"Bioterrorism, Health-Emergency Preparedness Eroding: Report"
Congress' drive to cut spending could increase the threat to US citizens' from bioterrorism as well as more common epidemics, a new study says.
Source: Wall St. Journal, 12/23/2011
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"Food Companies Petitioned To Ban New Monsanto GMO Corn"
"Opponents of Monsanto's new genetically modified sweet corn are petitioning national food retailers and processors to ban the biotech corn, which is not labeled as being genetically altered from conventional corn. A coalition of health, food safety and environmental organizations said they have collected more than 264,000 petition signatures from consumers who do not want to buy the corn."
Source: Reuters, 10/28/2011
"Climate Change Is Shrinking Species, Research Suggests"
"Climate change's laundry list of impacts — melting glaciers and rising sea levels, shifts in timing for bird migration and flower budding, a poleward shift of species — just got a new addition: shrinking species."
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Source: Green/NYT, 10/17/2011
"Trouble in Sea Bird Paradise"
"EAST SAND ISLAND, Wash. — It's been a dozen years since the federal government moved thousands of black-capped squawking seabirds here to reduce their diet of endangered fish. Things haven't exactly gone as planned."
Source: McClatchy, 09/07/2011
"Bird Flu Back on the Rise, U.N. Warns"
"Bird flu was in decline -- but health officials warned Monday that it appears to be on the rise again. The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) "urged heightened readiness and surveillance against a possible major resurgence" of the virus, which has crossed over from birds to infect 565 people and kill 331 of them since its appearance in 2003."
Source: LA Times, 08/30/2011
"Rhino Horns Put Europe's Museums on Thieves' Must-Visit List"
A rash of rhino horn thefts, "as many as 30 so far this year, have been reported in museums, galleries, antiques dealerships, auction houses and homes across Europe as criminals try to feed a growing demand in China and other Asian countries, where medicine made from ground rhino horns is believed to act as an aphrodisiac and to cure cancer and other diseases."
Source: NY Times, 08/26/2011
"Federal Officials Investigate Eagle Deaths at DWP Wind Farm"
"Pine Tree facility in the Tehachapi Mountains faces scrutiny over the deaths of at least six golden eagles, which are protected under federal law. Prosecution would be a major blow to the booming industry."
Source: LA Times, 08/03/2011
"Supreme Court Passes on Cell Tower-Bird Dispute"
"The Supreme Court chose [Monday] not to take up the question of whether a woman could sue to force the relocation of a cell phone tower in order to protect migrating birds."
Source: Greenwire, 06/28/2011
"FDA: Some Chicken May Have Small Amount of Arsenic"
"The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that some chicken meat may contain small amounts of arsenic, though the agency is stressing that the amount is too tiny to be dangerous to people who eat it."
Source: AP, 06/09/2011
"Nature's Living Tape Recorders May Be Telling Us Secrets"
"From chainsaws to flute solos, the lyrebird can mimic almost any sound it hears. But eavesdrop on this magical bird, and what it is singing can sometimes be troubling."
Source: NPR, 04/26/2011
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