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"Strategy Being Devised To Protect Use of BPA" [1]

"Manufacturers of cans for beverages and foods and some of their biggest customers, including Coca-Cola, are trying to devise a public relations and lobbying strategy to block government bans of a controversial chemical used in the linings of metal cans and lids."
Chemicals [2]
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Source: WashPost [5], 06/01/2009

UVM to Host Vermont-Favored Hearty Party [6]

 

 

 By CHERYL DORSCHNER

Every year that moveable feast, known as the SEJ Conference Saturday night reception, rolls out its local talent and regional cuisine. Veteran conference-goers still speak in hushed tones of the 2003 party at New Orleans' Mardi Gras World and gyrate at the thought of 2004 in Pittsburgh with "No Bad Ju-Ju."

This year, the Vermont conference team promises to take the concept of "local" to a new level, thanks to this event's sponsorship by co-host the University of Vermont.

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The Case Against Fluoride Mounts [8]

By BETTE HILEMAN

 

Until very recently, the mere mention that fluoridated water might cause adverse health effects was likely to be met with deep skepticism, even derision. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention still calls water fluoridation the greatest health triumph of the past 50 years.

But those attitudes are beginning to change.

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Bird Flu: The Coming Pandemic Or Much Less? [10]

Highly Pathogenic A (H5N1) Avian Influenza (AI) is killing birds and occasionally infecting and killing humans. This story continues to develop as both breaking news and a continuing story involving commercial poultry industry, ethnic differences, rural life, Third World poverty, and global and domestic preparedness for a disease pandemic.

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Food [11]
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NOAA Advances National Climate Service [12]

"U.S. government and university scientists are partnering to form a new cooperative institute that will use satellite observations to detect, monitor and forecast climate change and its impact on the environment."
Climate Change [13]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: ENS [14], 05/29/2009

PBDE Byproducts Seem Ubiquitous in U.S. Waters [15]

The flame-retardant chemicals known as PBDEs are virtually ubiquitous in U.S. waters. New research shows that when PBDEs are exposed to wastewater treatment, they can generate dioxins.
Chemicals [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: ES&T [16], 05/29/2009

"California Fires up Laser Fusion Machine" [17]

Energy Secretary Chu and CA Gov. Schwarzenegger today will dedicate the National Ignition Facility, a mammoth laser device designed to explore fusion energy.
Energy & Fuel [18]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Guardian [19], 05/29/2009

"Climate Change Hitting Poor in U.S. Hardest" [20]

"Researchers find climate change is already having a 'sometimes hidden and often unequal' impact on minorities and poor in the United States."
Climate Change [13]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Daily Climate [21], 05/29/2009

Guns in Parks Can Be Messy, Violent [22]

Congress decision, under pressure from the gun lobby, to allow loaded, concealed weapons in National Parks creates problems for rangers trying to keep people safe.
People & Population [23]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Greenwire [24], 05/29/2009

Obama Administration Leaps Into Roadless Brawl [25]

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack took personal control over logging and road projects on tens of millions of acres of National Forest in a temporary effort to resolve controversy over the "Roadless Rule."
Forests [26]
Public [3]
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Source: Greenwire [27], 05/29/2009

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