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Acute Exposure
Acute Exposure

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Acute Exposure Defined

Contact with a substance that occurs once or for only a short time (up to 14 days) [compare with intermediate duration exposure and chronic exposure].

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Innate Immune System Targets Asthma-linked Fungus For Destruction

Published September 4, 2008, 7:23 pm, Science Daily

A new study shows that the innate immune system of humans is capable of killing a fungus linked to airway inflammation, chronic rhinosinusitis and bronchial asthma. Researchers have revealed that eosinophils, a particular type of white blood cell, exert a strong immune response against the environmental fungus Alternaria alternata.

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Official: Turf field lead threat not serious

Published September 4, 2008, 12:10 am, The Oregonian

One day after six manufacturers of artificial turf fields were named in lawsuits filed in California over lead in their products, an Oregon health official characterized the threat the chemical poses in such fields as not serious.

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Innate Immune System Targets Asthma-Linked Fungus For Destruction

Published September 3, 2008, 7:09 am, Medical News Today

A new study shows that the innate immune system of humans is capable of killing a fungus linked to airway inflammation, chronic rhinosinusitis and bronchial asthma. Researchers at Mayo Clinic and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) have revealed that eosinophils, a particular type of white blood cell, exert a strong immune response against the environmental fungus Alternaria alternata.

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Innate immune system targets asthma-linked fungus for destruction

Published September 2, 2008, 11:23 am, EurekAlert!

( Virginia Tech ) A new study shows that the innate immune system of humans is capable of killing a fungus linked to airway inflammation, chronic rhinosinusitis and bronchial asthma. Researchers at Mayo Clinic and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute have revealed that eosinophils, a particular type of white blood cell, exert a strong immune response against the environmental fungus Alternaria ...

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With Child, With Cancer

Published September 1, 2008, 4:10 am, The Gadsden Times

What we are learning about the interplay of hormones, breast cancer, chemotherapy and the pregnant body.

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Residues in Australian Veges Show Need For Labels

Published August 31, 2008, 6:34 pm, Scoop.co.nz

The discovery of the highly toxic insecticide dimethoate in Australian capsicum labelled as 'Product of New Zealand' in an Auckland Woolworths supermarket, shows the need for mandatory Country of Origin Labelling (CoOL), according to the Soil & Health Association's September Organic NZ magazine.

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Riverside County not big source of fine-air pollution

Published August 30, 2008, 6:37 pm, The Press-Enterprise

Riverside County now has proof that it can't be blamed for having the worst air quality in Southern California.

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