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Scientists cry fowl over the FDA's regulatory failure | Richard Schiffman
Overuse of antibiotics in factory farming kills thousands every year, yet the industry is force-feeding chickens pharmaceuticalsIn 2005, the antibiotic fluoroquinolone was banned by the FDA for use in...
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The Fukushima nuclear plant's slow recovery offers lessons to the US
Despite the Japanese PM's optimistic assessment of Fukushima, experts have new worries about the plant's recoveryIn December, Japan's prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda, declared that "a cold shutdown" had...
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On Memorial Day, let's remember the environmental veterans of war | Richard...
Our conflicts leave a trail of toxic waste, from Agent Orange to depleted uranium, that kills soldier and civilian alike for decadesLet's face it, war is a dirty business. I'm not talking about the...
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How California's GM food referendum may change what America eats | Richard...
The vast majority of Americans want genetically modified food labelled. If California passes November's ballot, they could get itLast month, nearly 1m signatures were delivered to county registrars...
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What to do about the growing menace of adverse drug reactions | Richard...
With doctors often ill-informed about side-effects, self-regulation by the pharmaceutical industry is no remedyWhen I checked myself into the emergency room at my local hospital suffering from a panic...
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The 2012 election's only bipartisan consensus: not to talk climate change |...
Don't expect global warming to come up in the presidential debates: our politicians have not caught up with public opinionThere are a lot of big issues that you won't be hearing much about during the...
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America's nuclear safety under scrutiny after Oyster Creek's Sandy alert |...
US nuclear regulators model risk from seismic activity or flooding based on past history. That's leaving way too much to luckWe know the bad news about superstorm Sandy: the Jersey shore was devastated...
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Election 2012: America's new mandate on climate change | Richard Schiffman
In an election year already marked by extreme weather events, Superstorm Sandy put the environment back on the US agendaFor Americans concerned about the environment, disaster was avoided on Tuesday....
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How BP's historic Deepwater Horizon fine will be paid by the US military |...
The US justice department says its fine on BP is exemplary, but the oil giant makes more in profits from military contracts aloneAn explosion Friday on a rig in the Gulf owned by Houston-based Black...
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Lisa Jackson's legacy at the Environmental Protection Agency | Richard Schiffman
The lauded EPA chief departs an agency that has reasserted its regulatory authority. But her successor faces major challengesAs Lisa Jackson gets ready to step down as head of the EPA shortly after the...
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Would you like flame retardant in your soft drink? | Richard Schiffman
Well, in the US you're getting it anyway. But not for much longer – as an online petition against the BVO additive catches fireNobody pretends that sodas are a health food. But until recently, there...
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'Frackademia': how Big Gas bought research on hydraulic fracturing | Richard...
Thanks to fossil fuel industry sponsorship, we know all about the benefits of natural gas – but we don't have the data on its risksLast week, the oil company Chevron took out a full-page ad in the...
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Can the new EPA chief stop Obama approving the Keystone XL pipeline? |...
Gina McCarthy's promotion at the EPA will not allay fears that a recent State Department report means KXL is now a done dealEnvironmentalists got some bad news when the State Department released a...
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Two years on, America hasn't learned lessons of Fukushima nuclear disaster |...
America should not be depending on luck to save its citizens from Fukushima-like nuclear accidentsTens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Tokyo on Saturday carrying banners reading,...
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Grassroots campaigns can stop fracking one town at a time | Richard Schiffman
City councils and local activists have stymied shale gas mining in New York, and could prove an example for others to followReaders of the New York Daily News were treated to a little unsolicited...
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President Obama is talking big on climate change, but will he act? | Richard...
Obama's climate change goals are ambitious and welcome, but his remaining political capital might not be enough to get it done"If Congress won't act soon to protect future generations," President Obama...
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The Fukushima nuclear plant's slow recovery offers lessons to the US
Despite the Japanese PM's optimistic assessment of Fukushima, experts have new worries about the plant's recoveryIn December, Japan's prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda, declared that "a cold shutdown" had...
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On Memorial Day, let's remember the environmental veterans of war | Richard...
Our conflicts leave a trail of toxic waste, from Agent Orange to depleted uranium, that kills soldier and civilian alike for decadesLet's face it, war is a dirty business. I'm not talking about the...
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How California's GM food referendum may change what America eats | Richard...
The vast majority of Americans want genetically modified food labelled. If California passes November's ballot, they could get itLast month, nearly 1m signatures were delivered to county registrars...
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What to do about the growing menace of adverse drug reactions | Richard...
With doctors often ill-informed about side-effects, self-regulation by the pharmaceutical industry is no remedyWhen I checked myself into the emergency room at my local hospital suffering from a panic...
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