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<description>Multiple Chemical Sensitivity differs from the common scientific understanding of illness because the condition is always manifested by multiple non-specific symptoms from different organs at the same time and because these symptoms may occur after exposure to chemicals at very low concentrations</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009  2200 gmt</pubDate>
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<title>Pesticides Implicated in Parkinsonism</title>
<link>http://www.tnq-support-group.net/Pesticides_Implicated_in_Parkinsonism.html</link>
<description>The risk of parkinsonism doubled with increased occupational exposure to pesticides, including eight agents associated with experimental parkinsonism, according to data from patients at North American movement disorder centers.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sept 2009  0900 gmt</pubDate>
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<title>A bad mix: Mixtures of anti-androgens chemicals</title>
<link>http://www.tnq-support-group.net/Bad_mix_anti-androgens_chemicals.html</link>
<description>A bad mix: exposure may be “safe” only with one chemical at a time. Mixtures of anti-androgens chemicals caused a worse response than what was predicted from adding effects of single chemicals</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sept 2009  0800 gmt</pubDate>
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<title>EPA Pesticide Exposure Test Too Short, Overlooks Long Term Effects</title>
<link>http://www.tnq-support-group.net/EPA_Pesticide_Exposure_Test_Too_Short.html</link>
<description>The four-day testing period the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) commonly uses to determine safe levels of pesticide exposure for humans and animals could fail to account for the toxins' long-term effects</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009  2200 gmt</pubDate>
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<title>GM foods pose a serious health risk in the areas of toxicology, allergy and immune function, reproductive health, and metabolic, physiologic and genetic health</title>
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<description>Multiple animal studies have shown that GM foods cause damage to various organ systems in the body. With this mounting evidence, it is imperative to have a moratorium on GM foods for the safety of our patients' and the public's health</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009  2200 gmt</pubDate>
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