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If you choose to follow any links to the complete text of articles listed below, you will be leaving the Strategian Web site. If you wish to return to this page from the Web page you are sent to, please use the Back option of your browser. Litjen Tan, Michael A. Williams, Mohamed Khaleem Khan, Hunter C. Champion, and Nancy H. Nielsen Risk of Transmission of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy to Humans in the United States: Report of the Council on Scientific Affairs. (... the Council on Scientific Affairs of the American Medical Association reports that the current risk of the transmission of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy [BSE ... popularly called "mad cow disease"] into and within the United States is minimal) JAMA--The Journal of the American Medical Association Volume 281, Number 24 (June 23/30, 1999): 2330-2339. Kendrick Taylor Rapid Climate Change: Will the Greenhouse Effect Trigger a Precipitous Return to an Ice-Age Climate? (... based on an examination of ice cores from Greenland and cores of sediments from ocean bottoms, it is suggested that dramatic and sudden changes in the earth's climate in the past occurred in as little as 10-20 years) American Scientist Volume 87, Number 4 (July-August 1999): 320-327. Alberto Ascherio, Martijn B. Katan, Peter L. Zock, Meir J. Stampfer, and Walter C. Willett Review: Trans Fatty Acids and Coronary Heart Disease. (... a review of metabolic and epidemiologic studies indicates a strong association between the consumption of trans fatty acids [often found in high levels in stick or hard margarines, baked goods, fried fast foods, and other prepared foods] and an adverse effect on blood lipid levels [trans fatty acids increase low-density lipoprotein--LDL--cholesterol levels and decrease high-density lipoprotein--HDL or "good cholesterol"--cholesterol levels] and an increased risk of coronary heart disease) The New England Journal of Medicine Volume 340, Number 25 (June 24, 1999): 1994-1998. **The complete text of this review is currently available through the Web site of The New England Journal of Medicine** NIEHS EMF-RAPID Program Staff NIEHS REPORT on Health Effects from Exposure to Power-Line Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields. (... the NIEHS [National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences] believes that the probability that ELF-EMF ["extremely low frequency" "electric and magnetic fields"] exposure is truly a health hazard is currently small. The weak epidemiological associations and lack of any laboratory support for these associations provide only marginal, scientific support that exposure to this agent is causing any degree of harm--from the Report) Prepared in Response to the 1992 Energy Policy Act (PL 102-486, Section 2118), National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, U.S. National Institutes of Health, released June 15, 1999. **The complete text of this report is currently available through the Web site of National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences** How to find the above journals, magazines, and other publications? See Step 3: Locate of the Information Strategy for details. Questions about any or all of the above? Please let me know. |
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