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The effects of climate change have driven women in communities in coastal areas in poor countries like the Philippines into dangerous work, and sometimes even prostitution, a UN official said.
Maryland’s Old Carolina Farm admitted they sold animals for slaughter for use as human food before drug withdrawal times expired, resulting in illegal drug residues. They also admitted they didn’t maintain records for animal medical treatment or drug inventory. FDA said the defendants can’t sell adulterated animals or use drugs in animals in which such drugs are expressly forbidden
Green Foam aims to reduce demand for new polyurethane by recycling the considerable amount of waste produced when shaping a surfboard from a slab of foam. Old surfboards can be recycled as well. Matt Biolos, a leading surfboard shaper expects they could easily become 10 to 15 percent of his annual production of 8,000 boards. “The demand is surprising,” he said.
Sunscreen cosmetics paint food and drug additive TiO2 also know as Titanium Dioxide is causing a big stir. Robert Schiestl, a professor of pathology, at UCLA's radiation oncology and environmental health sciences says, "The novel principle is that titanium by itself is chemically inert. However, when the particles become progressively smaller, their surface, in turn, becomes progressively bigger
The reports conclude the stuff we buy and the packaging that comes with the stuff we buy represent our biggest contribution to global warming. Far more than the amount of electricity our stuff uses, or the amount of fuel our cars burn on the road. Sometimes the best answer is to reuse.
Its been almost five years since a tsunami pounded Southeast Asia. What has happened since the big relief moneys dried up? Who is left to rebuild these areas in a positive and sustainable way. “Equipping stricken villagers with computers, English classes, business and tour guide skills empower them with abilities that could be put to other uses when tourism fluctuates or flounders,” Bodhi Garrett
Durable and decorative as they are, spider plants tend to be taken for granted. According to a team of Penn State scientists, though, the plants may be performing a vital service: removing ozone from indoor air. That may also be true of snake plants and golden pothos.
