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Many of the contaminants are known to impair fetal development, the report said.
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Just 100 micrograms per liter is enough to impair brain development in children.
From the sacbee.com
From the start, critics argued that the policy would impair progress in research.
From the newscientist.com
The disruption of this gene has been shown to impair memory and learning in mice.
From the sciencedaily.com
Smoking during pregnancy may impair thyroid function of mom and fetus EurekAlert!
From the washingtonpost.com
Smoking can impair wound healing and delay recovery from cardiopulmonary disease.
From the well.blogs.nytimes.com
This is the means by which to impair the function of a specific, identified gene.
From the nature.com
Sometimes those capillaries will swell and leak fluid, which can impair vision.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Desire without understanding can become insatiable, and can even impair reason.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Make worse or less effective; "His vision was impaired"
- Mar: make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"
- (impaired) diminished in strength, quality, or utility; "impaired eyesight"
- (impaired) afflicted: mentally or physically unfit
- (Impaired) Disability, according to the World Health Organization, is defined as "...an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. ...
- To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on
- (impaired) A criminal charge for impaired driving; Rendered less effective; inebriated, drunk
- (Impaired) A person driving a vehicle with a blood alcohol content of greater than 0.08% is said to be impaired.
- (Impaired) An insurer is said to be impaired when it is in financial difficulty to the point where its ability to meet financial obligations or regulatory requirements is in question.
