Tag: Health
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Mayflower Residents to John Kerry: Listen to Joe Biden, Reject Keystone XL
“ALL RISK, NO REWARD” COALITION —Residents of Mayflower, AR who were victims of Exxon’s Good Friday tar sands spill that coated their neighborhood in toxic tar sands traveled to DC to hand-deliver a letter to Secretary Kerry asking …
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Food Imports from China Under Scrutiny for Fraud and Lack of Inspection
THE CORNUCOPIA INSTITUTE — Just last week, news reports described a Chinese government campaign to break up a fake meat operation, leading to arrests of more than 900 people accused of passing off more than $1 million of rat meat as mutton …
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Republican Senators Boycott Vote on EPA Nominee Gina McCarthy
ECOWATCH — “This latest attempt by Republicans in the Senate to derail progress to protect our air, our water and the health of our families is nothing short of cowardly …
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Toxic Algal Blooms Pose Health Risks to Wildlife, Pets and People
AMERICAN RIVERS — While not all algal blooms produce toxins, those that do, like blue-green algae, can kill wildlife and family pets, and make people sick …
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Scientists Warn of Emerging Impacts from Arctic Ocean Acidification
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND — The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, which commissioned the research, said in a press release that the Arctic Ocean “is rapidly accumulating carbon dioxide leading to increased ocean acidification …