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Dangers Lurking in Common Chemicals

For years, parents–as well as scientists–have worried that chemicals in common household products may pose a risk to growing children. We are talking about the sorts of things used to make modern amenities—but definitive evidence is hard to come by. Now a new study suggests that a particular chemical may hinder a child's immune system. Read More

Are your PFDs - Perfluorated Carbon?

In an otherwise interesting and informative article, you really made reading it difficult by not explaining what PFD were. According to the Internet, there are some 250 different meanings of PFD, one being Personal Flotation Device, otherwise known as a life jacket. Sorry.

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Randi Hutter Epstein, M.D., is the author of Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth from the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank.

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