Internet Resources for Geology and Human Health
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Central-Nervous-System Defects in Children Born to Mothers Exposed to Organic Solvets During Pregnancy part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article from a 1974 issue of 'The Lancet' describes birth outcomes after women's exposure to organic solvents during pregnancy.
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity, Scientific Resources:Research Results
An Analysis of Contaminated Well Water and Health Effects in Woburn part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article from the Journal of the American Statistical Association describes the 1979 discovery that two of the eight municipal wells servicing Woburn, Massachusetts, were contaminated with ...
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results, Activities:Lab Activity
No Safe Place: Toxic Waste, Leukemia, and Community Action part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This is a book written about the cluster of childhood leukemia cases that occurred from the 1960s through the 1980s in Woburn, Massachusetts, and spotlights the community action viewpoint. Material ...
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity, Scientific Resources:Research Results, Overview/Reference Work, Opinion
Critical Windows of Exposure to Household Pesticides and Risk of Childhood Leukemia part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article, found in 'Environmental Health Perspectives,' discusses the potential for household pesticide exposures to cause disease. The study compared exposure to indoor and outdoor ...
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity, Scientific Resources:Research Results