2000 News Releases

News Releases from NIEHS

• 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
• August 1, 2000:
• News Release
• 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