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Perchlorate can disrupt thyroid functions, inhibiting the gland's ability to absorb iodine.
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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
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Perchlorate can disrupt thyroid functions, inhibiting the gland's ability to absorb iodine.
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A radioactive cocktail to slow the gland's production George Bush drank down his cocktail and announced that he felt "perfect."
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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
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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
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"En - gland's been a democracy since the revolution some sixty years back."
Tek Lab Shatner, William 1991
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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
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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
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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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