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Unhealthy habits could cut your pay
2013-08-04 06:34:28| Chemicals - Topix.net
Most everyone is aware of the danger smoking poses to your body, but what about to your job prospects? Experts warn that the costs of unhealthy behaviors are not likely to be tolerated by employers for much longer.
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Singapore air pollution soars to 'very unhealthy' levels
2013-06-19 16:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Singapore's air pollution level rose to "very unhealthy" levels late on Wednesday, with the main pollution index hitting the highest on record, as smoke from Indonesian forest fires enveloped the city-state. The Pollution Standards Index (PSI) soared to 290 at 9:00 p.m. local time (1300 GMT), up from 190 just an hour earlier. A PSI reading above 300 indicates "hazardous" air quality and 201-300 means "very unhealthy". The 290 level is also above the previous 226 record reached in Singapore in 1997...
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Americans still making unhealthy choices: CDC
2013-05-22 01:23:03| Biotech - Topix.net
The overall health of Americans isn't improving much, with about six in 10 people either overweight or obese and large numbers engaging in unhealthy behaviors like smoking, heavy drinking or not exercising, a new government report shows.
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EPA to propose rules slashing unhealthy emissions from cars
2013-03-29 04:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Obama administration will propose on Friday long-awaited rules to slash smog-forming emissions from gasoline that have been linked to lung and heart ailments, health groups and an environmental regulator source said on Thursday. The Environmental Protection Agency will propose the so-called Tier 3 rules that will require refiners to reduce the sulfur content of gasoline to 10 parts per million by 2017 from the current standard of 30 ppm, an agency source said on condition of anonymity. Reducing...
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Sugar-coated pitches for unhealthy food
2013-03-28 03:04:31| Beverages - Topix.net
A can of Coke contains roughly nine teaspoons of sugar. Lunchables were created as a way to revive a flagging interest in bologna.