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Focusing on Air Quality Could Prevent 2.1 million deaths per year
Posted: June 16, 2015Improving air quality — in clean and dirty places — could potentially avoid millions of pollution-related deaths each year. That finding comes from a team of environmental engineering and public…
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We need to consider nature as capital to become more sustainable
Posted: June 16, 2015Researchers today outlined in a series of reports how governments, organizations and corporations are successfully moving away from short-term exploitation of the natural world and embracing a long-term vision of…
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Human Health Risks associated with Climate Change
Posted: June 15, 2015From heat waves to damaged crops to asthma in children, climate change is a major public health concern, argues a Michigan State University researcher in a new study. Climate change is…
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EPA Tries to Regulate Airplane Emissions
Posted: June 15, 2015The Environmental Protection Agency took its first steps toward regulating the greenhouse gas emissions that escape airplane engines and pollute the atmosphere. The EPA intends to update the Clean Air…
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Physical activity is good for you, should it be a public health policy priority?
Posted: June 15, 2015Lack of physical activity – along with unhealthy diets – are key risk factors for major non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and diabetes, according to the World Health…
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Dogs don't like people who are not nice to their owners!
Posted: June 14, 2015Dogs do not like people who are mean to their owners, Japanese researchers said Friday, and will refuse food offered by people who have snubbed their master.The findings reveal that…
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How old is the Grand Canyon?
Posted: June 13, 2015The age of the Grand Canyon (USA) has been studied for years, with recent technological advances facilitating new attempts to determine when erosion of this iconic canyon began. The result…
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Pacific Fisher needs protection
Posted: June 12, 2015In response to a petition and lawsuit from the Center for Biological Diversity, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife today recommended state Endangered Species Act protection for the fisher in the southern…
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Spider and Centipede Venom Could Help us Fight Pain and Cancer
Posted: June 12, 2015Certain spiders and centipedes—despite being separated by more than 500 million years—have independently evolved the same type of venom from an insulinlike hormone. The find, reported today, could lead to…
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Eating Nuts IS good for you!
Posted: June 11, 2015It‘s not often that a simple, doable thing comes along that’s also incredibly good for you, but I think this is it: eat a half a handful of nuts every…
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