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...exists for BPA at current levels of exposure from food-contact uses, for infants and adults" was based on data available at the time. Back in April, for example, the National Toxicology Program, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), released a preliminary report expressing "some concern" that according to studies done in animals, BPA could have neural and behavioral effects on fetuses, infants and children at current levels of exposure. Recent surveys by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had suggested that exposure is widespread, showing that 93% of Americans excrete some...
...answer those questions yet, but some experts argue that the agency doesn't need to wait to take action. "The Federal Government entered into a voluntary recall of the Teflon chemicals [in pots and pans] on less evidence than we have for BPA," says Woodruff, "because there was concern that people were chronically exposed to a chemical linked to some evidence of potential human harm." Woodruff says the estimated range of exposure to BPA for formula-fed infants is within the range of doses that have led to adverse effects in animal studies...
...days leading up to an election, neither presidential campaigns nor prospective appointees confirm rumors about nominations—likely out of concern that the former will seem over-confident and that the latter will seem presumptuous. But in some cases, ambition is only thinly veiled by a layer of political tact...
...really catch him off guard.”But Carroll suffered a muscle injury last season and sat out for a considerable portion of the year. As a result, he has only one game under his belt coming into this season. But his lack of experience is not a concern for Donato. “Even though he didn’t get to have the benefit of games last year, [Carroll] had a half a year of practice, so there’s certainly a level of comfort to his game, and I think he has the chance...
...immediate concern was for the tens of thousands of refugees who fled the rebels' march to Goma, capital of the North Kivu province. The fighting dissipated Wednesday and the refugees are now heading home, desperate for food and shelter. The United Nations High Commission on Refugees, the world organization's refugee agency, said it was investigating reports that rebels had destroyed camps housing some 50,000 internally displaced people in the town of Rutshuru, about 50 miles north of Goma. "Hundreds of thousands of people who have already suffered far too much are in danger and in desperate need...