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Robin Mackar
News Director
Tel (919) 541-0073
rmackar@niehs.nih.gov
Communications & Public Liaison (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/ocpl/index.cfm)

11 Dec 2001:
Sharon - and Beginning Readers - Search for the Environment (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/december11/index.cfm)
29 Nov 2001:
Food Allergy Scientists to Assess Potential for Sensitivities to Genetically Modified Foods (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/november29/index.cfm)
18 Nov 2001:
What Protects Us from Radiation? Some Answers Are Found in More than 100 Yeast Genes (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/november18/index.cfm)
5 Nov 2001:
NIEHS and Five Research Organizations Join to Use Genomics to Study Toxicological and Environmental Health Problems (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/november05/index.cfm)
25 Oct 2001:
New Children's Environmental Health Centers to Study Causes of Autism and Other Disorders (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/october25/index.cfm)
3 Oct 2001:
Drop of 30 Percent in Use of Animals in Some Tests Could Be Quickly Achieved through Use of Cells, U.S. Says (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/october03/index.cfm)
6 Aug 2001:
Study Shows Simple Steps Can Reduce Dust Mite Allergens in Bedrooms (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/august06/index.cfm)
26 Jul 2001:
Council and NIEHS Agree to $4 Million Research Effort to Improve Testing Chemicals for Potential Human Developmental and Reproductive Effects (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/july26/index.cfm)
24 Jul 2001:
NTP Plans to Look at Common Viruses, Radiation, Cooking By-Products for New Carcinogen Report (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/july24/index.cfm)
12 Jul 2001:
DDT Use in U.S. Linked to Premature Births in the 1960s (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/july12/index.cfm)
10 Jul 2001:
U.S., Vietnamese Scientists to Jointly Look at Agent Orange Effects (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/july10/index.cfm)
9 Jul 2001:
UCLA's Lutz Birnbaumer, Who Has Helped Demonstrate How Cells 'Talk,' Will Be NIEHS' New Scientific Director (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/july09/index.cfm)
31 May 2001:
Increased Uterine Cancer Seen in Mice Injected with Genistein, a Soy Estrogen, As Newborns (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/may31/index.cfm)
24 May 2001:
Environmental Health Sciences Center Funded at UNC Chapel Hill (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/may24/index.cfm)
22 May 2001:
National Survey Examines Factors Related to High Levels of Dust Mite and Cockroach Allergen in Beds (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/may22/index.cfm)
15 May 2001:
DDT, PCBs Not Linked to Higher Rates of Breast Cancer, an Analysis of Five Northeast Studies Concludes (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/may15/index.cfm)
14 May 2001:
More Study Recommended on Long-Term Reproductive Effects of Traces of Both Natural and Man-Made Hormone-Like Chemicals (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/may14/index.cfm)
9 May 2001:
Drug Treatment of Lead-Exposed Children Does Not Improve Psychological Test Scores (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/may09/index.cfm)
3 May 2001:
Environmental Health Institute Selects Centers in Ohio, Texas, New York and Washington to Breed Mice with Gene Variants for Disease Studies (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/may03/index.cfm)
30 Apr 2001:
Experts on Health Disparities Discuss Issues with New NIH Minority Center Director (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/april30/index.cfm)
18 Apr 2001:
'Tuskegee' Revisited: Director of Nation's First African American Bioethics Center to Speak To Medical and Dental Students on Ethical Controversies in Medical Research (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/april18/index.cfm)
30 Mar 2001:
Spend Your Earth Day Lunch-Time with Environmental Researchers, See Their Facilities and Get a Dogwood Seedling to Help Clean the Air (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/march30/index.cfm)
22 Mar 2001:
Federal Government Makes Final Call for Data, Public Comment before Writing New Report on Cancer-Causing Substances (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/march22/index.cfm)
26 Feb 2001:
Environmental Health Burdens of Poor Asian, Native American, African American and Hispanic Communities Featured at Special Session of Society of Toxicology (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/february26/index.cfm)
26 Feb 2001:
NIEHS Initiates Clinical Center Research Group to Study and Treat Autoimmune Muscle Disorders (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/february26/index.cfm)
13 Feb 2001:
Offspring of Men with Birth Defects Twice As Likely to Have Defects, Too (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/february13/index.cfm)
9 Feb 2001:
Special Session Planned at Society of Toxicology Meeting on the Role of the Environment in Parkinson's Disease (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/february09/index.cfm)
25 Jan 2001:
NTP Completes 500TH Two-Year Rodent Study and Report; Series is the Gold Standard of Animal Toxicology (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/january25/index.cfm)
19 Jan 2001:
TCDD -- Dioxin -- Is Listed As "Known Human Carcinogen" in Federal Government's Ninth Report on Carcinogens (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/january19/index.cfm)
4 Jan 2001:
Trans-NIH Collaboration with NIOSH Initiates Studies of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/january04/index.cfm)
2 Jan 2001:
Environmental Health Institute Scientists Begin to Unravel Cause of Blocked Memory in Alzheimer's (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/news-archive/2001/january02/index.cfm)