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2000

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2000

• SAR Cellular Phone Radiation Data 31dec00

• In Pursuit of Pretty: Teen Girls Going Wild For Cosmetics  -  Sun-Sentinel (South Florida) 3dec00

• Superbugs Threaten Our Health (and Antibiotics) - SF Chronicle 29dec00

• Respect for life: Why Animal Research?  - NIEHS 26dec00

• Blood Lead Levels in Young Children ---United States and Selected States, 1996--1999 - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly 22dec00

• FDA Moves to Simplify Drug Warning Labels -  NYT 22dec00

• Lancet - Association Between Leukemia And Exposure To Cosmic Radiation In Aircrew -  DGReview 21dec00 

• Mad Cow Disease 101  -  WSJ 21dec00

• Obesity Epidemic Threatens Health in Exercise-Deprived Societies - Worldwatch Issue 19dec00

• Disordered Metal-Metabolism: A Primary Cause of Autism? - AP 19dec00

• The People's Health  -  Mokhiber and Weissman 18dec00

• Panel Links Estrogen, Cancer -  AP 16dec00

• Birth Characteristics and Subsequent Risk for Breast Cancer in Very Young Women - (Abstract) Am. Journ. Ep. 15dec00

• Underwriters Laboratories (UL) unveils new mark for environmental and public health products - Capitol Reports 15dec00

• Steroidal Estrogens to be Listed as Known Cancer Cause - NIEHS 15dec00

• Air Study supports EPA proposal for stricter rules on particulate matter  -  LAT 14dec00

• Marijuana May Hurt Couples' Conception Odds -  SFC 13dec00

• Feds say doctors don't heed drug warnings  -  AP 12dec00

• Coffee Might Dampen Cancerous Damage from Smoking -  AP 12dec00

• SmithKline Beecham Heart Drug Tests halted after Deaths -  AP 12dec00

• House Mice May Contribute to Asthma Attacks - AP 12dec00

• PBBs in Fire Retardant Associated with Early Menstruation - NIEHS Press Release 8dec00

• British government publishes safety advice on mobile phones -  AP 8dec00

• Estrogen may join carcinogen list - Talc also under consideration; benefits don't play into decision - USA TODAY 8dec00

• Worried Locals Seek Blood Testing Richmond neighbors fear toxic contaminants -  SFC 7dec00

• Gonorrhea Decline Reverses: Increasing for the First Time in 25 Years - Washington Post 6dec00

• Genetic Mistake + Unknown Trigger = Leukemia - Reuters 4dec00

• Warning on How Breast Cancer Tests Interpreted - Labs use arbitrary cutoffs for drug treatment - Washington Post 4dec00

• Red Cross blood not kept safe: FDA -  Washington Post 3dec00

• Computer Chip making causes Leukemia and other Serious Illnesses -  SFC 3dec00

• Buy a Stamp and Mail Some Hope - SFC 1dec00

• Hormonal Interactions in Endometrial Cancer - Endocrine-Related Cancer Dec00

• Eating Great Lakes Fish May Affect Conception - EHP Dec00

• Life in the Fat Lane  - Delicious Living Dec00

• To Protect Those Who Serve  (Conflict of Interest)  -  G.Koski New England Journal of Medicine 30nov00

• Mothers' Milk Should Not Be Such a Mystery - Karen Floraini and Lynn R Goldman - SFC 29nov00

• Endocrine disruption and potential human health implications  - Canadian Medical Association Journal 28nov00

• 5.3 Million Got HIV in 2000, Health Group Estimates - WHO - NYT 25nov00

• Study links Gulf War Sickness to Brain Damage - AP 28nov00

• New Jersey's first-in-nation wellness program mandates annual tune-up- AP 25nov00

• Poor Health, Diet Fate of State Farmworkers - SFC 22nov00

• Down's Syndrome Detected In Maternal Blood Plasma - DGReview 22nov00

• Hemoglobin During Pregnancy Linked to Stillbirths - AP & JAMA 21nov00

• Can a small ring of metal cut radiation from hands-free kits?  - New Scientist 18nov00

• Study Of Normal Women Demonstrates: There Are Few "Safe" Days In Menstrual Cycle - NIEHS 17nov00

• Cancer Drug Works, Without Side Effects, in Human Tests - Endostatin - BG 10nov00

• AIDS-related virus spreads through kissing - Herpes - AP 9nov00

• Some women can safely put off Pap smears to every three years -  AP 9nov00

• Genetic test helps predict response to cancer chemotherapy - SFC 8nov00

• One in Five Americans Depressed or Unhappy - RH 8nov00

• Association Between Smoking and Anxiety Disorders During Adolescence - JAMA 8nov00

• Estimating the Numbers of Smoking-Related Deaths - Letter from CATO to  JAMA with response  8nov00 

• Hormone Actions on the Brain Interactions of IGF-1 with the Blood-Brain Barrier in vivo and in situ - Neuroendocrinology 72:3:2000, 171-178

• Another study shows Medicare no guarantee of adequate care - AP 8nov00

• Study Finds Smoking by Teens May Cause Anxiety Disorders - AP 8nov00

• Second-Class Medicine - Time(?)

