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Japan: Food Contaminated by Fukushima Harms Animals Still
2014-09-24 22:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Even several years after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, food contaminated from the meltdown is still harming animals, according to a new study. Specifically, butterflies eating food collected from cities around the site showed higher rates of death and disease. The Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant released large amounts of radiation into the surrounding atmosphere. While no significant human health effects have been reported, scientists from the University of Rukyus in...
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In Harm's Way: Despite safety measures, workplaces can be dangerous places
2014-08-03 07:08:58| Food - Topix.net
JOHN FITZHUGH/SUN HERALDMarine salvage company employees work to raise the front half of the pogy boat Sandy Point in the Mississippi Sound on June 12, 2011.
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In Harm's Way: Despite safety measures, workplaces can be dangerous places
2014-08-03 06:29:28| Livestock - Topix.net
JOHN FITZHUGH/SUN HERALDMarine salvage company employees work to raise the front half of the pogy boat Sandy Point in the Mississippi Sound on June 12, 2011.
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Climate Change Harms Fresh Water Quality
2014-05-17 09:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Chapelboro: A study published in Global Change Biology claims that the quality of fresh water is beginning to diminish in lower elevation forests, and that climate change is to blame. The director of the Institute for the Environment, and distinguished professor of geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lawrence E. Band, states that the lower elevated watersheds are becoming greatly stressed due to the recent frequency of droughts in those areas. If we become more dependent on upper...
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We must wind back the harms of too much sugar
2014-03-10 07:18:45| Sugar Industry News
As a Telegraph analysis reveals the sugar levels in food and drink , one leading campaigner from the Action on Sugar group says people need protection from the food industry