Tag: Health
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Cancer Caused by Toxic Chemicals ‘Grossly Underestimated’ in U.S.
Some man-made chemicals also cause cancer, just as surely as asbestos does. In 2010, the President’s Cancer Panel reported that the amount of environmentally induced cancer in the U.S. has been …
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Indigenous Rights Controversies Around Belo Monte Dam Tie Up Brazil’s Courts
“There is no fresh water, no electricity, no health care, no schools and no sanitation. We cannot accept that the conditions, that are fundamental rights guaranteed by our constitution, be undermined in this way.”
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9/11 Whistleblower Who Exposed First Responser Risks Faces Another Blow From EPA
Dr. Cate Jenkins, a senior chemist with more than three decades of agency tenure, publicly charged that due to falsified EPA standards, First Responders waded into dust so corrosive that…
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Effects of Climate Change on the Spread of West Nile Virus
The varied influence of climate change on temperature and precipitation may have an equally wide-ranging effect on the spread of West Nile virus …
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Researchers Asses the Impacts of Living in a Chemical Soup
Tanguay has pioneered the use of zebrafish in toxicology. His lab is on the leading edge of this research, designing new experimental techniques and equipment that are enabling scientists to assess …