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Environmental Toxins Found Historically in the Polycythemia Vera Cluster Area and their Potential for Inducing DNA Damag...

Irvin-Barnwell, E A Benson, K M Lu, M Ragin, A Wheeler, J Hoffman, R

Published in Journal of environmental & analytical toxicology

In 2006, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry received a request to determine whether a cluster of polycythemia vera patients existed in a northeast Pennsylvania community. A significant cluster of PV cases was identified at the nexus of three counties near several hazardous waste sites. The current study evaluated the potential for...

Assessment of Concentrations of Heavy Metals and Phthalates in Two Urban Rivers of the Northeast of Puerto Rico.

Ortiz-Colón, Ana I Piñero-Santiago, Luis E Rivera, Nilsa M Sosa, María A

Published in Journal of environmental & analytical toxicology

Urbanization adjacent to rivers has increased in recent years and is considered a source of environmental contamination. The resulting increase in number of urban rivers in highly populated areas, such as the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico, has led to the appearance of synthetic as well as naturally occurring chemicals not previously observed nor ...

Metal Levels in Southern Right Whales ( Eubalaena australis ) from Península Valdés, Argentina

Martino, Julieta Wise, Sandra S Perkins, Christopher Sironi, Mariano Wise, John Pierce Sr

Published in Journal of environmental & analytical toxicology

Península Valdes, Argentina, is a nursing ground for a population of southern right whales ( Eubalaena australis ). In the last two decades this area has been subjected to an increase in population, tourism and industrial growth. This has raised the concern for exposure to chemical contaminants such as metals. In this study we measured nonessential...

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Environmental Toxins Found Historically in the Polycythemia Vera Cluster Area and their Potential for Inducing DNA Damag...

Assessment of Concentrations of Heavy Metals and Phthalates in Two Urban Rivers of the Northeast of Puerto Rico.

Metal Levels in Southern Right Whales ( Eubalaena australis ) from Península Valdés, Argentina