Doctors Call for Ban on Second-hand Smoke
LONDON, March 24 (UPI) — Britain’s Royal College of Physicians says smoking should be outlawed in all vehicles and in parks and other public places frequented by children. Such a ban is necessary to...
View ArticleDeal Reached on Ground Zero Development
NEW YORK, March 25 (UPI) — Officials and developers Thursday announced tentative agreement on a plan to construct two skyscrapers at the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York. The Port...
View ArticleE-waste Increasing in Developing World
TUCSON, May 3 (UPI) — U.S. scientists said they’ve determined developing nations will produce at least twice as much electronic waste as developed countries by 2016. A study by Assistant Professor...
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Argonne photon source lab to be upgraded ARGONNE, Ill., May 3 (UPI) — Argonne National Laboratory officials estimate the U.S. Department of Energy will spend more than $300 million to upgrade the lab’s...
View ArticleChina 'e-waste' Recycling Said Hazardous
CORVALLIS, Ore., Aug. 26 (UPI) — Much of the world’s electronic waste ends up in China for recycling, an activity creating significant health and environmental hazards, researchers say. Scientists...
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Ban on Stem Cell Research Upheld by Judge
Sept. 8, 2010 (EcoWorld) – Federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research remains blocked after a judge refused the Obama administration’s request to lift a temporary injunction. Judge Royce C....
View ArticleMcDonald’s Faces Class Action over Happy Meals
McDonald’s Corp. is facing a class action lawsuit that claims the fast-food giant baits young children into buying nutritionally poor meals. California mother of two Monet Parham says she filed the...
View ArticleMexican Drug Wars Killed 12,000 in 2010
Mexican drug wars have killed at least 12,000 people this year, officials said Friday. The Los Angeles times reported that as of Nov. 30, 12,456 people lost their lives to drug-related violence in...
View ArticleSalmaan Taseer Assassinated by Own Guard in Islamabad
Salmaan Taseer, the governor of Pakistan’s largest province, was assassinated in Islamabad by one of his security force protectors Tuesday, officials said. A report by the Associated Press of Pakistan...
View ArticleNew States Require TV and PC Recycling
Four additional states have implemented laws banning electronic waste like old computers and televisions from going to landfills. The Associated Press reported Tuesday that Vermont, New York,...
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