual, and long-term variation in sport fish contamination, San Francisco Bay. (Sci Total Environ. 2005)
Spine Density and Dendritic Branching Pattern of Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Neurons in Neonatal Rats Chronically Exposed to the Organophosphate Paraoxon (NeuroToxicology)
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