"For people who have respiratory problems, it definitely is a concern, " Deegan said.

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Never mind altruism, says Dr Cook-Deegan, many people are even avoiding genetic screening that could save their own lives.

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Three air samples were taken downwind in Brooklyn, across the East River from Manhattan, said Dave Deegan, an EPA spokesman.

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Deegan cautioned that workers in the disaster site should continue using dust masks and respirators and keeping the debris wet to reduce particulates in the air.

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Gary Deegan went close for the Sky Blues, shooting just wide from 18 yards, before the hosts went ahead 11 minutes before the interval through McSheffrey's effort.

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Dr Cook-Deegan argues that testing, unlike pricey drug development, has low barriers to entry and is relatively cheap, so a monopoly is not required to lure investors.

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Councillor Matt Deegan, executive member for community regeneration for Wokingham Borough Council, said the sale would help fund a new state-of-the-art secondary school planned for the Arborfield Garrison site five miles away.

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At the request of the American government, a team of researchers from Duke University, led by Robert Cook-Deegan, spent two years examining the country's markets for genetic tests for diseases ranging from colon cancer to cystic fibrosis.

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Dr Cook-Deegan was one of the authors of a study that showed a significant risk of adverse selection in the market for long-term-care insurance (the sort bought by the young in order to ensure they have nursing care when they become old and infirm).

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