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The effects of environmental agents on aging processes, in the causation of age-related diseases, and in the susceptibility of the aging population cannot be fully understood without such knowledge. In this regard, the search for valid biomarkers of aging to assess the impact of environmental factors on aging processes and the aged should be continued.
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Such agents (e.g., methy~pheny~tetrahydropyridine, MPTP, which selectively kills cells in the substantia nigra and causes a parkinsonian syndrome) provide unusual opportunities for basic research on mechanisms of aging and the environmental impact thereon.
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~ Research on variations among the aged in susceptibility to the effects of pharmacologic agents and related environmental chemical should consider the impact of polymorphisms at rely vent genetic loci. The frequencies of such polymorphisms might be different among the elderly surviving members of population cohorts.
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. The evidence that links specific environmental factors to specific disorders in the elderly should be more widely disseminated in simple language, for example, the adverse effects of smoking, of exposure to ultraviolet radiation, and of inappropriate nutrition.
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Suggested goals include: development of training grants for predoctoral and postdoctoral students, summer institutes and sabbaticab for established investigators, and improved nutrition education in medical schools. FUNDING AND RESOURCES ~ The comrn~ttee urges those who carry the heavy responsibility of setting priorities for the use of what are always finite resources to consider the potential advantages of advances in the knowledge of aging and the environment.
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170 AGING IN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT alter fundamentally the major social and economic commitments of this country. The development of interventions that enable the elderly to live out their lives independently and productively will mitigate the impact.
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