Re: NIH Seeks Post-Katrina Human Test Subjects for Genetic Study

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Did any of you read the description of the study? its being done by

expert-Dr. Joan . it sounds like(toward the end of this

description) that other experts can give theri sence worth and maybe

maybe have some in put. one thing that bothers me is, have these

katrina victims been exposed long enough or to high enough amounts

that they well have effects that will encompus what the worst of this

illness can do. from what Ive read, they have been exposed to very

high amounts and I guess that if they stay there, theri exposure well

become long term. this study is very immportant, I,d hate for this

study to come back saying something like " limited effects,health is

tottally regained after removel of toxic environment " the big

question is, have these people been exposed long enough be be

suffering any perenant damage? whats the chance that this study could

be expanded to compare with non-katrina victoms with long term

effects to cover all types of exposure. high and low amounts, short

and long term. I know that stachoboctrys mold is bad there, so with

the high amounts of it, it may be causeing the same effects as it

would with lower amounts,long term. we need a study to help us all.

signed-scared to death because of past rat

study,lol's

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> NIH Seeks Post-Katrina Human Test Subjects for Genetic Study

> by Steve Peacock Friday, Mar. 17, 2006 at 1:12 AM

> stevepeacock@... (email address validated)

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> http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/7260.php

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> The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has found a bright spot in

> the post-Hurricane Katrina environment around New Orleans: now that

> so many citizens suffer from chronic airway problems, NIH says it's

> prime time to assess the role of genetics in human resistance -- or

> susceptibility -- to lung disease.

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> Determining that potential connection will require the extraction

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> genetic information " from a diverse study group, " NIH said in a

> March 13 planning document obtained by ThePeacockReport.com. It

> specifically listed " women, persons from lower socioeconomic

> backgrounds of particular ethnic or racial groups, [and] older and

> hard-to-reach groups. " (To read the full text of this report, as

> well as to access links to source documents, visit

> http://ThePeacockReport.com).

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> ThePeacockReport.com

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