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MAJURO, Marshall Islands, March 4, 2010 (ENS) - Fifty-six years after the first American hydrogen bomb blast in the Pacific exposed hundreds of people to radioactive fallout, U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman is pressing Marshall Islanders to return to their contaminated home island by next year.
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FORT COLLINS, Colorado, March 2, 2010 (ENS) - Sylvatic plague - a close cousin of the dreaded disease that killed one-third of all European residents in the six years between 1347 and 1353 - persists in rodents in the American West even when the disease does not erupt into epidemic form, new researc...
Nina Fedoroff, the chief scientist of Secretary of State Clinton, has come forward with new research advocating the expansion of genetically modified organisms in farming.
The residents of Dish, Texas were delighted when an oil-rich rock formation was found underneath their tiny town. They welcomed the huge checks from the oil and gas companies would disburse for the right to drill on their land. But a soon-to-be-released report shows that the town's air is polluted b...
WASHINGTON, DC, November 23, 2009 (ENS) - Concerns about toxics discharged from an unlined coal ash waste dump in suburban Washington, DC have prompted four environmental groups to give formal notice that they intend to sue Mirant MD Ash Management, LLC and Mirant Mid-Atlantic, LLC Corporation of At...
WASHINGTON, DC, November 18, 2009 (ENS) - Coal pollutants affect all major body organ systems and contribute to four of the five leading causes of mortality in the United States: heart disease, cancer, stroke, and chronic lower respiratory diseases, concludes a scathing report issued today by Physic...
BRUSSELS, Belgium, November 17, 2009 (ENS) - Decision makers who factor the planet's multi-trillion dollar ecosystem services into their national and international investment strategies are likely to see far higher rates of return and stronger economic growth in the 21st century, finds a new United...
In August, a Turkish ship carrying thousands of tons of toxic waste sunk near the southern coast of Madagascar. Since then, toxic water has already poisoned citizens and is being blamed for the beaching of nine whales who were migrating and breeding in the area. Oil sludge is still washing up on bea...
SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 29, 2009 (ENS) - Some children's face paints contain lead, a neurotoxin that can harm the brain at low doses, according to new product tests documented in a report from the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a national coalition of nonprofit health and environmental grou...
WASHINGTON, DC, October 29, 2009 (ENS) - Public employees have filed a lawsuit demanding documents related to the U.S. EPA's plans made "in secrecy" to allow public exposure to increased levels of radioactivity following nuclear accidents or attacks.
