Sep
5
2010
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It turns out that a surprisingly high number of
grade schools in Japan are serving their students more than just a well-rounded education. According to the results of a survey released today,
whale meat is back on the menu at about a sixth of Japan's public elementary and junior-high schools...
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Sep
5
2010
photo: Sara Novak
A story reported in
Grist and first published in the
Salt Lake Tribune said that alarming amounts of
arsenic were found in two Utah children's urine. The girl's urine tested 50 percent above what's considered safe and the boy's tested 75 percent above acceptable levels. The culprit turne...
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Sep
3
2010
photo: Mr. T in DC via flickr
A bit of a sustainable seafood smackdown is ongoing: In a new opinion piece in the journal
Nature scientists from the University of British Columbia, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and other institutions have called out the
Marine Stewardship Council for not doing a good job at marine stewardship. As is to be expected, MSC strongly disagrees. ...
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Sep
3
2010
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In the tug of war over whether organic farming is really better than conventional chemical-laden farming, a new study in the online peer-reviewed journal
PLoS One comes out solidly in support of the benefits of organic. Self-described as the most comprehensive study of its kind, researchers from
Washington State University found that commercial organic farms produce was more...
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Dear Pablo: I have been hearing a lot of controversy around smart meters. Are the additional radio waves emitted by them a danger to my family?
A "smart meter" is an electric or gas meter that electronically transmits meter readings to the utility. Smart meters are only a small component often touted, but rarely understood "Smart Grid." Recently smart meters have been getting a lot more attention, primarily due to a small, yet vocal group of concerned Pacific...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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