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Industrial chemical exposure linked to learning problems, hyperactivity

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When Deidre Ramos moved with her infant son to the Parker Street section of New Bedford, Mass., little did she know that her new neighborhood was toxic.Today, a decade later, Ramos is worried about the health of her two sons growing up in a community contaminated by an old burn dump containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).“What will be the long-term effects on my children?” asked Ramos.Now new research conducted in New Bedford suggests that these industrial chemicals, which were first linked

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