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...tical Society of America. Meanwhile, experiments supported by the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health continue with midshipman fish along the California and Washington state coasts as well as in Cornell laboratories. Field studies led by Margaret Marchaterre, a research associate i...Scientists At UNC-CH Find Aberdeen Pesticide Exposure, But Few Symptoms
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