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	<title>Keep It Organic &#187; Phthalates</title>
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		<title>Limiting Exposure to Environmental Chemicals May be Only Way to Prevent Autism in Children</title>
		<link>http://www.keepitorganic.org/2010/09/03/limiting-exposure-to-environmental-chemicals-may-be-only-way-to-prevent-autism-in-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The Huffington Post” reports experts agree that the primary explanation for the dramatic increase in autism is toxic environmental exposure and gene-environment interactions. Dr. Isaac Pessah, Director of the UC Davis Center for Children&#8217;s Environmental Health, said that limiting exposure to these chemicals is the only way to mitigate or prevent autism in susceptible individuals. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“60 Minutes” Features Phthalates, which may Demasculinize Men</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CBS’ “60 Minutes” recently featured a family of chemicals known as phthalates, which are used in everyday plastics. Recently the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) put phthalates on a list of chemicals that &#8220;may present a risk&#8221; to the environment or human health because they disrupt hormone activity and some preliminary studies show that they may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plastic Chemicals Make their Way from Oceans to Food Chain to Humans</title>
		<link>http://www.keepitorganic.org/2010/04/08/plastic-chemicals-make-their-way-from-oceans-to-food-chain-to-humans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to “Conservation Magazine,” plastic is making its way from the oceans into the food chain, with some of the most obvious victims being dead seabirds and marine mammals.  Captain Charles Moore with the Algalita Marine Research Foundation has found sea samples that contain six much times as much plastic as they do plankton. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“TIME” reports on “The Perils of Plastic”</title>
		<link>http://www.keepitorganic.org/2010/04/06/%e2%80%9ctime%e2%80%9d-reports-on-%e2%80%9cthe-perils-of-plastic%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“TIME” magazine reports since World War II, production of industrial chemicals has risen rapidly, and the U.S. generates or imports some 42 billion pounds of them per day, leaving Americans awash in a sea of synthetics. Chemicals are leaching out of everyday products into the environment — and ultimately into living organisms. Scientists are discovering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Delivers “Unwelcome Christmas Gift” to Chemical Industry with New Measures to Regulate Chemicals</title>
		<link>http://www.keepitorganic.org/2010/01/12/epa-delivers-%e2%80%9cunwelcome-christmas-gift%e2%80%9d-to-chemical-industry-with-new-measures-to-regulate-chemicals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“London Business Green” reports the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) delivered an “unwelcome Christmas gift” to the chemical industry over the holiday period, announcing tough new measures to regulate the use of four chemical groups (including phthalates), and also listing the chemicals industry as one of three sectors that will face more demanding environmental clean-up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Epigenetic Research Takes Aim at Cancer, Autism, and BPA</title>
		<link>http://www.keepitorganic.org/2009/12/23/epigenetic-research-takes-aim-at-cancer-autism-and-bpa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.keepitorganic.org/2009/12/23/epigenetic-research-takes-aim-at-cancer-autism-and-bpa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the “Washington Post,” Duke University&#8217;s Randy Jirtle is conducting research that might have meaning for many human illnesses, including cancer, Alzheimer’s, and autism.  He has made one mouse brown and one yellow by altering their epigenetics in utero through diet. Toxicologists are also studying chemicals in plastics, such as phthalates and bisphenol [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Research Shows Chemicals, including BPA, Reach Babies in Womb</title>
		<link>http://www.keepitorganic.org/2009/11/27/new-research-shows-chemicals-including-bpa-reach-babies-in-womb/</link>
		<comments>http://www.keepitorganic.org/2009/11/27/new-research-shows-chemicals-including-bpa-reach-babies-in-womb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Sphere” reports new research shows that chemicals from everyday products contaminate women&#8217;s bodies, and that their children enter the world already exposed to known toxics. Nine women from California, Oregon and Washington participated in the first-of-its-kind study and had blood and urine samples taken during their second trimester of pregnancy. The researchers found 13 toxic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tests on Health Officials Find High Levels of Toxins in Participants</title>
		<link>http://www.keepitorganic.org/2009/10/23/tests-on-health-officials-find-high-levels-of-toxins-in-participants/</link>
		<comments>http://www.keepitorganic.org/2009/10/23/tests-on-health-officials-find-high-levels-of-toxins-in-participants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Anchorage Daily News” reports a project called the Alaska Community Action on Toxics, sponsored primarily by Physicians for Social Responsibility, tested the blood and urine of 20 doctors and nurses ranging in age from 33 to 85 and found high levels of toxins in many of the participants.   The participants were tested for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Study Connects Phthalates to Liver Problems in Premature Babies</title>
		<link>http://www.keepitorganic.org/2009/07/31/new-study-connects-phthalates-to-liver-problems-in-premature-babies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.keepitorganic.org/2009/07/31/new-study-connects-phthalates-to-liver-problems-in-premature-babies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the “Associated Press,” a chemical used in many plastic products is suspected of raising the risk of liver problems in premature babies, according to a new study.  The small study in a German hospital suggests phthalates, used in some intravenous feeding bags and tubing, may raise preemies&#8217; chances for liver damage. Animal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BPA and Phthalates on Maine’s List of 1,700 Chemicals of “High Concern”</title>
		<link>http://www.keepitorganic.org/2009/07/24/bpa-and-phthalates-on-maine%e2%80%99s-list-of-1700-chemicals-of-%e2%80%9chigh-concern%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the “Bangor Daily News,” the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a list of about 1,700 “chemicals of high concern”— substances that pose a significant risk to human health that also are used in manufacturing common consumer goods. State officials and environmental health [...]]]></description>
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