Endocrine disruption, diabetes, obesity—to the list of ills potentially associated with exposure to the chemical bisphenol-A (BPA), you can add one more: childhood asthma. In a new study presented over the weekend at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Denver, researchers from the Penn State College of Medicine found that if pregnant women are exposed to BPA, their children may end up at a higher risk for developing asthma early in life.
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Join us for an evening for Japan's children at the Bowery Hotel. Hosted by Candice Kumai, Harold Dieterle, and Angelo Sosa of Top Chef! We are sadly finding that donations to Japan are much lower than those made to Katrina and the Indonesia/Thailand, so let's do our part to get help out there!
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On January 29th, Corey Helford Gallery will unveil “In The Nursery”, its first major group exhibition of 2011. Following in the tradition of CHG’s renowned Bristol Museum exhibition, “Art From The New World”
in 2010 and the star-studded paint-by-numbers exhibition in 2007, “Charity By Numbers”, this unique new group show continues the exploration and re-interpretation of Americana by twenty-six internationally acclaimed artists.
The line-up features stellar new work by artists from the Street Art and New Fine Art Movements, including Aiko (formerly of FAILE), Shawn Barber, Ray Caesar, Sas and Colin Christian, Eine, Paul Frank, HUSH, Sage Vaughn, Michael Mararian and many more....
HELENA, Mont. — Alarmed by evidence that gay and lesbian students are common victims of schoolyard bullies, many school districts are bolstering their antiharassment rules with early lessons in tolerance, explaining that some children have “two moms” or will grow up to love members of the same sex.
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