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Behavioral Disorders See: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Benzene Environews Topic: Benzene Beryllium Environews Topic: Beryllium Biosolids (sewage and sludge) Sewage Sludge Bird Fever (histoplasmosis) See: Histoplasmosis Birth Defects and Birth Related Concerns NTP Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR) Reproductive Health - Birth Defects as Related to Pesticides DDT Use in U.S. Linked to Premature Births in the 1960's - July 2001 Offspring of Men With Birth Defects Twice as Likely to Have Defects, Too - February 2001 Women Born with Birth Defects Run Small Risk Their Children Will Have Them - April 1999 'DES Daughters' Had Increased Rates of Cancer; An Animal Study Shows 'DES Granddaughters' May Too - September 1998 Reports Suggest: Maternal Vitamins Reduce Risk of Chidren's Brain Tumors, Endocrine Disruptors at Critical Points can Hurt Development - June 1998 Low Birthweight, Early Births Found Among Infants Near Hazardous Landfill - September 1997 Smoking And Passive Smoke Linked To Rare Condition Which Starves Newborns of Oxygen - March 1997 Children of Fish Consumers Show No Developmental Damage - February 1996 Additional Information: Also See… Children's Health Also See… Reproduction Visit… CDC National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Visit… NIH Topic: Birth Defects Visit… healthfinder.gov Topic: Birth Defects Visit… MEDLINEplus Health Topic: Birth Defects Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease) Mad Cow Disease Breast Cancer See: Cancer: Breast Cancer The Sister Study - a study of the genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Breast Cancer Additional Information: Visit… NIEHS/NCI: Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Centers Visit… NIH Topic: Breast Cancer Visit… healthfinder.gov Topic: Breast Cancer Visit… MEDLINEplus Health Topic: Breast Cancer Built Environment (BE) Built Environment (BE) NIEHS and American Public Health Association Sponsor Program Linking Built Environment and Public Health - November 2003 Environews Topic: Built Environment Obesity and the Environment - July 2003

 

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