Guests: RICHARD JACKSON, MD
Director, National Center for Environmental Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia LYNN GOLDMAN, MD
Former Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances (1993-1998)
Environmental Protection Agency
Pediatrician
Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland CHRISTOPHER PORTIER
Acting Director, Environmental Toxicology Program
National Toxicology Program
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its first annual national report on the levels of environmental chemicals in humans. Lead and mercury levels in children are down, but mercury levels in women of child-bearing years are up. In this hour, we'll look at the report and how these data could inform public health policy.
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