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On AlterNet: illness

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "illness"

Our Assumptions About What Causes Chronic Diseases Could Be Wrong

Our Assumptions About What Causes Chronic Diseases Could Be Wrong

Laura Wright, OnEarth Magazine. August 9, 2007.
Discoveries about how chemicals and environmental toxins interact with our DNA and make us susceptible to disease could revolutionize our concept of illness.

Dying for a Home: Toxic Trailers Are Making Katrina Refugees Ill

Dying for a Home: Toxic Trailers Are Making Katrina Refugees Ill

Amanda Spake, The Nation. February 15, 2007.
FEMA-supplied trailers for displaced Gulf Coast residents have been found to emit formaldehyde vapors, causing serious health problems.