"Fields and Forests in Flames: Vegetation Smoke and Human Health"
The smoke from wildfires can have harmful effects on human health, especially for children, seniors, and the chronically ill.
Source: EHP, 09/02/2011
National (U.S.)
"Tropical Storm Katia May Not Strengthen Much Friday - NHC"
"Tropical Storm Katia, which lost its Category 1 hurricane charateristics Thursday evening, is not expected to strengthen much on Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest report. "
Source: Reuters, 09/02/2011
"Drought Intensifies In The South, No End In Sight"
"Record-breaking triple-digit temperatures were prolonging a devastating drought that has been baking the South and the dry spell could extend into next year and beyond, climate experts said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 09/02/2011
"Study Suggests Higher Cancer Risk for 9/11 Firefighters"
"A new study says firefighters who toiled in the wreckage of the World Trade Center in 2001 were 19 percent more likely to develop cancer than those who were not there, the strongest evidence to date of a possible link between work at ground zero and cancer."
Source: NY Times, 09/02/2011
"East Coast Quake Rattled Nuclear Plant's Waste Casks"
"The earthquake that shook the East Coast last week rattled casks holding radioactive nuclear waste at a Virginia plant, moving them as much as 4.5 inches from their original position, the plant's operator said.
The 5.8-magnitude quake shifted 25 casks, each 16 feet tall and weighing 115 tons, on a concrete pad at Dominion Resources Inc's North Anna nuclear plant."
Roberta Rampton reports for Reuters September 1, 2011.
Source: Reuters, 09/02/2011
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