• Risk of testicular cancer in men with abnormal semen characteristics - British Medical Journal 30sep00

• Transdermal Testosterone Treatment in Women with Impaired Sexual Function after Oophorectomy - NEJM 7sep00

• Who Is Fat? It Depends on Culture - NYT 7nov00Insufficient Calcium in Pregnancy Boosts Lead in Blood - RH 7nov00

• British Surgeons Begin Separation of Twins Both risk death, but operation will kill weaker girl - WP 7nov00

• FDA Warns 400 Cold, Diet Drugs linked to Strokes in Young Women - phenylpropanolamine, PPA - NYT 7nov00

• Citing Risk, Government Halts Medical Study on Children - National Institutes of Health - WP 7nov00

• Scanning for Lung Cancer Promising early-detection test may not be as effective as first thought - SFC 6nov00

• We're No. 49 -- And Proud of It CDC Ranking Percentage Smoking - SFC 6nov00

• Diabetes affects one in 20 world-wide - BBC 6nov00

• Mexican - American Diabetes Studied - AP 5nov00

• EPA Has 10 years to Protect Children From Pesticides and Plastics Ex-EPA Official Warns Parents to "be vigilant"  - USA Today 1nov00

• ADHD - Exploring Natural Solutions For Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder -  Delicious Living Nov00

• Beauty Products Containing Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP) Linked to Birth Defects - Environmental Working Group Nov00

• NIH Panel Backs Combination Of Breast Cancer Drugs - AP 4nov00

• Gov/ Cancer Survivor Information Partnership - New Database Matches Patients With Best Treatment -  WebMD 3nov00

• Researchers suggest link between teen smoking and mobile phones -  AP 3nov00

• Smoking Heightens Women`s Arthritis Risk - RH 3nov00

• Comparative Causes of Annual Deaths in the United States  -  CDC  2nov00

• Obesity, Hypertension, and the Risk of Kidney Cancer in Men - NEJM 2nov00

• Nevada tops list of smoking states -  AP 2nov00

• Adult Stem Cell Transplants May Be Feasible - Reuters 2nov00

• Asthma Sufferers Warned to Slow Down in Winter - Reuters 2nov00

• New Fears Over Safety of Mobile Hands-Free Kits -  Reuters 2nov00

• Adverse Effects Common With Glucocorticoids In Adolescents -  DGReview 1nov00

• Controversial Chemicals Marketed to Women in Personal Care Products - BW 1nov00

• Children of Bipolar Parents May Exhibit Early Signs of Depression -  Reuters 1nov00

• Breast Implant Risks (Includes photos of failures)  -  FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health Nov00 

• US plans breast-feeding education initiative - Boston Globe 31oct00

• The Jury is Still Out on Soy - The Scientist 30oc00

• Estrogen replacement therapy may double the risk of asthma in postmenopausal women  - UPI 24oct00

• Study Shows Air Pollution Slows Lung Function Growth in Children - NIEHS 20oct00

• In Young Rhesus Monkeys Smog Shown to Set Up Lungs for Asthma - NIEHS 12oct00

• Risk of Breast Cancer With Oral Contraceptive Use in Women With a Family History of Breast Cancer - JAMA 11oct00

• IGF-I Cancer and insulin-like growth factor-I  -  Editorial / BMJ 2000;321:847-848 7oct00

• Antimicrobial Resistance Excerpted from: Preventing Pneumococcal Disease Among Infants and Young Children - CDC 6oct00

• Epidemiology/ Human Data - EPA Draft Exposure and Human Health Reassessment of 2,3,7,8-TCDD Dioxin - EPA rev.3oct00

• Brussels Statement - 3rd European Breast Cancer Conference Barcelona Oct00

• ELF-EMFs: Are They Linked with Cancer Promotion? - EHP Oct00

• Breaching the Placenta Fast Fetal Absorption of a Common Compound - EHP  Oct00

• Declining Sperm Density Revisited: An Analysis of 101 Studies Published 1934-1996  - (Abstract) EHP Oct00

• RU-486: FDA Approves Controversial Abortion Pill: Decision caps 12-year battle to bring RU-486 to U.S. -  SF Chronicle 29sep00

• IGF-I Role of the Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF-I) Family in Cancer Development and Progression J Natl Cancer Inst 2000; 92: 1472-1489 20sep00

• Asthma on the Rise in the U.S.  - ENN 20sep00

• ABC of Breast Cancer - Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Genetics  - British Medical Journal 9sep00

