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Contaminant exposure among women of childbearing age who eat St. Lawrence River sport fish.
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CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN in the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River Basin include methylmercury, organochlorine pesticides, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Persons who eat sport fish from the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes regions are at high risk of toxic exposure. (1,2) Women of childbearing age are of particular concern, given the developmental and reproductive toxicities of contaminants in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River.
Methylmercury is a well-known neurotoxicant, to which the developing fetus is especially susceptible. It penetrates both the ...
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Hubble: evidence of oceans on Titan? (Hubble Space Telescope images Saturn moon Titan)
Magazine article from: Science News
; ...s haze, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken a new step...methane engulfing Titan, Hubble has imaged intriguing...wave-lengths at which Hubble observed don't penetrate...dark regions imaged by Hubble match several ground...observations. Unlike Hubble, telescopes on ...
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Robot to repair Hubble telescope NASA's decision follows intense criticism over choice to abandon space-based instrument
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune
; ...to service the Hubble Space Telescope using a robotic...Monday traveled to Hubble's operational...funds from the telescope pending a final...With periodic space shuttle visits...Concern over Hubble's future surged...
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Hubble Telescope exhibit invites visitor participation at the Space & Rocket Center.
PR Newswire
; ...view of a space object from...surfaces work in telescopes. The "See How a Telescope Works" exhibit...two small telescopes focused on...moon in the Space Center ceiling. Above the Hubble Space Telescope...at how the Hubble Telescope is able look...Palomar, ...
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Repair of Hubble Space Telescope is Successful
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; ...December to repair fuzzy Hubble has been successful...NOAH ADAMS, Host: The Hubble space telescope said to be working again...been promised from the space telescope. NASA scientist Jim...but basically the Hubble Space Telescope today...
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Hubble Telescope's deep space view may not be dimming after all; scientists cheer senator
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...decided not to service the Hubble Space Telescope. But she cautioned...the instruments aboard Hubble. "Well, I don't...appropriate money for the space telescope, but the safety aspects...people want to save the Hubble? It's because of...
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Fixing a wrinkle in time: astronauts will try to rescue Hubble - and NASA's reputation. (Hubble Space Telescope)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report
; ...National Aeronautics and Space Administration certainly...flight to repair the Hubble Space Telescope would be a welcome...reputation. Restoring Hubble Space Telescope's vision An 11...universe. Labels: Hubble telescope; Manipulator...
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Fixing Hubble. (repairs being performed to the Hubble Space Telescope)(includes related article about new observations made by Hubble telescope)
Magazine article from: Popular Science
; ...mission. In space, he explains...the Hubble Space Telescope was to be...Problem? Hubble Makes Important...year life, Hubble is also simply...pointing the telescope, have failed...American space telescope...Trouble With Hubble," Oct...
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Service call for Hubble Telescope. (Natonal Aeronautics and Space Administration)
Magazine article from: Mechanical Engineering-CIME
; Service Call for Hubble Telescope NASA is planning to pay a service call on the Hubble Space Telescope to correct...components of the Hubble Space Telescope. The company built...be installed on the Hubble in 1996 or 1997. Becaus
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Last space repair of Hubble telescope pairs two Bay Area women
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune
; ...the ailing Hubble Space Telescope toward space...Galileo's telescope was more...mysteries Hubble's new instruments...changed in space. "We...bang. "Telescopes," Faber...History of space Back in 1990, the telescope was launched...profound that ...
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Last outer space repair of Hubble telescope pairs genius of two South Bay women
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune
; ...the ailing Hubble Space Telescope toward space...Galileo's telescope was more...mysteries Hubble's new instruments...changed in space. "We...bang. "Telescopes," Faber...History of space Back in 1990, the telescope was launched...profound that ...
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