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Data on hormones reported by researchers at Environmental Protection Agency

Published in Women's Health Weekly, January 31st, 2008

Data detailed in 'Impact of smoking and thiocyanate on perchlorate and thyroid hormone associations in the 2001-2002 national health and nutrition examination survey' have been presented. "Findings from a recent large study suggest that perchlorate at commonly occurring exposure concentrations may decrease thyroid hormone levels in some women. Decreases in thyroid hormone seen with perchlorate exposure could be even greater in people with concomitant exposure to agents such as thiocyanate that may affect the thyroid by mechanisms similar to those of perchlorate," researchers in the United States report.

"We used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination...

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