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Without enforcement, laws to tackle lead poisoning of little use: Toxic Neglect
2015-10-21 17:09:53| Biotech - Topix.net
In 2006, Cleveland City Council passed a law aimed at enticing landlords to voluntarily prove their homes were safe from lead-based paint hazards that continue to cause irreversible brain damage and lifelong health problems for small children. The failed effort is, in many ways, symbolic of the city's overall strategy for combating childhood lead poisoning -- well-intentioned but ineffective.
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A look at lead poisoning through the years: Toxic Neglect
2015-10-20 14:34:03| Biotech - Topix.net
The history of lead stretches back at least as far as the Roman Empire, which first used the metal to carry water in pipes. 1904: Lead is first scientifically linked to the poisoning of a dozen children exposed to flaking paint in Australia in 1892.
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Public Wi-Fi Users Neglect Basic Security Precautions Against Hackers
2015-08-04 18:57:32| Wireless - Topix.net
You've come to expect it - free public Wi-Fi everywhere you go. But if that Wi-Fi hotspot you use is provided by a con artist, you could wind up paying a steep price for the Internet connection.
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At Everglades, Obama to warn of damage from climate neglect
2015-04-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: With swampy wetlands and alligators as his backdrop, President Barack Obama will use a visit to Floridas Everglades to warn of the damage that climate change is already inflicting on the nations environmental treasures -- and to hammer political opponents he says are doing far too little about it. Obamas trip to the Everglades on Wednesday, timed to coincide with Earth Day, marks an attempt to connect the dots between theoretical arguments about carbon emissions and real-life implications....
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Cotton growers facing "neglect, abuse and poverty"
2015-04-22 12:01:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Growing cotton is failing to provide millions of farmers with a sustainable and profitable livelihood, according to a report from the Fairtrade Foundation.
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