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Prenatal Exposures Prompt EPA to Re-examine Chemical Regulations

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THE NEW YORK TIMES === NOVEMBER 15, 2010
Prenatal Exposures Prompt EPA to Re-examine Chemical Regulations

By GAYATHRI VAIDYANATHAN of Greenwire

U.S. EPA regulators convened with scientists last month to discuss how to design regulations for chemicals based on emerging science that connects exposures during pregnancy with disease much later in life.

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