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Electronic cigarette vapors contain toxins, have potential to be a public health concern

2015-03-13 19:59:25| Industrial Machines - Topix.net

On the heels of the Federal Drug Administration's second public workshop to explore the public health considerations associated with e-cigarettes, researchers explore the composition of e-cigarette vapor and the potential health impacts of secondhand exposure. On the heels of the Federal Drug Administration's second public workshop to explore the public health considerations associated with e-cigarettes, nonprofit research organization RTI International released a new research paper "Exhaled Electronic Cigarette Emissions: What's Your Secondhand Exposure?," which explores the composition of e-cigarette vapor and the potential health impacts of secondhand exposure.

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New Microbes, Toxins Discovered In NIH, FDA Lab...

2014-09-07 16:14:11| Biotech - Topix.net

Containers filled with several types of potentially deadly substances, including a nearly 100-year-old vial of the toxin ricin and samples of the pathogens that cause botulism and the plague , have reportedly been discovered at US National Institutes of Health and Food and Drug Administration laboratories. The substances were discovered as part of a search launched in response to the accidental discovery of smallpox at an NIH facility in Bethesda, Maryland earlier this summer, according to BBC News .

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Apple bans toxins from assembly line

2014-08-14 18:49:37| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

In light of a public campaign, Apple has banned two potentially hazardous chemicals from 22 of its iPhone and iPad assembly plants.

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Toledo Residents Cut Off From Water Supply After Tests Show Toxins

2014-08-03 07:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: Long lines formed at water distribution centers and store shelves were quickly emptied of bottled water after Ohio's fourth-largest city told residents not to drink from its water supply that was fouled by toxins possibly from algae on Lake Erie. The warning effectively cut off the water supply to 400,000 people in Toledo, most of its suburbs and a few areas in southeastern Michigan. Worried residents told not to drink, brush their teeth or wash dishes with the water emptied store shelves and...

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