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Common insecticide used in homes associated with delayed mental development of young children

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February 9, 2011 — When the EPA phased out the widespread residential use of chlorpyrifos and other organophosphorus (OP) insecticides in 2000-2001 because of risks to child neurodevelopment, these compounds were largely replaced with pyrethroid in…

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Breakthrough in understanding life-threatening childhood liver disease

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Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and The Children’s Hospital have taken a big step toward understanding what causes one of the most serious liver diseases in infants.
The disease is called biliary atresia, It blocks the…

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