National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
2000 News Releases
- December 8, 2000:
- PBBs in Fire Retardant Associated with Early Menstruation in Michigan Girls Whose Mothers Were Exposed in 1973
- December 5, 2000:
- Wood Dust, Talc, Estrogens, and Nickel Alloys Among Substances Being Reviewed for Inclusion in Report on Carcinogens
- November 17, 2000:
- Study of Normal Women Demonstrates: There Are Few "Safe" Days in Menstrual Cycle
- November 1, 2000:
- Ecology of Infectious Diseases Grants Announced
- October 20, 2000:
- Study Shows Air Pollution Slows Lung Function Growth in Children
- October 18, 2000:
- Firefly Gene Lights Up to Detect Toxic Dioxin
- October 12, 2000:
- In Young Rhesus Monkeys Smog Shown to Set Up Lungs for Asthma
- October 11, 2000:
- Public and Scientific Comment Sought on Expert Panel Reports on the Possible Human Reproductive Effects of Seven Phthalates
- September 18, 2000:
- Nutrient in Cruciferous Vegetables Protects against Lung Cancer in Study of 18,244 Chinese; Benefit Depends on Genetic Factor
- September 15, 2000:
- Advisory Panel on Federal Report on Carcinogens Makes Recommendations to NIEHS/NTP for New Listings
- September 1, 2000:
- Study Demonstrates Exposure of People to Phthalates
- August 7, 2000:
- Environmental Health Institute Announces Meeting on Possible Studies of Agent Orange/Dioxin in Vietnam
- August 1, 2000:
- American Public Health Association Plans Rall Award for Science-Based Advocacy
- August 1, 2000:
- New Center to Look for Precise Step When a Cell Tips Toward Death, Disease
- July 14, 2000:
- Panel Expresses Concern about DEHP, a Plasticizer, As Used in Medical Devices for Ill Newborns
- June 28, 2000:
- In Test, Detroit Families with Asthmatic Children Get New Vacuum Cleaners, Mattress and Pillow Covers
- June 26, 2000:
- NIEHS Statement on Mapping the Genome
- May 16, 2000:
- Peer Review Set for NTP Studies May 18; Discussion May 24 on Recommendations for Animal Studies on DNA-Based Therapies, Herbs, Emissions from Cellular Phones
- May 15, 2000:
- Fact Sheet: The Report on Carcinogens - 9th Edition
- May 9, 2000:
- First National Survey Shows Americans' Bedding Can Make Them Sick; Allergens the Culprit
- April 26, 2000:
- Cancer-Protective Regimen Demonstrated, for First Time, to Prevent Tobacco Smoke-Related Lung Tumors -- in Mice
- April 14, 2000:
- Biomed and Biotech Careers Surveyed by Scientists
- April 13, 2000:
- Environmental Health Institute to Celebrate Earth Day with Open House April 20
- April 7, 2000:
- Links and Ideas for Earth Day, April 22, 2000
- April 4, 2000:
- First Awards Made in NIH Effort to Understand How Genes Affect People's Responses to Medicines
- March 21, 2000:
- EPA, OSHA and CPSC Accept Non-Animal System for Screening Chemicals - Skin Corrosiveness
- February 29, 2000:
- Environmental Health Institute to Use Gene Chips to Evaluate Chemicals for Potential Harm to Humans
- February 7, 2000:
- Dr. Raymond R. Suskind, Director Emeritus of the Department of Environmental Health at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and NIEHS Center Director (1969-1986) died Monday February 2, 2000
- January 3, 2000:
- Environmental Health Institutes' Centers to Breed Mice with Human-like Gene Variants That Modify Their Responses to Environmental Factors and the Repair of Damaged DNA
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