• Hormonal Interactions in Endometrial Cancer - Endocrine-Related Cancer - 7sep00

• Is HIV the Cause of AIDS? from book What If Everything You Thought You Knew About AIDS Was Wrong 1sep2000

• Relation between Stillbirth and Specific Chlorination By-Products in Public Water Supplies  - EHP Sep00

• Psychiatric aspects of Chronic Exposure to Organophosphates:  Diagnosis and Management - Advances in Psychiatric Treatment Sep00 

• Dr. Arnold Schecter on Dioxin  -  Notes From his Presentation at the People's Dioxin Action Summit, UC Berkeley 10aug00

• Most Cancer Is Made, Not Born Yet little is spent to control avoidable exposure to cancer-causing chemicals  - Devra Lee Davis / SF Chronicle 10aug00

• Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Incidence by Histologic Subtype in the United States 1978 Through 1995 -  J Natl Cancer Inst  2aug00

• Cancer - Nature, Nurture, or Both - Editorial NEJM 13jul00

• Environmental and Heritable Factors in the Causation of Cancer -- Analyses of Cohorts of Twins from  Sweden, Denmark, and Finland - NEJM 13jul00

• Kids at Risk: Chemicals in Environment Under Scrutiny as Childhood Learning Problems Soar - US News & World Report 19jun00

• Losing Ground Against Microbes - NYT Editorial 18jun00

• Incinerators & Landfills - Cancers in Proximity to Incinerators (3 separate abstracts) Jun00

• Incinerators & Landfills - Childhood cancers, birthplaces, incinerators and landfill sites  -  International Journal of Epidemiology Jun00

• Disturbing Behavior: Neurotoxic Effects in Children  - Environmental Health Perspectives Jun00

• The antioxidant/anticancer potential of phaenolic compounds isolated from olive oil  - Eur J Cancer Jun00

• Prenatal Zidovudine on Disease Progression in Perinatally HIV-1-Infected Infants - J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Jun00

• Gulf War Syndrome: Brain Damage Found in Gulf War Syndrome Victims ENS 25may00

• Is Academic Medicine for Sale?  -  Editorial /New England Journal of Medicine 18may00

• Children are not Little Adults - Testimony of E. Ramona Trovato USEPA before the U.S. House  2may00

• Viagra for Women?  -  Endocrine Society 3apr00

• Balancing the Risks and Benefits of Drinking Water Disinfection: DALYs - EHP Apr00

• 37-Year-Old Mechanic with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities - EHP Apr00

• The Story of 'Eau'  Confessions of a Fragrance Junkie - Mar/Apr00 New Reactor

•  X-Rays: The Major Cause of Cancer  - Rachel's Environment & Health News n.691-693 16mar00

• How Sexually Dimorphic Are We? Review and Synthesis  - American Journal of Human Biology 11feb00

• Improvements in Local Infant Health after Nuclear Power Reactor Closing - Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology Feb00

• Dental Sealants - Bisphenol A - EHP Jan00

• "Cater to the Children": The Role of The Lead Industry in a Public Health Tragedy, 1900-1955 - American Journal of Public Health Jan00

• Correlation Between Organochlorine Compounds and Undescended Testes? - Eur J Pediatr Sur 2000

• Cancer Among Infants 1975-1995  - Cancer Incidence and Survival among Children and Adolescents US SEER Program NCI 5nov99

• Breast Cancer -- Why So Many?  - St. Louis Post/ Dispatch 27oct99 Editorial

• Breast-Feeding and Risk of Childhood Acute Leukemia - J Natl Cancer Inst  20oct99

• Extent of antibiotic use in Taiwan shown by antimicrobial activity in urine - Lancet 16oct99

• Dietary Fat and Protein in Relation to Risk of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Among Women - Abstract J Natl Cancer Inst  20oct99

• Breast-Feeding and Risk of Childhood Acute Leukemia  -  Abstract J Natl Cancer Inst  20oct99

• Brain and Other Central Nervous System Cancers: Recent Trends in Incidence and Mortality - J Natl Cancer Inst 18aug99

• Is Global Warming Harmful to Health? - Scientific American 20aug00

• Antimicrobial Resistance: An Ecological Perspective - American Academy of Microbiology 16jul99

• MCS - Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: A 1999 Consensus  - Archives of Environmental Health  May/Jun99

• Occupational asthma in Europe and other industrialised areas: a population-based study  - Lancet  22may99

• George Soros Announces $15 Million Effort to Combat The Influence of Money on Health Care  - PR Newswire 15apr99

• Reduced Ratio of Male to Female Births in Several Industrial Countries A Sentinel Health Indicator? -  Devra Lee Davis, PhD, MPH / JAMA 1apr98

• Scientist hails birth of 'Rat Children'  in vitro fertilisation involving the use of tissue from rats' testicles -  BBC 17mar99

