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"Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch" [1]

The rise of cooking shows on TV results from deep interest in cooking. But the transformation of cooking into a spectator activity reflects a decline in actual cooking -- which has vast health and ecological consequences.
Source: NYTimes Mag [2], 08/04/2009

Groups Urge Widening Of NJ Corruption Probe To Environment [3]

"Environmental groups today called for new ethical controls in state government, saying recent arrests of two assemblymen involving land deals are only 'the tip of the iceberg' when it comes to the influence developers wield over the Department of Environmental Protection."
Source: Newark Star-Ledger [4], 08/04/2009

"US Scientists Study Huge Plastic Patch in Pacific" [5]

"LOS ANGELES -- Marine scientists from California are venturing this week to the middle of the North Pacific for a study of plastic debris accumulating across hundreds of miles (km) of open sea dubbed the 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch.'"
Source: Reuters [6], 08/04/2009

Lawmakers, Enviros Maneuver to Block Deepwater Aquaculture [7]

"With a deadline looming for approval of a federal plan that would open the Gulf of Mexico to deepwater fish farming, House lawmakers and conservationists are plotting strategies to block such offshore ventures until Congress creates a system to regulate them."
Source: NYTimes [8], 08/04/2009

"Company Defends Chief in Bhopal Disaster" [17]

"Union Carbide is defending its former chief executive now wanted for arrest in India, saying that managers at the company’s plant in Bhopal could not have anticipated a gas leak that killed 10,000 people 25 years ago."
Source: NYTimes [18], 08/04/2009

"More D.C. Kids Had Elevated Lead Than Stated" [19]

"More than twice as many D.C. children as previously reported by federal and local health officials had high levels of lead in their blood amid the city's drinking water crisis, according to congressional investigators, throwing into doubt assurances by those officials that the lead in tap water did not seriously harm city children."
Source: WashPost [20], 08/04/2009

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