Warnings From a Flabby Mouse - NYTimes.com: "Endocrine disruptors are a class of chemicals that mimic hormones and therefore confuse the body. Initially, they provoked concern because of their links to cancers and the malformation of sex organs. Those concerns continue, but the newest area of research is the impact that they have on fat storage.,Bruce Blumberg, a developmental biologist at the University of California, Irvine, coined the term “obesogen” in a 2006 journal article to refer to chemicals that cause animals to store fat. Initially, this concept was highly controversial among obesity experts, but a growing number of peer-reviewed studies have confirmed his finding and identified some 20 substances as obesogens."
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Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Block a Global Deal to End Fossil Fuels,
Negotiators Say
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The world’s leading oil exporter has become the most forceful opponent of a
new agreement at the U.N. climate summit, according to people inside the
talks.
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