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The unit didn't begin to feel the effects of the surge until mid- May, after it was given an additional battalion from another division, he recalled.
NPR: 'Gamble' Author: Iraq War Only Halfway Over
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He wants to see an immediate reduction in pesticide use until the effects are better understood, and is pressing for the formation of a European Union environment unit to study the problem.
BBC: By BBC News Online's Environment Correspondent Alex Kirby
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Dr Matthew Brett, of the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge. said there had only been limited research into the long-term effects of motherhood in humans.
BBC: Mothers 'get Alzheimers boost'
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The government also plans a new Defence Cyber Operations Group - which will include a unit at GCHQ which will develop "new tactics, techniques and plans to deliver military effects, including enhanced security, through operations in cyberspace".
BBC: GCHQ to help firms combat cybercrime
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Prof Robert West, from the health behaviour research unit at University College London, said it was important to remember that smoking had more effects on the body than leading to an early death, such as ageing the skin.
BBC: Women smokers who quit by 30 'evade earlier death risks'