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http://www.noccawood.ca There is also an email-list 3/2001: According to new research in Environmental Health Perspectives, arsenic inteferes with glucocorticoid-receptor control of DNA transcription at extremely low levels (10 ppb). This is far below the level of arsenic needed to cause cell toxicity. Arsenic's endocrine disruption may be provide important insight into links between low level chronic exposure to arsenic and human disease, including cancer and diabetes. a synopsis at www.OurStolenFuture.org http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/NewScience/oncompounds/2001kaltreideretal.htm coverage in the press at Science News http://www.sciencenews.org/20010317/fob1.asp --------------------- Health Risk Of Arsenic Explained By David A. Fahrentholdand Steve Vogel Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, January 24, 2001 ; Page B03 Parents of children who attend an American University day-care center demanded answers last night in response to fears that their children had been poisoned by arsenic-tainted soil, but they said many of their concerns were addressed at a meeting with university, District and Army Corps of Engineers officials. The meeting, held in a dorm on the university's campus, was scheduled to last one hour but stretched to three as parents quizzed officials about plans to test their children and the playground soil for arsenic contamination. Those who attended the meeting described the mood as calm but concerned. Parents said they felt better about the possibility that their children had avoided health damage from the arsenic, which is believed to be left over from chemical weapons tests conducted at the university during World War I. "It was made clear that this was not a panic situation," said parent Allison Fultz. "But we need more information." .....Please visit the actual website for the entire article. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A37487-2001Jan23
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