health risks, epigenetics, health policies

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Together, these three news items summarize why so many pathologies have

increased rates

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*Health risks stack up for students near industrial plants.*

By Blake on and Brad Heath USA Today Dec 08, 2008

USA TODAY spent eight months examining the impact of industrial

pollution on the air outside schools across the nation. The potential

problems that emerged were widespread, insidious and largely unaddressed.

The result: a ranking of 127,800 public, private and parochial schools

based on the concentrations and health hazards of chemicals likely to be

in the air outside. The model's most recent version used emissions

reports filed by 20,000 industrial sites in 2005.

more...

<http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/school-air1.htm?loc=interstitia\

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Young girls may hold key to breast cancer.

<http://www.northjersey.com/betterliving/health/Young_girls_may_hold_key_to_brea\

st_cancer.html>

What if you could do something to save your daughter from ever

developing breast cancer? It looks more and more as if a

cancer-free adulthood is determined years earlier -- maybe even

before birth. Bergen County Record, New Jersey

*EPA's court follies sow doubt, delay*

By Shiffman And Sullivan Philadelphia Inquirer Dec 08, 2008

In a dozen cases since 2001, federal judges in Washington have used

increasingly caustic language to throw out EPA regulations, chastising

the Bush administration for illegally changing U.S. environmental rules.

The result: The EPA's most significant new air-pollution initiatives lie

in tatters, creating uncertainty for those who worry about the

environment and human health, as well as for businesses that have spent

billions to meet new EPA standards that no longer exist.

more...

<http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front_page/20081208_EPA_s_Court_Follies_Sow_Doub\

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