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Chemicals and Our Health:
Why RecentScience is aCall to Action
 
THE HEALTH REPORT
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Contents
Executive Summary ...........................3Introduction .................................4Cancer .....................................5Learning and Developmental Disabilities ...........9Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases .............12Reproductive Health ...........................15Asthma ....................................18Reducing Our Health Care Costs .................20Conclusion ..................................21Endnotes ...................................22
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