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HEALTH THREATS: Source: A Federal Expert Advisory Panel: Problems may
include serious cardio-respiratory damage, toxic reactions, and liver
and kidney damage; Chronicle Herald, November 11, 1997:
Chemicals might be dimming our minds: Source: an international panel of scientists; Chronicle-Herald, May 31, 1996:
Pollution
and breast cancers: Sources: Boston biologist, Sandra Steingraber, the
World Resources Institute in Washington, and the International Agency
for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France; Chronicle-Herald, July 17, 1997
Chemicals
can affect I.Q. and behavior: Source: Dr. Theo Colburn, a U.S.
scientist and co-author of "Our Stolen Future"; Chronicle-Herald,
October 28, 1996
Absorption
of chemicals by humans: Sources: Researchers at the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention; Chronicle-Herald, September 02, 2000
Source: Canada's own Federal Health Department; Chronicle Herald
Levels of
mercury too high: Source: Prof. Dr. David Schindler of Alberta and a
recipient of many of the world's leading scientific awards inclusive of
the coveted top international award in limnology, the Naumann-Thienemann Medal in 1989: Chronicle-Herald, October 06, 1998
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