Breast Milk of Oregon Women Contaminated

PORTLAND, Ore. - The breast milk of Oregon women is contaminated with a high
level of toxic flame retardants known as PBDEs, researchers say.

A new analysis by the California Environmental Protection Agency and the
Seattle-based research group Northwest Environment Watch compared the PBDE
levels in the breast milk of 40 Pacific Northwest mothers with the levels of
another toxin and chemical cousin, PCB.>>


<<rest of story here:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050826/ap_on_he_me/toxic_breast_milk

or

http://tinyurl.com/detd5

Sincerely,

Heather "Sam" Doak


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