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November 2017

Baird’s research calls for rethinking fertility predictor
Donna Baird

Research by NIEHS epidemiologist Donna Baird and colleagues suggests an accepted predictor of fertility in women needs rethinking.
New links between prenatal exposures and neurodevelopment
Frederica Perera, Dr.P.H., Ph.D.

New studies underscore links between exposures a child experiences in the womb and effects on health and well-being in later life.

New gene related to asthma severity
Samir Kelada, Ph.D.

NIEHS-funded scientists have discovered a mucus-regulating gene that may have important implications for asthma severity.
Arsenic declines in public drinking water
Anne Nigra

Exposure to arsenic in public drinking water significantly declined after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lowered levels in 2006.

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