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		<title>Study Helps Confirms Radon as Second Leading Cause of Lung Cancer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exposure to radon gas in homes is the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking, according to a study carried out by researchers from the University of Cantabria and the Babes-Bolyai University in Romania. The team has studied data on exposure to this element in a uranium mining area in Transylvania and in an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Limits on Pesticide Uses Will Protect Salmon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EPA has announced plans to place additional limitations on the use of three organophosphate pesticides — chlorpyrifos, diazinon and malathion — to protect endangered and threatened salmon and steelhead in California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. 
Anticipated changes to product labels include the addition of pesticide buffer zones; application limitations based on wind speed, soil moisture [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study Finds Bisphenol A Impacts Adult Reproductive Cells</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A new study adds to the list of potetially harful effects of Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used widely in plastics for consumer goods.  The plastic is used in food containers and baby bottles, and is known to leach out of the plastics over time.  Most people have some level of BPA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Lays Out Plan to Increase Renewable fuels</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 01:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing its strategy for increasing the supply of renewable fuels, poised to reach 36 billion gallons by 2022, as mandated by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.
“As we work towards energy independence, using more homegrown biofuels reduces our vulnerability to oil price spikes that everyone feels at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better Water Use Could Reduce Future Food Crises</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 01:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naturally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The challenge of meeting future water needs under the impacts of climate change and rapidly growing human demands for water may be less bleak than widely portrayed a team of Swedish and German scientists says
If the overall water resources in river basins were acknowledged and managed better, future food crises could be significantly reduced, say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solvent Linked to Autoimmune Disorders</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 22:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trichloroethylene (TCE), a solvent widely used in industrial and household applications is now suspected in many autoimmune disorders.
More than 80 known or suspected autoimmune disorders—such as Crohn disease, multiple sclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis—affect 5–8% of the U.S. population, according to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The underlying causes of these disorders remain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study Shows How Methylmercury Gets into the Ocean, Contaminates Fish</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 22:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new landmark study published today documents for the first time the process in which increased mercury emissions from human sources across the globe, and in particular from Asia, make their way into the North Pacific Ocean and as a result contaminate tuna and other seafood.
 This study documents for the first time the formation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Cuts in Greenhouse Gas Emissions to Save Arctic Ice, Reduce Sea Level Rise</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Accoring to new research, the threat of global warming can still be greatly diminished if nations cut emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases by 70 percent this century.  
While global temperatures would rise, the most dangerous potential aspects of climate change, including massive losses of Arctic sea ice and permafrost and significant sea level rise, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Gives $197 Million in Stimulus for Petroleum Storage Tank Clean Up</title>
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		<comments>http://www.naturalmedicine.com/news/environment-news/epa-gives-197-million-in-stimulus-for-petroleum-storage-tank-clean-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ In an effort to protect people where they live, work, and play, EPA announced the distribution of $197 million appropriated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to assess and clean up underground storage tank petroleum leaks. EPA estimates that these funds will create or retain significant numbers of jobs and contribute [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At Last Congress Makes Moves to Ban BPA in Food Containers</title>
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		<comments>http://www.naturalmedicine.com/news/environment-news/at-last-congress-makes-moves-to-ban-bpa-in-food-containers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Naturally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After decades of claiming the widely used chemical bisphenol A (BPA) was safe to use n food packaging, companies that use the have begun to back away from the BPA.  Now, after companies using bisphenol A (BPA) and a manufacturer took actions to reduce the use of BPA, for fear it is not safe, [...]]]></description>
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