There are four government units assigned the task of looking after the health of the American people. These are the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA). They were established originally to function as consumer protection agencies because it was …
Vol 13
The Gender Benders By Janet Raloff
Are environmental “hormones” emasculating wildlife? Mother Nature. The term conjures up images of a warm, nurturing, bountiful environment. But this sobriquet is proving increasingly apt for another reason – one that should offer anything but comfort. New studies suggest that through pollution and other environmental factors, Mother Nature is exerting a feminizing hormonal influence on …
Cancer, Chemicals and Politics By Rose Marie Williams
On Thursday, February 17, several members of the New York State Assembly held a public hearing at the University Hospital in Stonybrook, Long Island. The purpose of the conference was to hear testimony on possible causes of breast cancer, of which Nassau and Suffolk Counties have an unusually high incidence. Besides breast cancer, prostate cancer, …
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