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Toxic chemicals found in Maine health workers

October 9, 2009
Topic: Toxics

Doctors and nurses in 10 states, including Maine, tested positive for at least 24 different toxic chemicals in their blood and other body fluids in a study released Thursday by the national organization Physicians for Social Responsibility. Source: Bangor Daily News 

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