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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Milkin' It More use of growth hormones would boost sustainability of dairy industry, says study		01 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 2:00 PM on 01 Jul 2008 Shooting up cows with artificial growth hormones increases the sustainability of the dairy industry, claims a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "Giving rbST to 1 million cows would enable the same amount of milk to be produced using 157,000 fewer cows," says the study, thus easing the impact that giant dairy-cow operatio ...
Topics: agriculture, air pollution, food, health, industrial ag, news, scientific research, water pollution (all these topics)

Permanent Depress Top 10 most polluted places on earth tallied by Blacksmith Institute		13 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 3:11 PM on 13 Sep 2007 China, India, and Russia are each home to two of the most polluted places on earth, with sites in Azerbaijan, Peru, Ukraine, and Zambia rounding out the top 10, says the second annual tally by the nonprofit Blacksmith Institute. Some 12 million people total live in the affected areas, which are tainted largely by chemical-weapons manufacturing, heavy-metal and coal mining, and ...
Topics: air pollution, health, news, toxics, water pollution (all these topics)

Dave's Second Law of Sustainability Politics	David Roberts	28 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Clean up coal emissions and you end up with more -- and more toxic -- coal ash. You get cleaner air, but you get ash that can't be recycled (into, e.g., concrete). You breath free, but you've got arsenic and mercury leaching into your groundwater from coal-ash landfills. Look at this vintage coal magic: There are ways to remove the pollutants from emissions without making the ash unusable [for recycling]. But that equipment can be up to four times more expensive, ...
Topics: air pollution, coal, energy, health, water pollution (all these topics)

Green movements or green paint China's central government faces a choice between democracy and eco-collapse	Jon Rynn	27 Aug 2007	Gristmill
'Choking on Growth' is the apt title of the new New York Times series on the 'human toll, global impact and political challenge of China's epic pollution crisis.' Epic, indeed. The first installment shows how 'As China Roars, Pollution Reaches Deadly Extremes.' The statistics are daunting: Public health is reeling. Pollution has made cancer China's leading cause of death... Nearly 500 million people lack access to safe drinking water. Chinese cities often seem wrapped in a ...
Topics: air pollution, China, greenhouse-gas emissions, health, international politics, politics, water pollution (all these topics)

But what about the economy?	David Roberts	15 Aug 2007	Gristmill
According to David Pimentel and his team of researchers, water, air, and soil pollution cause 40% of all deaths worldwide. (via Hugg)
Topics: air pollution, health, water pollution (all these topics)

OK, We're Moving to Iceland World Health Organization ranks countries' environmental health		14 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
OK, We're Moving to Iceland World Health Organization ranks countries' environmental health To those who think environmentalism is all about prioritizing starfish over humans, read on: Cleaning up the globe's air and water could save 13 million lives every year, according to the World Health Organization. Yesterday, WHO released a country-by-country analysis of health issues in 192 nations ...
Topics: air pollution, health, water pollution, World Health Organization (all these topics)

Hasta La Vista, Regulations Schwarzenegger Puts a Hold on Pending Environmental Regulations		19 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Hasta La Vista, Regulations Schwarzenegger Puts a Hold on Pending Environmental Regulations California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) was in office only a few hours before throwing a wrench into a number of environmental-protection efforts by placing a hold on all pending state regulations in order to review their potential impact on the state's business climate. Affect ...
Topics: air pollution, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, health, politics, water pollution (all these topics)

City Sickers City Dwellers in Asia Face Rising Tide of Pollution-Related Illnesses		14 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
City Sickers City Dwellers in Asia Face Rising Tide of Pollution-Related Illnesses Residents of urban areas throughout Asia will suffer from a broad range of serious health problems unless environmental conditions improve in a hurry, according to the World Health Organization. About 1.5 million Asians die every year from diseases related to air pollution, and many more succumb to si ...
Topics: air pollution, Asia, health, water pollution, World Health Organization (all these topics)

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