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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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Nuclear fusion energy project could lead to limitless clean electricity.
The power of the sun is to be recreated in a new Ł1 billion science project which aims to provide a clean and almost limitless source of energy.
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A deadly proposition.
The Bush administration believes there is nothing wrong with building a nuclear waste dump that could cause at least one of every 125 individuals who live nearby to contract cancer.
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Home and the range.
Engineers are experimenting with bold ideas and minor tweaks to squeeze out new efficiency gains in household appliances.
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Stumbling economy stomps alternative energy efforts.
The price of energy - from soaring electric bills to pain at the gas pump - remains a central issue in the presidential election, but the candidates' ability to address it at a time of economic free fall remains a source of considerable debate.
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Planned fire tests cap over Hanford radioactive waste.
Hanford workers have burned over a cap placed above a former disposal site for radioactive waste in the name of research.
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Answer really is blowing in the wind.
To reduce the use of petroleum for fuel, we will need to do two things: put more freight on railroads ? and convert the railroads from petroleum-powered locomotives to electrically powered engines, and make other sorts of fuels for our vehicles.
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Power cuts feared in UK nuclear plants crisis.
The majority of the UK's nuclear power stations are in dire trouble, and their failure is leading to the most acute concern in years that the country may run short of electricity this winter.
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A call to arms over cellular antennas.
Residents, concerned about radiation being emitted from mounted structures, file complaints.
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The price of being green.
The next president will need to lay out a long-term strategy to both secure reliable supplies of energy and address global warming. The conundrum is that any plan to address global warming would, almost by definition, make gasoline and electricity more expensive.
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Chinese official: challenges ahead in peaceful use of nuclear energy.
The international community has to pay greater attention to the challenges facing the rapidly growing civil nuclear projects, Chen Qiufa, director of Chinese Atomic Energy Agency, said in a recent interview with Xinhua.
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Nuclear fusion energy project could lead to limitless clean electricity.
British scientists will this week begin work to create a nuclear fusion reactor, which will use the same powerful reactions that take place in the Sun to provide energy and, ultimately, electricity.
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And then there was the food.
If Paul Newman hadn?t let his daughter Nell create an organic spin-off of his Newman?s Own line in 1993, the nation might still be choking down leaden organic cookies and rock-hard pretzels.
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Utah doesn't need a nuclear power plant.
It's stupid to even contemplate building a water-intensive power plant in the desert and particularly in the upper Colorado River Basin, where allocated water rights already exceed the river's flow during dry years.
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Nine ways to avoid household toxins.
To help cautious consumers navigate all the confusing warnings and advisories, Nena Baker--author of "The Body Toxic"--offers her tips for reducing your exposure to everyday toxins.
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China's road to energy security.
Trucks queued up at a gas station by the East 5th Ring Road of Beijing on a May night. At the station, the oil nozzles were idle -- the diesel had run out and the new delivery wouldn't come until after midnight.
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Uranium mine, wind farm stir debate.
While the proposed uranium mine near Sharbot Lake isn't within the boundaries of Kingston and The Islands, that didn't stop three of the federal candidates running locally to vow that they would somehow put a halt to any work on the mine.
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Could the granite counters in your kitchen be radioactive?
Over this past summer, several national news stories questioned the presence of radiation and radon emissions from granite. Granite counters in your kitchen could be radioactive.
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14 salmonellosis cases in Minnesota tied to raw frozen chicken in meals .
Fourteen cases of salmonellosis reported in Minnesota since July have been linked to raw frozen chicken entrees, the Minnesota Department of Health said Friday.
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Radon: A silent killer.
In Minnesota, one in three homes is considered to have excessive levels of radon gas, and the southwestern region of the state has the highest potential due to the make-up of its soils.
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Uranium meeting targets jobs, health, water.
The state Legislature?s Indian Affairs Committee and Radioactive and Hazardous Waste Committee met in Grants for further discussions of resuming uranium mining operations in New Mexico.
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