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		<title>Advocates Call for Swift Action in Response to Community</title>
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		<category><![CDATA[a youth advocate for NDCA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dee Lewis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Executive Director of NDCA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Matt Wilhelm of the San Diego]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[No Disease Clusters Anymore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President of Qualcomm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Diego]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Altman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trevor Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valley Center14 cases of childhood cancer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Advocates Call for Swift Action in Response to Community
Concerns of Disease Clusters
         October 30, 2008 &#8211; San Diego, California – Former U.S. Surgeon
General, Dr. Joycelyn Elders joined activists last night in kicking off
a campaign geared toward raising awareness and more effective response
to disease clusters in the country. Matt Wilhelm of the San [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We are closer to having a national childhood cancer registry:</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dee Lewis</dc:creator>
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We are closer to having a national childhood cancer registry:June 12, 2008 (Bethesda, MD) &#8211; United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 1553, the &#8220;Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act,&#8221; which promises to significantly increase federal investmentinto childhood cancer research.The bill authorizes $30 million annually over five years, providing funding for collaborativepediatric cancer clinical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton Introduces Legislation to Help Communities with TCE Contamination</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 04:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dee Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Immediate Release
August 1, 2007
Contact:
Clinton Press Office
212-688-9559
CLINTON INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO HELP COMMUNITIES WITH TCE CONTAMINATION
 
Introduces Toxic Chemical Exposure Reduction Act
(TCE Reduction Act)
Bill requires the EPA to protect the public from exposure to Trichloroethylene (TCE)
***Actuality Available Now***
Call 1-800-511-0763
PIN 1459
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13:00 – 13:05 EDT
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Trouble Number: 202-224-1278
Washington, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Scientists Complain About Political Pressure</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 04:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dee Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courant.com

EPA Scientists Complain About Political Pressure

By H. JOSEF HEBERT

Associated Press

April 24, 2008

WASHINGTON —


 
Hundreds of Environmental Protection Agency scientists say they have been pressured by superiors to skew their findings, according to a survey released Wednesday by an advocacy group.The Union of Concerned Scientists said more than half of the nearly 1,600 EPA staff scientists who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Science Investigated</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dee Lewis</dc:creator>
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House committee probe of industry bias in agency review reaches former ACS president

Cheryl Hogue and Jeff Johnson
			
The chemical industry&#8217;s ability to determine how science is used to shape the national debate over product safety is being investigated by a key House committee.

&#8220;Our committee intends to determine what influence the chemical industry yields over [...]]]></description>
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