Veterans may be eligible for benefits if medical problems or disabilities can be linked to exposure during the tests.
Adult asthma is sometimes linked to exposure to certain materials in the workplace, such as chemicals, wood dusts, and grains.
He also came home with health problems the U.S. government has linked to exposure to the toxic herbicide Agent Orange.
There is also some evidence from both humans and monkeys that endometriosis, a gynecological disorder, is linked to exposure to endocrine disruptors.
The newest funding incorporates the latest biomonitoring tools and advances in epigenetics, or the study of inheritable genetic changes linked to exposure to chemical and environmental agents.
In the United States, the government now compensates veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange and who are suffering from disabling conditions that have been linked to exposure to dioxins, toxic chemical contaminants found in the herbicide.
Mr. Vento had been suffering in recent months from mesothelioma, a form of cancer in the lining of the chest cavity that is often linked to exposure to asbestos fibers.
Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported yesterday that salmonella cases linked to exposure to small turtles had continued despite a federal ban on selling such turtles.
An expert panel reported on Friday that two more diseases may be linked to exposure to Agent Orange, a defoliant used by the American military during the Vietnam War.
Many had been treated by Dr. Robert Taub, who ran a clinic at Columbia University dedicated to research on mesothelioma, a deadly form of cancer that is linked to exposure to asbestos.
The discovery and validation of epigenetic biomarkers linked to exposure, asthma, or both might lead to better epigenotyping of risk, prognosis, treatment prediction, and development of novel therapies.
