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Article: UPSTATE SCIENTISTS LINK PCBS, DIABETES; SUNY UPSTATE RESEARCHERS STUDY A PCB-PRODUCING TOWN IN ALABAMA AND FIND A GREATER RISK.(News)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- May 23, 2008
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Byline: James T. Mulder Staff writer
PCBs, toxic chemicals found nearly everywhere on the planet, may be fueling the diabetes epidemic, according to a study by SUNY Upstate Medical University researchers.
Preliminary findings of the study show the risk of developing diabetes is four times higher among people, ages 35 to 54, exposed to above-average levels of polychlorinated biphenyls -- PCBs for short.
"I tend to be one of those scientists who says, "If there's smoke, we should check out if there's a fire,'" said Allen Silverstone, one of three Upstate researchers involved in the study. "We found a fire here."
Silverstone, Dr. Ruth ...