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Metzger Law Group Attorneys Go Green
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- Category: Metzger Law News
- Published on Saturday, 14 January 2012 01:47
Metzger Law Group attorneys are constantly traveling to court and depositions for the firm's clients. It is hardly news that Southern California freeways are congested and major sources of air pollution.
Brominated battle: Soda chemical has cloudy health history
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- Category: Health News
- Published on Friday, 13 January 2012 19:52
Patented as a flame retardant for plastics, and banned in food throughout Europe and Japan, a brominated chemical called BVO has been added to sodas for decades in North America. Now some scientists have a renewed interest in this little-known ingredient, found in 10 percent of sodas in the United States.
National Toxicology Program Declares Formaldehyde a Known Human Carcinogen
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- Category: Health News
- Published on Monday, 13 June 2011 17:41
In June 2011, the National Toxicology Program (NTP) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published its 12th Report on Carcinogens. The report is a scientific and public health document that identifies substances that cause or may cause cancer.
Texas Study Shows Benzene from Air Pollution Increases Risks of Spina Bifida
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- Category: Environmental News
- Published on Sunday, 17 April 2011 17:21
Researchers from Texas have reported the results of a case-control study assessing the association between ambient air levels of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) and the prevalence of neural tube defects (spina bifida and anancephaly) among children.
New Swedish Study Shows Acrylamide Likely Causes Esophageal Cancer
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- Published on Sunday, 17 April 2011 17:20
Researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden have published a population-based case-control study linking esophageal cancer to dietary acrylamide intake.
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