A white male of the baby boom generation is about twice as likely to get cancer as his grandfather was, and a white female of the same age has about a 50% greater chance of getting cancer than her grandmother did, according to
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The American Chemical Society [ACS] recently affirmed (Chemical & Engineering News, January 31, 1994) the following phenomena: Sperm count in men worldwide has dropped to 50% of what it was 50 years ago. The
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The David and Goliath battle of the century is shaping up over a synthetic hormone called rBGH (recombinant bovine growth hormone) that was approved by federal officials in February for use in milk cows in the US. David is
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According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, somewhere between 2 and 4 million US children have sufficient lead in their blood to diminish their IQ, reduce their physical stature, damage their hearing, decrease their
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The United States is losing its war on cancer, according to a long article in the January 1994 Scientific American. The basic measure of success or failure — the age-adjusted cancer death rate — continues to climb slowly