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The Case Against Fluoride Mounts

By BETTE HILEMAN

Until very recently, the mere mention that fluoridated water might cause adverse health effects was likely to be met with deep skepticism, even derision. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention still calls water fluoridation the greatest health triumph of the past 50 years.

But those attitudes are beginning to change.

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Bird Flu: The Coming Pandemic Or Much Less?

Highly Pathogenic A (H5N1) Avian Influenza (AI) is killing birds and occasionally infecting and killing humans. This story continues to develop as both breaking news and a continuing story involving commercial poultry industry, ethnic differences, rural life, Third World poverty, and global and domestic preparedness for a disease pandemic.

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NOAA Advances National Climate Service

"U.S. government and university scientists are partnering to form a new cooperative institute that will use satellite observations to detect, monitor and forecast climate change and its impact on the environment."

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Source: ENS, 05/29/2009

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PBDE Byproducts Seem Ubiquitous in U.S. Waters

The flame-retardant chemicals known as PBDEs are virtually ubiquitous in U.S. waters. New research shows that when PBDEs are exposed to wastewater treatment, they can generate dioxins.

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Source: ES&T, 05/29/2009

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"California Fires up Laser Fusion Machine"

Energy Secretary Chu and CA Gov. Schwarzenegger today will dedicate the National Ignition Facility, a mammoth laser device designed to explore fusion energy.

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Source: Guardian, 05/29/2009

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"Climate Change Hitting Poor in U.S. Hardest"

"Researchers find climate change is already having a 'sometimes hidden and often unequal' impact on minorities and poor in the United States."

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Source: Daily Climate, 05/29/2009

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Guns in Parks Can Be Messy, Violent

Congress decision, under pressure from the gun lobby, to allow loaded, concealed weapons in National Parks creates problems for rangers trying to keep people safe.

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Source: Greenwire, 05/29/2009

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Obama Administration Leaps Into Roadless Brawl

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack took personal control over logging and road projects on tens of millions of acres of National Forest in a temporary effort to resolve controversy over the "Roadless Rule."

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Source: Greenwire, 05/29/2009

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Visión y Misión de la SEJ/SPA

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Los miembros de SEJ contemplan una sociedad informada por excelencia en periodismo del ambiente.

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La misión de la Sociedad de Periodistas Ambientales (SEJ) es avanzar la comprensión del publico sobre tópicos de ambiente para mejorar la calidad, la exactitud, y la visibilidad de periodismo del ambiente.

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Heading Out On A BioBlitz

A BioBlitz is a kind of whirlwind count of all the species in a specific place. The Park Service has been co-sponsoring BioBlitzes with National Geographic.

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Source: Environment Report, 05/28/2009

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