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		<title>EPA Increases Transparency on Chemical Risk Information</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Action part of continued comprehensive reform of toxic substance laws
As part of a commitment to strengthen and reform chemical management, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a new policy to increase the public’s access to information on chemicals. Starting today, EPA has announced its intention to reject a certain type of confidentiality claim, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Proposes Stronger Smog Standards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natural Medicine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Proposed standards will protect the health of all Americans, especially children
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has  proposed the strictest smog standards to date.   The new standards are based upon scientific recommendations during the administration of President George W. Bush.  However, President Bush intervened to set more lax standards after in dustry [...]]]></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>
		<dc:creator>Natural Medicine</dc:creator>
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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>July 4th Don&#8217;t Fry Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 01:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natural Medicine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To remind Americans to practice sun-safe behaviors on Memorial Day weekend and the rest of summer, EPA’s SunWise Program and the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention have designated the Friday before Memorial Day as “Don’t Fry Day.” Skin cancer is largely preventable; however, new cases of melanoma, the most deadly of skin cancers, continue [...]]]></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>
		<dc:creator>Natural Medicine</dc:creator>
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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>EPA Finds Greenhouse Gases Pose Threat to Public Health, Welfare</title>
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		<comments>http://www.naturalmedicine.com/news/community-news/epa-finds-greenhouse-gases-pose-threat-to-public-health-welfare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natural Medicine</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[air pollution]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The finding has important political implications for the management of air polution.
After a thorough scientific review ordered in 2007 by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed finding Friday that greenhouse gases contribute to air pollution that may endanger public health or welfare.  
 Based upon the court ruling, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fish the Canary in the Water</title>
		<link>http://www.naturalmedicine.com/news/animal-news/fish-the-canary-in-the-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natural Medicine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research from the EPA continues to find pharmaceuticals in fish.   In particular, fish near waste water treatment plants in urban areas were found contaminated with small amounts of drugs. Several types of dfrugs were found in the fish.  For the study, researchers collected fish from rivers that receive treated sewage in I5 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Gives $197 Million in Stimulus for Petroleum Storage Tank Clean Up</title>
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		<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>EPA Finally Strengthens Lead Air Pollution Standards</title>
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		<comments>http://www.naturalmedicine.com/news/environment-news/epa-finally-strengthens-lead-air-pollution-standards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natural Medicine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lead pollution is especially dangerous for children.
In another example of what is considered &#8220;safe&#8221; levels of exposure to toxic chemicals can change dramatically, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) dramatically strengthened the nation&#8217;s air quality standards for lead, especially for children. The new standards tighten the allowable lead level 10 times to 0.15 micrograms of lead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Bans Toxic Pesticide Carbofuran Residue on Food</title>
		<link>http://www.naturalmedicine.com/news/environment-news/epa-bans-toxic-pesticide-carbofuran-residue-on-food/</link>
		<comments>http://www.naturalmedicine.com/news/environment-news/epa-bans-toxic-pesticide-carbofuran-residue-on-food/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a long over due, and surprise move, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that residue of the toxic pesticide carbofuran on domestic or imported food will no longer be allowed.
The EPA made the short announcement on July 24.  The announcement release said in part, &#8220;Due to considerable risks associated with the pesticide carbofuran in [...]]]></description>
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