Environmental Toxicants Linked To Atherosclerosis

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Environmental Toxicants Linked To Atherosclerosis

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Environmental toxicants such as dioxins, PCBs, and pesticides can pose a risk for cardiovascular disease. For the first time a link has been demonstrated between atherosclerosis and levels of long

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Tags: Heart Disease, Circulatory Disorders, Atherosclerosis, Stroke, Thrombotic Event, Pesticide, Green Living, Environment

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environmentalhealthnews.org — “When Deidre Ramos moved with her infant son to the Parker Street section of New Bedford, Mass., little did she know that her new neighborhood was toxic. Today, a decade later, Ramos is worried about her two sons growing up in a community still contaminated by an old burn dump containing polychlorinated biphenyls. “What will be the long-term effects on my children?” asked Ramos. Now new research suggests that PCBs, which were first linked to learning problems in children more than two decades agoView full resource at environmentalhealthnews.org

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Environmental Toxins Linked to Atherosclerosis, Heart Risk – TIME Healthland

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