National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
[3] NIEHS researchers and grantees have shown links between lung cancer and asbestos exposure, the developmental impairment of children exposed to lead and the health effects of urban pollution.[4] The 1994 co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in medicine, Dr. Martin Rodbell, served as Scientific Director of the NIEHS from 1985 to 1989.[6] The Institute funds centers for environmental health studies at universities across the United States.Surgeon General William H. Stewart helped to create a Division of Environmental Health Sciences within the NIH.[1] NIEHS is located on 375 acres (1.52 km2) in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina.
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