In The News / Mar 9

When goods get traded, who pays for the CO2?

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Popularly, China is a villain in climate change. But while China may be leading the world in carbon emissions, that output is in large part due to the fact that it is using energy to make clothes, cars and toys for the rest of us, a new study finds.

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Va. Senate panel kills bill that would shield business from asbestos lawsuits.

A Virginia Senate committee on Monday killed a proposal championed by House Speaker William J. Howell that would have helped protect a Fortune 500 company from asbestos lawsuits.

The proposal -- one of the few that Howell (R-Stafford) put his considerable power behind -- would limit liability for Philadelphia-based Crown Cork & Seal, which employs 300 workers at a pair of plants in Virginia.

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    Swedish scientists have discovered a remarkable increase in the incidence of leukemia in people living close to an oil refinery. Lysekil is one of the largest and most modern oil refineries in Europe. Yet, during the past 10 years, communities downwind of the refinery had twice as many cases of leukemia as would be expected based on the refinery's low emissions. more…

  • Phthalates predispose mice to allergies. 4 March 2010

    Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) rubbed onto mouse skin changed the chemistry of the rodents' immune system and made them more prone to developing contact allergies, reports a new study published in the scientific journal Immunology. This is the first study to show how DBP modifies the mouse immune system to predispose it to developing a type of allergy known as contact hypersensitivity. The results support prior studies that have found a connection between phthalates and allergies. more…

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Cyber bullying rises as climate data are questioned.

The e-mails come thick and fast every time NASA scientist Gavin Schmidt appears in the press. Rude and crass e-mails. E-mails calling him a fraud, a cheat, a scumbag and much worse.

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Derived from flowers, but not benign: Pyrethroids raise new concerns.

Chemicals derived from flowers may sound harmless, but new research raises concerns about compounds synthesized from chrysanthemums that are used in virtually every household pesticide.

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Too much pavement, too little oversight: EPA to tackle stormwater runoff.

Across the country, stormwater runoff hammers thousands of rivers, streams and lakes. Communities are left to struggle with the consequences of too much pavement and too little oversight.

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