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School-lunch crunch Higher food prices mean crappier cafeteria fare for kids |
Tom Philpott |
16 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: agriculture, education, food, green living, health, parenting (all these topics) |
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Bisphenol, Eh? Health Canada primed to declare bisphenol A toxic |
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15 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 2:43 PM on 15 Apr 2008 Canada's health department is expected to become the first regulatory body ever to declare chemical bisphenol A a toxic substance that humans should reduce their exposure to. BPA shows up in (and leaches from) hard plastic water bottles, aluminum cans, and other containers that consumers regularly eat and drink from. The chemical, which has been linked to reproductive anomalies, has come under some ... |
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| Topics: Canada, food, health, news, politics, toxics (all these topics) |
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Coke: Still 'it' with the kids Coca-Cola and McD's top brands among teens, study says |
Tom Philpott |
14 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: advertising, agriculture, business, food, health, industrial ag, messaging (all these topics) |
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The human side of global warming Death, disease, and infection, thanks to our friend climate change |
Joseph Romm |
11 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: air pollution, climate, climate change impacts, health, World Health Organization (all these topics) |
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Notable quotable
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David Roberts |
10 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: air travel, health, insanity, quotables (all these topics) |
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Trying to Rubber the Right Way Brazil aims to protect Amazon by using sustainably harvested rubber in condoms |
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08 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 5:53 AM on 08 Apr 2008 Photo: iStockphoto Hard up for ways to preserve the Amazon rainforest, the Brazilian government has announced it's opening a condom factory that will use rubber harvested sustainably from the imperiled rainforest -- no tree-chopping required. The latex will come from the Chico Mendes reserve, named for a well-known Amazon activist gunned down by ranching ... |
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| Topics: Amazon, Brazil, deforestation, health, news, sex (all these topics) |
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Getting distracted
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David Roberts |
07 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: Asia, health, severe weather, World Health Organization (all these topics) |
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Blog till you drop ... literally NYT says blogging can be deadly |
biodiversivist |
07 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: green living, health (all these topics) |
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Look, WHO's Talking World Health Organization says climate change bad for world health |
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07 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 6:49 AM on 07 Apr 2008 Officials at the World Health Organization used the occasion of World Health Day today to stress climate change's negative impacts on human health, warning that warming temperatures are already affecting the spread of disease. Increased temperatures have slowly expanded the range of malaria-carrying mosquitoes into new areas, including South Korea and the highlands of Papua Ne ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, health, news, World Health Organization (all these topics) |
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Skewed View from the Berkeley Hills Why Michael Pollan and Alice Waters should quit celebrating food-price hikes |
Tom Philpott |
04 Apr 2008 |
Victual Reality |
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| Topics: ag policy, agriculture, consumerism, economy, food, health, local food, politics (all these topics) |
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File under: Sherlock, No sh*t
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David Roberts |
03 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: coal, energy, health, mining, West Virginia (all these topics) |
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A new carbon sequestration method Coal and bottled water -- better together! |
Gar Lipow |
01 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: green products, coal, carbon sequestration, innovation, health, funnies (all these topics) |
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Stuff kills Chinese miners and our appetite for cheap crap |
Tom Philpott |
01 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: China, climate, consumerism, economy, energy, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, health, mining (all these topics) |
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Got food? Farmworker Awareness Week is a chance to recognize the people whose labor means we can eat |
Fawn Pattison |
31 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: agriculture, Big Ag, business, environmental justice, food, grassroots activism, health, toxics (all these topics) |
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Birds do it; bees do it NYT op-ed: pesticides wiping out songbirds |
Tom Philpott |
31 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: agriculture, extinction, food, health, organic food, US EPA (all these topics) |
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If It's Broke, Fix It EPA announces new lead standards for renovation of older buildings |
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31 Mar 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 3:04 PM on 31 Mar 2008 Contractors will have to train workers to follow "lead-safe work practice standards" when renovating or repairing older dwellings that house children or pregnant women, according to new standards introduced Monday by the U.S. EPA. The new requirements are an attempt to keep lead out of the bloodstreams of babes, as structures built before 1978 are likely to contain ... |
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| Topics: green building, green living, health, news, placemaking, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Son of global-warming denial Similarities between the skin cancer and climate change 'scams' |
Andrew Dessler |
31 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: advertising, climate, climate change skepticism, greenhouse-gas emissions, health, messaging (all these topics) |
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Notable quotable
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David Roberts |
29 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: health, jackassery, New Zealand, quotables, sex (all these topics) |
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The case for organic builds Recent studies: organic ag is just as productive, and better for you |
Tom Philpott |
27 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: agriculture, food, health, industrial ag, organic food, scientific research (all these topics) |
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Savor the irony 'Heart-healthy' pork from pigs with bad hearts |
Tom Philpott |
26 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: agriculture, food, health, insanity, Spain (all these topics) |
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Meat Wagon: Waste makes haste Canada says no to ethanol waste as cow feed, and more |
Tom Philpott |
26 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: agriculture, Arkansas, Big Ag, ethanol, food, health, industrial ag (all these topics) |
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Water problem? What water problem?
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David Roberts |
26 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: funnies, health, innovation, water crisis, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Good gone wild 700 college students and the Clinton Global Initiative in New Orleans for spring break |
Nathan Wyeth |
26 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: Bill Clinton, campus activism, climate, health, Louisiana (all these topics) |
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Everybody cut soot loose New study: Ordinary soot second biggest driver of climate change |
David Roberts |
24 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: air pollution, climate change mitigation, health, scientific research (all these topics) |
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Meat wagon: pork superbug! Antibiotic-resistant bacteria thrives in CAFO pork, and Wall Street gobbles up Big Meat shares |
Tom Philpott |
23 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: business, food, health, industrial ag, jackassery (all these topics) |
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