Researchers
say some rural men have lower sperm counts than their big-city
counterparts...
Currently, air pollution, largely from
fossil fuel use, kills 16,000 Canadians prematurely each year
and results in hundreds of thousands of incidents of illness,
absenteeism and asthma attacks costing the economy
billions of dollars. Moreover, Canada has signed the Kyoto
Protocol to manage greenhouse gas emissions, and meeting
Kyotos targets will require us to reduce our reliance on
fossil fuels...
Mercury is a complicated pollutant both
to understand and to control. Very small quantities of mercury
in a water body can lead to bioaccumulation and fish
consumption advisories. The methods to collect and analyze
mercury samples are expensive, technically difficult and its
behavior in the environment is complex...
In its
statement, the FDA advised that lindane be a treatment of last
resort -- its own acknowledgment that this pesticide can carry
serious risks," said NPA President Deborah Altschuler.
"The reports...
Today, EPA
announced an agreement to phase-out diazinon, one of the most
widely used pesticides in the United States, for indoor uses,
beginning in March 2001, and for all lawn, garden and turf
uses by December 2003...
Activist explains dangers of
toxic mold...She says she suffers from respiratory
ailments, facial rashes, chronic headaches, sinus infections
and other health woes that have caused her to miss work and
lucrative speaking engagements...
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