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Speech Debelle ditches record label over poor sales
Sydney :: Australia | about 24 hours ago
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Speech Debelle has announced that she is sacking her record label, blaming Big Dada for the poor sales of her debut album. Speech Therapy never rose above No 65 in the charts, despite winning the Mercury prize in September. "I wasn't disappointed that...
Tags: Speech Debelle, records label, Australia, Sydney, Speech Therapy, Human Interest, Big Dada, Mercury Prize, Ty, Entertainment Culture, J Dilla, Ninja Tune, Independent record labels, Mercury, Roots Manuva, Spinnin'
Group holds fora in Palawan to push for mercury-free health care in 2010
Puerto Princesa :: Philippines | 1 day ago
Credibility Palawan and this city with medical practitioners at the Adventist Hospital. The dangers of continuously using mercury-containing devices and the advantages of using the alternatives were discussed in the forum. Faye Ferrer, program officer for mercury,...
Tags: containing devices, Palawan, Faye Ferrer, free health, Philippines, Puerto Princesa, Mercury, Mercury poisoning, Disaster Accident, Health Medical Pharma
Durban bus strike soon?
Cape Town :: South Africa | 1 day ago
Credibility Transnat Africa CEO Mike Jesserman said it was given the contract to run the service four months ago. "Three months down the line we are still finalising the terms and conditions of the contract. All of that should have been finalised three months ago,"...
Tags: South Africa, Cape Town, EThekwini, The Mercury, Mercury, Durban, EThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, Indian Ocean
Mercury falling
Perth :: Australia | 3 days ago
Credibility University who hope to use nanotechnology to remove mercury, one of the world's most poisonous substances, from industrial emissions. Mercury is a deadly neurotoxin and affects the brains of 60,000 babies a year in America alone, leaving many with brain...
Tags: Suresh Bhargava, professor bhargava, bhargava says, gold surfaces, RMIT University, power stations, India, remove mercury, Australia, Perth, Mercury, Occupational safety and health, Nanoparticle, Nanotechnology, Gold, Chemical elements, Noble metals, Transition metals, Disaster Accident, Environment
Merc and Meds hauls away hazards in Canyon County
Caldwell :: ID :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Local cities and health agencies teamed up with Canyon County for the first Merc and Meds Community Drop-Off this weekend, gathering about 175 pounds of mercury and medications by the bucketful Saturday. Southwest District Health spokeswoman Laurie Boston...
Tags: Canyon County, Merc, Caldwell, Meds, Mark Hazzard: Merc, Incandescent light bulb, Recyclable materials, Mercury, Fluorescent lamp, Disaster Accident
Mercury mission clears key hurdle!
London :: United Kingdom | 5 days ago
Credibility Updated on Thursday, November 19, 2009, 19:05 IST London: An expensive mission, BepiColombo, to Mercury has been approved by European Space Agency (Esa). The mission is due for 2014 and was supposed to cost Esa 665 mn euros (£595m or $995m), a BBC report...
Tags: BepiColombo, European Space Agency, mercury mission, United Kingdom, London, Mercury, MESSENGER, Spacecraft, Orbiter, Mercury spacecraft, Spaceflight, Disaster Accident, Environment
Eating Seafood While Pregnant Affects Childhood Development
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Eating fish while pregnant is helpful for the child. (Bill Schaefer/Getty Images) The U.S. government added fish and shellfish to the list of demonized nutrient-dense foods, citing concerns about mercury. Many pregnant women, concerned about the effect...
Tags: pregnant women, Atlanta, Mercury in fish, Mercury, Fish, Pregnancy, Swordfish, Fish products, Sport fish, Seafood
Mercury pollutes Southeast Sulawesi waters: Study
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 6 days ago
Credibility Samples taken from Langkowala River banks discovered the mercury content reached 0.9 milligram (mg) per liter, 30 times the tolerable limit. Aslan, the dean of the university’s School of Fishery, said Thursday the hazardous chemical might be spilling...
Tags: Aslan, sulawesi waters, Indonesia, Jakarta, South Sulawesi, Provinces of Indonesia, Mercury, South East Sulawesi, Disaster Accident, Environment
Mercury poses danger for those at the top of the food chain
Washington :: DC :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility Mercury (Hg on the periodic table) is a dense heavy metal that is liquid in pure elemental form at room temperature. When ingested by humans, it affects the nervous system, brain, kidneys, heart, lungs and immune system, causing developmental problems...
Tags: food chain, Washington, Methylmercury, Fossil fuel power plant, Coal, Mercury poisoning, Mercury in fish, Mercury, Recyclable materials, Occupational safety and health, Disaster Accident, Environment
Cleaner chlorine plants may be creating a mercury glut
Brussels :: Belgium | 8 days ago
Credibility In the past four years, five such plants converted to mercury-free technology, cutting the industry's mercury emissions by 88 percent, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. This Story But this success has created a new environmental problem.
Tags: U.S, chlorine planting, Erco Worldwide, gold mining, Peter Maxson, Belgium, Brussels, Chlorine, Sodium hydroxide, Amalgam, Chloralkali process, Mercury poisoning, Mercury, Chemical elements, Occupational safety and health, Disaster Accident, Environment
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