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What is the cause of binge drinking among college students? A new 14-year study links it to college culture -- campus environments that allow easy access to inexpensive alcohol and have weak control policies and lax enforcement.

Toben Nelson, a University of Minnesota epidemiologist who worked on the study, has more.

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In the first study of its kind locally, University of Minnesota researchers are analyzing perfluorochemical levels--or PFCs--of Lake Johanna, a St. Paul suburban lake that contains high PFC levels but is not connected to any known source of PFCs.

Matt Simcik, a University of Minnesota professor of environmental health, says what he learns in Lake Johanna will be beneficial for other lakes in Minnesota and the United States.

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A new study has found that poor neighborhoods with high concentrations of African Americans had higher homicide rates and significantly greater numbers of off-sale alcohol stores than other neighborhoods.

Rhonda Jones-Webb, a University of Minnesota epidemiologist, says this study was unique because it looked at neighborhoods rather than individuals.

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