Environmental Health News from Environmental Health Sciences
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Farm life turns male toads female.
A study of cane toads in Florida finds that those living in agricultural areas are more likely to be feminized-- and even intersex-- than those away from farming. The reseach suggests that chemicals on the farms may be to blame.
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Along with beauty, fireworks create a beastly mix of pollutants.
When the rockets and the bombs burst in the air tonight, spectators will experience more than a spectacular show celebrating America's birthday.
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A greener July Fourth?
Chemists are trying to make our annual fireworks extravaganzas much greener because a big fireworks show releases poisonous chemicals, with potential effects on people and wildlife that have not been fully evaluated.
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Residents need C8 screens, judge told.
Valori Mace has five times more C8 in her blood than the average American. Russell Miller has three times more. So does William Rhodes.
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A balance of risk.
Pesticides keep food edible and cheap. On the other hand they are, by definition, poisonous. Europe’s legislators thus face a dilemma.
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Insecticide found in beef sent to S Korea.
Beef exports to South Korea, New Zealand's second-biggest market, may be at risk after the discovery of insecticide contamination.
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China: An Olympic loss for industry.
Strict limits on production during the Games will be felt across the Mainland—and by consumers abroad.
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Greenhouse gases a threat Pacific Ocean life, scientists say.
Ocean waters welling up from the depths along the Pacific Coast from Canada to Mexico are threatening marine organisms as carbon dioxide saturates the water and increases its corrosive acidity.
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New West Nile virus strain may worsen epidemic.
A new strain of West Nile virus is spreading better and earlier across the United States, and may thrive in hot American summers, researchers said on Thursday.
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Rescuing reporting in the global South.
Throughout most of the developing world, media coverage of global warming is woefully inadequate. This deficit is especially worrying given that developing nations are usually the most vulnerable to impacts such as worsening drought and rising sea levels.
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US oil firms seek drilling access, but exports soar.
While the U.S. oil industry want access to more federal lands to help reduce reliance on foreign suppliers, American-based companies are shipping record amounts of gasoline and diesel fuel to other countries.
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At last a deal to rescue the Murray.
The Rudd Government has finally clinched agreement with the states to hand control of the Murray-Darling Basin to a single independent body, but has argued that without rain authorities are powerless to save the stricken river system.
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Donning a green collar.
With the green revolution rapidly gaining momentum, a new class of workers has been created, the green collar worker.
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Secret report: Biofuel caused food crisis.
Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously estimated - according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian.
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Water use habits get a splash of fresh ideas.
Some people are troubled about golf courses' overuse or irresponsibility with pesticides and fertilizers and see the use of potable water as wasteful. Both could stem from American golfers' expectations of pool-table putting surfaces or bright green fairways.
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Some seek guidelines to reflect Vitamin D's benefits.
A flurry of recent research indicating that Vitamin D may have a dizzying array of health benefits has reignited an intense debate over whether federal guidelines for the "sunshine vitamin" are outdated, leaving millions vulnerable to cancer and other ailments.
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More potent poppies.
Poppies will grow larger and produce more opiates as atmospheric carbon dioxide levels rise, say scientists.
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Asbestos victim sues steelworks.
A man has started legal action against a South Yorkshire steelworks after he was diagnosed with asbestosis.
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PCBs to be removed from former GE site.
Some 20 years after New York declared it a toxic dump, a PCB-polluted former salvage yard for GE Co. is being cleaned up.
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Family's lawyer eyes lawsuit over lead.
The lawyer for the McMurray family said Thursday he is exploring the possibility of a lawsuit against landlord George Thomas, who rents the family a home recently deemed "unsafe for human occupation" by the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) due to lead contamination.
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