• Diabetics Not Told of [Genetically Engineered] Insulin Risk  -  Guardian UK 9mar99

• Breast Cancer Epidemic on Long Island / Life's Delicate Balance / Janette Sherman, MD 29feb00

• Health Implications of Exposure to PCBs (Primarily through fish) - USPHS, ATSDR,  USDHHS, USEPA - February 2, 1999

• Cancer Incidence and Survival among Children and Adolescents: United States SEER Program 1975-1995 - National Cancer Institute 1999

• Brain Cancer Incidence in Children: Time to Look Beyond the Trends  -  Medical and Pediatric Oncology 1999

• In Vitro Chimeric Hermaphrodite Boy With Mixed Anatomy Adds to Scrutiny of In Vitro Fertilization -  Washington Post 15jan98

• Cryptorchidism and Hypospadias in Sons of Gardeners and Farmers  -  Environmental Health Perspectives Dec98

• Environmental assaults on DNA occur everywhere  - Environmental Health Perspectives Nov98

• Medicine for the Layman -  NIH 30oct98

• CFS The Nature of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome  - Editorial / JAMA 23sep98

• Sperm Counts Down  - Asahi News Service (Japan) 9jul98

• Integrated Defense System Overlaps as a Disease Model: With Examples for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity - EHP 1feb98

• Endocrinology and Endometriosis - Endocrine Society Fact Sheet 1998

• Thalidomide Back-Under Strict Control  - JAMA 8oct97

• Endotoxin Exposures in Rural Settings And Its Effects On Respiratory Disease  - NIEHS - 1997

• Endocrine Disruptors And Human Health - NIEHS 1997

• Public, Animal, and Environmental Health Implications of Aquaculture - Emerging Infectious Diseases Oct/Dec97

• Prevalence of Carcinoma in Situ of the Testis in 207 oligozoospermic men from infertile couple -  British Medical Journal 18oct97

• Breast Cancer: Susceptibility and the Environment  - NIEHS Aug97

• Deaths Associated with Ivermectin Treatment of Scabies  - Lancet 19apr97

• Profile of Patients with Chemical Injury and Sensitivity  - Environmental Health Perspectives Vol. 105 Sup. 2 March 1997

• Social Inequalities and Emerging Infectious Diseases - Emerging Infectious Diseases Oct/Dec96

• Trends in cancer incidence among children in the U.S.  - Cancer 1aug96

• Environmental Toxins and the Brain  - EHP Aug96

• Organochlorine-associated Immunosuppression in Prefledgling Caspian Terns and Herring Gulls from Great Lakes  - EHP Aug96

• Sperm Count Falling 1938 to 1990  - Graph from Male Reproductive Health and Environmental Xenoestrogens EHP 1996

• Estimating Avoidable Causes of Cancer  - Environmental Health Perspectives v.103, s.8, Nov95

• Decline in Semen Quality among Fertile Men in Paris during the Past 20 Years  - New England Journal of Medicine 2feb95

• Pathogenesis and management of male infertility - Lancet 11jun94

• "The Coming Plague" - Laurie Garrett 1994

• Cancer Statistics by Type / U.S. Racial/Ethnic Cancer Patterns 1988-1992 - Narative by National Cancer Institute

• Cigarette Smoking-Attributable Mortality and Years of Potential Life Lost - US 1990  - Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report 27aug93

• Adverse Reactions to Aspartame: Double-Blind Challenge in Patients from a Vulnerable Population  - Biol. Psychiatry v.34  1993

• Intrauterine position effects on steroid metabolism and steroid receptors of reproductive organs in male mice - Vom Saal et al / Biol Reprod Nov92

• Regulations for Research Involving Human Subjects  - DHHS, NIH rev.18jun91

• Cancer mortality in the U.S. flour industry - J Natl Cancer Inst  16may90

• Dioxins in Cigarette Smoke (Similar to that of Municipal Waste Incinerator)  - Muto H, Takizawa Y; Arch Environ Health May/Jun89

• Why Waste Time Attempting to Eliminate Cancer-producing Agents from our World? Isn't it impossible? Isn't the Cure Better? Rachel Carson/Silent Spring 1962

• The Effect if Food Restriction During War on Mortality in Copenhagen  - M. Hindhede /JAMA 7feb20 

• Cancer Scroti - From The Chirurgical Works of Percivall Potts, FRS with notes by Sir James Earle, FRS Philadelphia 1819

• Breast Feeding & Vegetarians Breast Feeding

• American Cancer Society Funded by Same Corporations that Produce Cancer Chemicals

• Endocrine Disruptor References

• MSDS Acronyms and Definitions

• IARC Monographs Programme on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans -  International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is part of WHO

• Anthrax Vaccine: Given to 2.5 million US service members and civilian government employees, but isn't safe, current or effective?  (link outside mindfully.org)