Researcher looking for toxins leading to Alaska Native birth defects

Thu, September 11, 2008
Posted in Alaska News

The links between cancer and environmental toxins will be the subject of a lecture given tonight in Anchorage. Dr. Devra Davis is a University of Pittsburg Cancer Center epidemiologist and toxicologist who is working with researchers at UAA to look at why Alaska Natives have a higher rate of birth defects than the general public.

Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage

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