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Atrazine: Syngenta's Herbicide Doesn't Just Poison Frogs - It Could Give You Cancer

F William Engdahl | Ecologist | June 2, 2014

Tyrone Hayes has fought a 15-year battle with Syngenta following his discovery that its herbicide Atrazine scrambles sex in frogs, writes F William Engdahl. Now he wants to know - is Atrazine the cause of the US's 2-fold reproductive cancer excess among Blacks and Hispanics?...

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Canada Kicks Up A Fracking Fuss As Govt Body Slams Poor Research

Staff Writer | RT News | May 1, 2014

A new report by Environment Canada, a governmental body, admits there is too little scientific information on the effects of hydraulic fracturing on the environment and human health.  The report by 14 international experts was compiled at the request of Environment Canada to consider the pollution impacts of the exploration and extraction of Canada’s shale gas resources.

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Canada Tar Sands Linked To Cancer In Native Communities, Report Says

Renee Lewis | Aljazeera America | July 8, 2014

Canada’s tar sands development, in the Alberta province, has been linked to environmental contaminants in wildlife and increasing incidences of cancer in indigenous communities, a new report released this week said...

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Cancer Deaths Double In Argentina's GMO Agribusiness Areas

Lawrence Woodward | The Ecologist | August 24, 2014

Sharply increased levels of crop spraying in Argentina's most intensively farmed areas have resulted in a public health disaster, writes Lawrence Woodward, with large increases in cancer incidence. And it's all the result of the widespread use of GMO crops engineered for herbicide resistance...

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How To Stop Solar-Power Plants From Incinerating Birds

Todd Woody | The Atlantic | April 28, 2014

A federal report calls California's Ivanpah solar power plant a "mega-trap" for wildlife. Even solar panels can prove a fatal avian attraction.

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New Species Of Metal-Munching Plant Found In Philippines

Staff Writer | RT News | May 12, 2014

Scientists in the Philippines have discovered a plant that can absorb large amounts of metal without itself being poisoned, a species called the Rinorea niccolifera, that can be used to clean up polluted soils and harvest commercially viable metals.  

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Ohio City To Continue Water Ban After New Tests

John Seewer | ajc.com | August 4, 2014

New tests Sunday showed some toxins still contaminating Lake Erie, leaving regional water supplies off limits and some 400,000 residents in parts of Ohio and Michigan headed into a third day of scrambling to stock up on drinking, cooking and bathing water...

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Open TreeMap Launches In Canada, Adds Stewardship Activities And Green Infrastructure Tracking

Press Release | Azavea | May 9, 2014

Azavea, a geospatial analysis (GIS) software development company, announces the launch of OpenTreeMap, its collaborative platform for crowdsourced tree inventory, ecosystem services calculations, urban forestry analysis in Edmonton, Canada...

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The Ocean Floor Is Littered With Humanity's Garbage

John Metcalfe | The Wire | May 2, 2014

Down at the bottom of the ocean, it's not just thermal vents and whale bones. There's a vast accumulation of bottles, plastic bags, and other human-generated rubbish – perhaps the world's largest hidden waste dump, drifting on the currents for a virtual eternity...

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