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I was born in 1966 and grew up in China. I got my college education in China. In 1998, I got into the University of Iowa to study Pathology and graduated in 2002 with a Master degree. I'm currently working at a research lab at the University of Iowa.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, August 20, 2009 Stop Smoking
Thousands of chemicals are present in tobacco. Many of them are toxic. Smoking and second hand smoking damage almost every organ of the body, causing a plethora of diseases and ultimately deaths for adults, children, and even unborn infants. Smoking also imposed enormous economic loss on smoking themselves and the society.