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Behavioral Disorders

See: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Benzene

Environews Topic: Benzene

Beryllium

Environews Topic: Beryllium

Biosolids (sewage and sludge)

Sewage Sludge

Bird Fever (histoplasmosis)

See: Histoplasmosis

Birth Defects and Birth Related Concerns

NTP Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR)
Reproductive Health - Birth Defects as Related to Pesticides
DDT Use in U.S. Linked to Premature Births in the 1960's - July 2001
Offspring of Men With Birth Defects Twice as Likely to Have Defects, Too - February 2001
Women Born with Birth Defects Run Small Risk Their Children Will Have Them - April 1999
'DES Daughters' Had Increased Rates of Cancer; An Animal Study Shows 'DES Granddaughters' May Too - September 1998
Reports Suggest: Maternal Vitamins Reduce Risk of Chidren's Brain Tumors, Endocrine Disruptors at Critical Points can Hurt Development - June 1998
Low Birthweight, Early Births Found Among Infants Near Hazardous Landfill - September 1997
Smoking And Passive Smoke Linked To Rare Condition Which Starves Newborns of Oxygen - March 1997
Children of Fish Consumers Show No Developmental Damage - February 1996
Additional Information:
- See also: Children's Health
- See also: Reproduction
- External Site - CDC National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
- External Site - NIH Topic: Birth Defects
- External Site - healthfinder.gov Topic: Birth Defects
- External Site - MEDLINEplus Health Topic: Birth Defects

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease)

Mad Cow Disease

Breast Cancer

See: Cancer: Breast Cancer
The Sister Study - a study of the genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Breast Cancer
Additional Information:
- External Site - NIEHS/NCI: Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Centers
- External Site - NIH Topic: Breast Cancer
- External Site - healthfinder.gov Topic: Breast Cancer
- External Site - MEDLINEplus Health Topic: Breast Cancer

Built Environment (BE)

Built Environment (BE)
NIEHS and American Public Health Association Sponsor Program Linking Built Environment and Public Health - November 2003
Environews Topic: Built Environment
Obesity and the Environment - July 2003

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