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When haste makes toxic waste
Boston Globe - 7/14/2009. By Ken Geiser and Joel Tickner. The same week that US Representative Edward Markey of Massachusetts hailed House passage of the most sweeping environmental legislation since the 1970s, the Commonwealth cut one of the most effective state environmental laws in the country by virtually eliminating the Toxics Use Reduction Institute at UMass-Lowell.
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Parkinson’s link to raised pesticide level
The Herald (U.K.) - 7/14/2009. PEOPLE with raised levels of a particular pesticide in their blood may have an increased risk of Parkinson's disease, new American scientific research shows.
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Is There Bisphenol A In Your Home Canning?
TreeHugger - 7/13/2009. TreeHugger recently reported that the endocrine disruptor Bisphenol A (BPA) was found in organic baby food packed in glass jars, apparently from the lining of the metal lid. Reporter Lloyd Alter wondered: could all of our delicious home-made preserves be contaminated too? The inside of the lids have a white finish; could this be made with bisphenol A? It turns out that it is.
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Lawsuit Pending to Protect Polar Bears From Pesticides
Environmental News Service - 7/10/2009. A conservation group says that in 60 days it will sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to consider impacts of contamination resulting from pesticide use in the United States on the threatened polar bear and its Arctic habitat.
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