Warnings From a Flabby Mouse - NYTimes.com: "Endocrine disruptors are a class of chemicals that mimic hormones and therefore confuse the body. Initially, they provoked concern because of their links to cancers and the malformation of sex organs. Those concerns continue, but the newest area of research is the impact that they have on fat storage.,Bruce Blumberg, a developmental biologist at the University of California, Irvine, coined the term “obesogen” in a 2006 journal article to refer to chemicals that cause animals to store fat. Initially, this concept was highly controversial among obesity experts, but a growing number of peer-reviewed studies have confirmed his finding and identified some 20 substances as obesogens."
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Slow Flood Recovery Stirs Anger in Far-Flung Corner of Indonesia
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Protests have erupted in Aceh Province on the northern tip of Sumatra
island, where anger and frustration are mounting over what many see as
inadequate rel...
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