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Environmental Health News
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Links to articles in today's press about environmental health. Many more links available today at www.EnvironmentalHealthNews.org
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GM crops have a role in preventing world hunger, chief scientist says.
GM crops have a role to play in preventing mass starvation across the world caused by a combination of climate change and rapid population growth, a senior government scientist said yesterday.
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DOH bans aerial spray on farmlands.
After consulting with local and international health experts, the Department of Health yesterday recommended the banning of aerial spraying of pesticides, saying that this is harmful to humans and the environment.
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Biotech crops cause big jump in pesticide use-report.
The rapid adoption by U.S. farmers of genetically engineered crops has promoted increased use of pesticides, an epidemic of herbicide-resistant weeds and more chemical residues in foods, according to a report issued Tuesday by health and environmental protection groups.
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How green are those veggies?
When it comes to fruits and vegetables, going organic is the eco-friendly choice. The switch will reduce your impact on the soil and water--and won't require a vast expansion of the agricultural footprint.
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'A Chemical Reaction' film explores dangers lurking in lawns.
Homes with white picket fences surrounding weed-free lawns have long been a symbol of the American Dream, but many people see preternaturally perfect grass as a potential nightmare.
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William O. Douglas: champion of wilderness.
Imagine a current member of the U.S. Supreme Court proposing that an old tree should have the right to sue to block a timber sale. Or taking the lead to preserve a roadless area in a national park.
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Obama's pesticide-pushing nominee.
The administration has nominated a senior executive from the pesticide lobby?which slammed Michelle Obama's organic garden?to be chief agricultural negotiator for the office of the US Trade Representative. If confirmed, he will be responsible for negotiating international agreements governing the use of pesticides.
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Environmental impact of cocaine strategy assessed.
A controversial glyphosate-spraying programme to tackle cocaine production in Colombia has few adverse environmental impacts, a new suite of studies concludes. The findings are already being challenged.
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Province to ban cosmetic pesticides.
The use of chemicals with 2,4-D will soon be banned in Prince Edward Island when the province introduces its new Pesticide Control Act during the fall session of the legislature.
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US takes brown pelican off endangered species list.
Nearly 40 years after it was pushed to the edge of extinction by pesticide use, habitat loss and hunting, the brown pelican Wednesday was taken off the endangered species list, US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said.
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Marin pesticide management changes outlined.
Marin County officials outlined a plan Tuesday designed to ensure that mistakes don't reoccur in the implementation of a law that prohibits county use of certain pesticides and herbicides.
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A painful lesson in the health risks of modern warfare.
The tools of modern warfare are vastly more effective now than in previous wars. They are more precise and infinitely more lethal, and some pose great risk to those who employ them. Case in point is depleted uranium - or DU.
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The green revolution is coming to local wineries.
When Rodney Strong Wine Estates announced last month that it had gone "carbon neutral" it became only the second winery in the nation, and one of a handful in the world, to lay claim to such green ground.
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MP Qabbani urges state of emergency over poisoned produce.
The Agriculture Ministry should declare a state of food emergency, said Beirut MP Mohammad Qabbani Sunday, following growing concern about poisoned fruits and vegetables in the local market.
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Falling water table puts Punjab in ?danger zone.?
Punjab, the land of rivers, is drying up rapidly. The overexploitation of groundwater is leading to drastic depletion of water table in the state, prompting the scientists to call it a ?danger zone.?
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Hopes increase toward a Yemen without qat.
As a majority of Yemeni households chew Qat, the World Bank discussed their integrated Qat Demand Reduction agenda, last Monday, November 2.
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Salinas Valley schools perched near pesticide-sprayed farmland.
While the Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner's office often restricts pesticide use near sensitive locations, such as schools, beyond what the law requires, some worry the limits aren't enough.
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Jurupa school district questioned about weed spraying.
Jurupa school officials are rethinking their practice of spraying weed killer during school hours after a parent complained that her daughter had a severe allergic reaction from an herbicide sprayed on the Patriot High School campus.
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Research shows pesticide-free homes can be bug-free, too.
When a building supervisor notified tenants in Brooklyn that one of the apartments had a bedbug infestation, Eddie Rosenthal feared that it was only a matter of time until they spread to his home. But it wasn't just the bugs that gave Rosenthal the creeps. So did the prospect of using pesticides.
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Landscapes now get 'green' ratings.
"Green" seals of approval are slapped on dishwashers, heat pumps, light bulbs and entire buildings. So why not the outdoors? As of Thursday, even open-air spaces ? from parks and parking lots to corporate and college campuses ? will have their own environmental rating system.
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