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Mohawk men: PCBs in native foods may be reducing testosterone

Started by Natasha, June 12, 2009, 01:58:04 PM

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Natasha

June 12, 2009, 01:58:04 PM
Mohawk men: PCBs in native foods may be reducing testosterone


http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/mohawks-and-pcbs
Andrew McGlashen
6/12/09

Straddling the brawny sweep of the St. Lawrence River, where New York,
Quebec and Ontario meet, the territory called Akwesasne has long
provided fish that feed the 12,000 members of the Mohawk Nation there.

But the junction of their ancestral legacy with their region's
industrial legacy has exposed the Mohawk to high levels of
polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs.
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lisagurl

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June 12, 2009, 03:17:32 PM
Mercury and a host of other hazard chemicals which have killed lake Erie and Ontario.
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