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Save The Frogs Day Events Planned Worldwide April 29th
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 2 years ago
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Amphibian populations worldwide have been declining at unprecedented rates, and nearly one-third of the world's amphibian species are threatened with extinction. Up to 200 species have completely disappeared in recent years. Amphibians are faced with
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North coast babies linked to birth defect 'cluster'
Sydney :: Australia | 2 years ago
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People are naturally concerned about things that they consider might be affecting unborn babies,'' said the director of public health for the north coast, Paul Corben, who is leading the investigation. ''It's a fairly rare condition but there is a
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Gardening: It'll be hard to get rid of lawn flowers
Fort Myers :: FL :: USA | over 2 years ago
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For some years now it seems that the ground becomes covered with pink "snow" in the form of flowers this time of year. Whatever it is seems to favor lawns and is moving so fast that I'm afraid it may soon reach my Floratam lawn. Richard Messmer, Fort
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'Intersex' fish found in Susquehanna River
Baltimore :: OH :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Male smallmouth bass with female traits have turned up in the Susquehanna River, the second major Chesapeake Bay tributary where "intersex" fish have been detected, and a federal scientist said Tuesday she's investigating whether the abnormality
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Healthy World Watch - October 15, 2010
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | over 2 years ago
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It's been one year since the EPA decided to reevaluate the toxicity of atrazine, one of the most commonly used herbicides in the U.S. Since then, a plethora of new and contradictory studies on the health effects of atrazine have bogged down the
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Gender bender chemical atrazine widely contaminates U.S. public water supply
Flora :: IL :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Emerging research increasingly indicates that the U.S. water supply is widely contaminated with the endocrine disrupting chemical atrazine, but that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking almost no action on the threat. Atrazine is an
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Healthy World Watch August 27, 2010
Mexico City :: Mexico | over 2 years ago
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The EPA has established a maximum level of certain pesticides allowed in drinking water...The Environmental Working Group tested 10 brands of bottled water and found 38 contaminants such as bacteria, fertilizer, and industrial chemicals at levels
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Herbicide linked to prostate inflammation
Upi :: Philippines | over 2 years ago
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Male rats exposed in vitro to low doses of widely used herbicide are more likely than others to develop prostate inflammation, U.S. researchers say. Study leaders Suzanne Fenton and Jason Stanko of the National Institute of Environmental Health
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Cal biologist in trash-talking fight with Syngenta
Basel :: Switzerland | almost 3 years ago
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Find Executives Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. complained formally to University of California President Mark Yudof and Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau about years of what it called aggressive, unprofessional and insulting emails from a Berkeley
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Water purifying method now a biz
Bothell :: WA :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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A herbicide-cleansing, water-purification technology developed by two University of Minnesota scientists has become a small business launched by two recent graduates of the college of science and engineering, with an assist from the U's Carlson
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