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Rising carbon dioxide may compromise human nutrition, study says
2014-05-07 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: At the elevated levels of atmospheric CO2 anticipated by around 2050, crops that provide a large share of the global population with most of their dietary zinc and iron will have significantly reduced concentrations of those nutrients, according to a new study led by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). Given that an estimated two billion people suffer from zinc and iron deficiencies, resulting in a loss of 63 million life years annually from malnutrition, the reduction in these nutrients represents...
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Climate change is already affecting all of U.S., report says
2014-05-06 22:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Climate change is already being felt in every region of the United States, resulting in hotter summers, shorter winters, extreme precipitation, even worsening allergies that will change the way Americans live, according to a government report released Tuesday. The National Climate Assessment, mandated by Congress and published every four years to guide policymakers, offers sobering details of climate change's immediate effects. "The overall message is that climate change is happening right...
An Aspirin a day? Don't dose yourself, FDA says
2014-05-06 14:56:49| Chemicals - Topix.net
Taking an aspirin a day may help prevent heart attack or stroke in some people, but it's not for everyone - and the common drug can have serious side effects that offset the benefits.
2014 RFS Proposal is at Odds with White House National Climate Assessment, BIO Says
2014-05-06 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
BIO welcomes release of White House National Climate Assessment, because tools of biotechnology are necessary to help mitigate impacts of climate change on human health, energy, and agricultural production. According to recent BIO study, EPA's proposed rule for the Renewable Fuel Standard would increase carbon emissions for 2014 and significantly reverse progress U.S. has made in reducing carbon emissions from the transportation sector that is noted in the National Climate Assessment. This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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Grandville student who died in crash was 'finest young man I've ever met,' teacher says
2014-05-06 02:52:56| Grocery - Topix.net
Roman Aguilar-Emmons, a Grandville High School senior and Kent Career Technical Center student, spent part of his Saturday picking up along 28th Street near Burlingame in Wyoming as part of a criminal justice class service project.
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