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4901. July 15, 2012 | al.com
Oysters can handle some, but not all pollution we dump into the nation's estuaries, USA
MOBILE, Alabama -- While oysters are known to be one of nature’s best natural filters, new research suggests there are limits to how much pollution they can clean up...

4902. July 15, 2012 | Medical News Today
Chemical Discovered That Affects Biological Clock May Offer New Way To Treat Diabetes, USA
Biologists at UC San Diego have discovered a chemical that offers a completely new and promising direction for the development of drugs to treat metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes...

4903. July 15, 2012 | The Times of India (TOI)
Asbestos roofs pose a health threat to kids in 60 schools, India
KOZHIKODE: For the children of many schools in the district, the asbestos roofs over their head are posing a serious health hazard. Oblivious to the fact that the asbestos is carcinogenic (cancer-causing), they continue to attend classes...

4904. July 15, 2012 | The Texas Tribune
Texas' Petrochemical Boom Fuels Hopes and Concerns, USA
FREEPORT — The largest chemical complex in the Western Hemisphere resembles a city of pipes and stacks. And Dow Chemical, its owner, is spending more than $4 billion to make it even larger...

4905. July 15, 2012 | USA TODAY
Delays in new food-safety regulations cause frustration, USA
Last year President Obama signed a law hailed as the most sweeping overhaul of food safety in 70 years. Fast forward 17 months, and major portions have yet to be implemented...

4906. July 14, 2012 | Voice of America (VOA)
Nigeria Oil Spill Threatens Health, Environment, Nigeria
ABUJA — Late Thursday in Zamfara State, Nigeria, a fuel tanker overturned in a road accident and poured its entire contents into a nearby river, potentially impacting the drinking water of millions of people in Zamfara and neighboring Sokoto state...

4907. July 14, 2012 | The Fresno Bee
Southern California sewage will fertilize Kings County ag land, USA
Southern California soon will begin sending sewage sludge into western Kings County -- up to 500,000 tons a year to a piece of farmland the size of Clovis...

4908. July 13, 2012 | Acorn-Online.com
Please don’t feed the honey bees pesticides, USA
Small yellow signs around town alert residents to pesticide applications on lawns and trees, but one tiny neighbor that might be affected cannot read. And that's the honeybee...

4909. July 13, 2012 | KXAS
Rare poison found in Texas tea, USA
Richardson, TX (KXAS) - Police and health officials are have released information about poisoned iced tea at a Richardson, Texas restaurant that sickened five people in 2010...

4910. July 13, 2012 | The Japan Times Online
Toxic chemical compounds found at closed Omron facility in Kyoto, Japan
KYOTO — Omron Corp. said Thursday it has detected toxic chemical compounds — trichloroethylene and dioxin — far exceeding environmental limits in the soil and groundwater at its closed facility in Kyoto...

4911. July 13, 2012 | Mid Sussex Times
Children evacuated after chemical spill, England
Twelve youngsters were led from a building after a chemical spillage. Fire crews from Burgess Hill were called at 5.36 pm last evening to a scout hut in the town’s Station Road...

4912. July 13, 2012 | Medical News Today
Exposure To Chemical In Drinking Water In The Womb And Early Childhood May Affect Vision, USA
Prenatal and early childhood exposure to the chemical solvent tetrachloroethylene (PCE) found in drinking water may be associated with long-term visual impairments, particularly in the area of color discrimination...

4913. July 12, 2012 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Proposal takes aim at toxic air pollutants, USA
An Allegheny County Board of Health committee proposed new guidelines Wednesday for the control of toxic air pollutants that the committee hopes will replace standards last updated in 1988...

4914. July 12, 2012 | The Huffington Post
Niagara Chlorine Leak Sends 12 To Hospital At St. Catharines Pool, USA
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Twelve people between the ages of 7 and 50 were taken to hospital following a chlorine leak at a St. Catharines pool...

4915. July 12, 2012 | english.alarabiya.net
Nigeria oil tanker fire kills at least 100, Nigeria
More than 100 people who rushed to scoop up fuel after a Nigerian petrol tanker tipped over Thursday were killed when the vehicle and pools of spilled oil caught fire...

4916. July 12, 2012 | AFP/Abuja
More than 100 die in Nigeria oil tanker fire, Nigeria
More than 100 people who rushed to scoop up fuel, after a Nigerian petrol tanker tipped over yesterday, were killed when the vehicle and pools of spilled oil caught fire...

4917. July 12, 2012 | Environmental Health News
Black carbon in homes: New York City's asthma culprit, USA
Elevated levels of black carbon inside New York City homes are likely to be in neighborhoods where more kids have asthma, a study has found...

4918. July 11, 2012 | PublicSource
Fractured lives along the Susquehanna, USA
ERSEY SHORE, Pa. -- On hot days, twins Amanda and Chevelle Eck splashed in the Susquehanna River behind their trailer in the Riverdale Mobile Home Park...

4919. July 10, 2012 | Vanguard
Oil spill: 5 kids die of alleged pollution in Bayelsa, Nigeria
WARRI-NO fewer than five children have been killed at Foutorugbene, 1, 2, 3 and Apodubigha communities in Ekeremor Local Government of Bayelsa state following an oil spill that allegedly polluted the river...

4920. July 10, 2012 | Melbourne Times Weekly
Toxic health dumping scandal, Australia
The dangerous disposal of hazardous substances including liquid uranium and contaminated objects, the dumping of the confidential records of patients and the mishandling of asbestos have exposed a culture of mismanagement in Sydney hospitals...