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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>A little off topic, but an excellent article about phthalates. Sorry
for any cross-posting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Ted Schettler
[mailto:tschettler@igc.org] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 27, 2008 10:19 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> hcwh<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [hcwh] phthalates and reproductive tract development<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/17496/2629/22956/0/">Male,
interrupted.</a></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
At Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the genitalia of roughly 300 baby boys
are repaired every year - about double the number from 30 years ago. Chemicals
called phthalates, found in dozens of consumer products, may be to blame. <a
href="http://newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org/t/17496/2629/11633/0/">Philadelphia
Inquirer</a>, Pennsylvania.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'> [Registration Required] </span><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/20081027_Male__interrupted.html</span><span
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