May is Military Appreciation Month

Congress designated May as National Military Appreciation Month in 1999 to ensure the nation was given the opportunity to publically demonstrate their appreciation for the sacrifices and successes made by our servicemembers - past and present.
In 1999, Congress designated the month of May as Military Appreciation Month. May was chosen because it has the most days set asid to celabrate and comemerate our Military's achevments. These days include:
   
     ~Loyalty Day, which was established in 1921
    
     ~Victory in Europe (VE) Day commemorating the end of WWII in Europe on May8,1945              

     ~Armed Forces Day created in 1949

     ~Military Spouce Appreciation Day established in 1984

     ~Memorial Day.

National Military Appreciation Month started as a simple idea; to gather America around its military family to honor, remember, recognize and appreciate those who have served and those now serving 

 

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AO/Dioxin Birth Defect Research: Fetal origins: How adult disease risk takes shape before you are born

A variety of pollutants appear capable of programming fetal metabolism to increase the risk of adult-onset disorders.

Michael Skinner of Washington State University and colleagues found that fetal exposure to high doses of the widely used fungicide, vinclozolin, produces lasting changes in the way genes are turned on and off in rats.

The changes reduced the fertility of male rats. They also made offspring more likely to develop tumors and kidney disease. Affected males passed the changes on to their offspring. Further studies showed that high doses of dioxin, jet fuel, and the plastic chemicals BPA and phthalate induced the same changes in fetal rodents.

Skinner said that each agent caused a distinct pattern of changes in genes turned on and off, so distinct that it might prove possible to determine whether a baby was exposed to the substance during development.

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