REGIONAL DIGEST.(LOCAL NEWS)

Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) | December 3, 2007 | Copyright

COLUMN: REGIONAL DIGEST

Clark to assess risks to women

WORCESTER - The federal Environmental Protection Agency has given Clark University a $677,499 Science to Achieve Results research grant to do work that could lead to standards to protect pregnant women from chemical exposures.

Scientists will look at the connection between measured chemical exposures and biomarkers, which are indicators such as lead levels in blood. Biomarkers can be measured, but it is not always clear what the levels mean in terms of exposure or health effects.

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