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Article: REGIONAL DIGEST.(LOCAL NEWS)
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
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- December 3, 2007
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COLUMN: REGIONAL DIGEST
Clark to assess risks to women
WORCESTER - The federal Environmental Protection Agency has given Clark University a $677,499 Science to Achieve Results research grant to do work that could lead to standards to protect pregnant women from chemical exposures.
Scientists will look at the connection between measured chemical exposures and biomarkers, which are indicators such as lead levels in blood. Biomarkers can be measured, but it is not always clear what the levels mean in terms of exposure or health effects.
The grant will let researchers enhance a computer model that predicts what the biomarkers mean, and ...