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Pollution in our bodies: how chemicals can contribute to diabetes
Videochat with Dr. David Carpenter on TuDiabetes.org
Friday April 20
1 PM PST/ 4 PM EST
Website to go to if you wish to participate: http://tinyurl.com/84lhuuc
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Pollution in Our Bodies: How Chemicals Can Contribute to Diabetes
Event Details
Pollution in Our Bodies: How Chemicals Can Contribute to Diabetes
Time: April 20, 2012 from 1pm to 2pm
Location: TuDiabetes homepage
Website or Map: http://www.tudiabetes.org
Event Type: video, chat
Organized By: Emily Coles
Latest Activity: 18 hours ago
Join us 1-2pm PST, 4-5pm EST for a presentation and discussion of
environmental factors that may relate to diabetes with U. of Albany
professor and prolific environmental scientist David Carpenter.
Dr. Carpenter's publications include:
Environmental contaminants as risk factors for developing diabetes.
Rev.Environ.Health 23(1):59-74.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18557598?dopt=Citation
Diabetes in relation to serum levels of polychlorinated biphenyls and
chlorinated pesticides in adult Native Americans. Environ.Health Perspect.
115(10):1442-1447.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17938733?dopt=Citation
"A review of the science linking chemical exposures to the risk of obesity
and diabetes"
http://www.chemtrust.org.uk/Obesity_and_Diabetes_publications.php
Role of Environmental Chemicals in Diabetes and Obesity: A National
Toxicology Program Workshop Report. Environ.Health Perspect. In press.
http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/info:doi/10.1289/ehp.1104597