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  1. October 13, 2008

    ENVIRONMENT: EPA’s Hormonal Ups and Downs

    Warning: the following contains an actual example of environmental advocates agreeing with the chemical industry. Both sides say that the Environmental Protection Agency’s new Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program is flawed. Read more

  2. September 30, 2008

    ENVIRONMENT: Dangerous Disease, Dangerous Remedy

    On the night of September 10, low-flying planes blanketed parts of Nassau County, New York, in a fine mist of Scourge, a mosquito-killing pesticide containing the pyrethroid resmethrin. It was the first time in a decade that concerns over West Nile virus prompted the county to conduct aerial spraying. The problem, though, as any good horror movie fan will tell you, is that the treatment may present more problems than the virus itself. Read more

  3. September 29, 2008

    ENVIRONMENT: Auditioning to be the Anti-Gore

    Climate change deniers in search of their own Al Gore-like figurehead have an unlikely candidate: Václav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic, who is touring the United States this week. Read more

  4. September 12, 2008

    ENVIRONMENT: California a Step Ahead in Pesticide Control

    The environmental impact of pesticides containing pyrethroids is causing alarm in California where a small aquatic animal, which serves as a sort of canary in the coal mine, is dying off due to soil contaminated by lawn chemicals. And what’s true for California may be true throughout the nation, authorities say. Read more

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