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  • Perchlorate can disrupt thyroid functions, inhibiting the gland's ability to absorb iodine.

    Toxins in the news: A glossary 2009

  • The chemical can inhibit the thyroid gland's iodine uptake, interfering with fetal development. emphasis mineAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, perchlorate isn't a welcome condiment like, say, a slice of lemon for your drinking water.

    Got rocket fuel? 2009

  • Perchlorate can disrupt thyroid functions, inhibiting the gland's ability to absorb iodine.

    Toxins in the news: A glossary 2009

  • A radioactive cocktail to slow the gland's production George Bush drank down his cocktail and announced that he felt "perfect."

    Curing Bush's Thyroid 2008

  • If you don't understand that there's absolutely no contradiction between believing in God and evolution, then frankly I'm not going to waste the time trying to jam a rhetorical screwdriver into your pineal gland's butterfly valve and crank up the air flow.

    The President and Intelligent Design Rogers 2005

  • If you don't understand that there's absolutely no contradiction between believing in God and evolution, then frankly I'm not going to waste the time trying to jam a rhetorical screwdriver into your pineal gland's butterfly valve and crank up the air flow.

    Archive 2005-07-31 Rogers 2005

  • "En - gland's been a democracy since the revolution some sixty years back."

    Tek Lab Shatner, William 1991

  • He found that animals in which the thyroid had been extirpated, often died in circumstances which suggested that this gland might be of great importance to the organism; however, he did not gain any deeper insight into the gland's function.

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1909 - Presentation Speech 1967

  • Each of these activities is anchored somewhere in the physical body by the anatomically discernible gland-body, and the latter's relationship to the functional sphere is such that a gland's 'physiological individuality is far more comprehensive than its anatomical individuality'.

    Man or Matter Ernst Lehrs

  • A third doctor suggested a more cautious approach, prescribing medication to depress the gland's activity.

    NYT > Home Page By RONI CARYN RABIN 2011

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