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Reducing Greenhouse Pollutants will Save Millions of Lives

[social_buttons] New research out of the UK shows definitively that reducing greenhouse gases can save millions of lives around the world. The research makes use of case studies to demonstrate the co-benefits of tackling climate change in four sectors: electricity generation, household energy use, transportation, and food and agriculture. The studies were commissioned by the […]

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What's In Your Bloodstream?

By Dave Dempsey

[social_buttons] A two-year-old Minnesota biomonitoring program has now confirmed that residents of suburbs east of the Twin Cities have perfluorochemicals (PFCs) in their blood, although government agencies stress that the levels are only slightly higher than those in the general population. Several landfill sites where 3M formerly dumped CFC wastes leaked the chemicals into groundwater

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(Free) Green iPhone Apps Reviewed. Part 1: Free Apps

By Daniel Hohler

[social_buttons] Before I get into this topic, please read my article on cancer dedicated to someone special to me, each view constitutes a larger donation to cancer research. http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/07/27/help-me-fight-cancer/ The “green movement” is gaining some steam in the general public, and hey I am all for it. As long as it doesn’t become a fad

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Do Hot Dogs Cause Cancer? Jersey Residents Demand Warning Labels

By Jennifer Lance

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/UhwXPsTaRgc&hl=en&fs=1&] Hot dogs are gross; there’s just no getting around it. They are made from left over parts and full of nitrates. Unfortunately, they are part of American food culture, what little there is, and a summer time mainstay from ball parks to BBQs across the country. New Jersey residents have filed a class action

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Breaths of Fresh Air: Bush-Era Pollution Waivers Rejected By Courts

By Ruedigar Matthes

Power plants play a huge role in emitting pollutants that make up the ozone. This pollution browns and blackens our horizons. We call it smog. Smog has been linked to premature deaths, thousands of emergency room visits, and tens of thousands of asthma attacks each year. Pollution in the ozone is particularly dangerous to small children and the elderly, who are often warned to stay indoors on days with poor air quality due to pollutants.

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New Report Shows that Climate Change "Literally Affects People in Their Backyards"

By Ruedigar Matthes

It’s in the papers and on TV. It spreads across the Internet (including this very post), and it is finding its way into the classroom. Global climate change is nothing new. And it certainly isn’t going away. Not yet, anyway.

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Do You Know What's in Your Detergent? Activists Sue to Find Out

By Alex Felsinger

Environmental groups will sue Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, and two other chemical cleaner manufacturers later today to demand that they release the ingredients to their products. [social_buttons] Attorneys from EarthJustice will file the suit on behalf the Sierra Club and American Lung Association and four other groups. The lawsuit will be filed in New York

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Groups Try to Stop Asbestos Ship of Death from Docking in UK

By Alex Felsinger

Environmentalists are organizing a protest against the arrival of a ship in Hartlepool, England from France next week because the ship is loaded with 700 tons of toxic asbestos. [social_buttons] A Hartlepool company has been contracted to dismantle the ship, but environmental groups worry that they do not have the proper equipment or expertise to

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Canada Says Chemicals Used In Cosmetics Could Cause Cancer

By Andrew Williams

[social_buttons] In shocking news, the Canadian government has announced that two chemicals used in cosmetics are carcinogens that are severely harmful to human health. A further two chemicals found in lipstick and other personal care products have also been found to be highly toxic to the environment. The two cancer-causing chemicals, isoprene and epichlorohydrin, have

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Blue Planet Run Encourages Group Holiday Gift of Water

By Blue Planet Run

Many of us have a large circle of friends, coworkers and family members that seems to grow wider each year. As our gift list grows longer, holiday time can bring with it a sense of environmental dread. The excess packaging, wrapping paper, bows, tape, and whatnots. The time spent searching for the perfect gift for

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Shark Blood May Slow the Spread of Cancer

By Meg Hamill

Scientists in Australia have discovered antibodies in the blood of sharks that could potentially prove effective in battling cancer. [social_buttons] It has been discovered that the antibodies (molecules that fight disease) in sharks are extremely resilient and researchers hope that this quality can be isolated to help slow the spread of cancer, malaria, and other

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New California Law Protects Farms Against Genetic Engineering Threats

By Meg Hamill

This is a guest post by Meg Hamill, a freelance writer who also works at LandPaths in partnership with the Open Space District of Sonoma County, California. California passes its first law protecting farmers who have not been able to prevent GE contamination of their non GE crops. We’ve all heard the horror stories: A

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Study Shows Mad Cow Disease Can be Genetic

By Alex Felsinger

[social_buttons] Previously believed to be a food-borne disease, researchers have discovered that some cows are genetically predisposed to contract bovine spongiform encephalopathy. The report shows that up to 48,000 cattle in the United States alone could carry the gene. The study concludes that even under the best grass-fed, grazing conditions, cows could still contract the

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Blue Planet Run: Walk or Cycle 30-Mile Challenge

By Blue Planet Run

Run, Walk or Cycle 30 miles within 30 days starting October 1 to provide safe drinking water to 1,200 kids for life! Register now, it’s easy. You can form a team, find a team or go solo. Cover all of your 30 miles in one shot or spread it out over the entire month! Go

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Blue Planet Run’s Water Champion Makes A Big Splash In The News!

By Blue Planet Run

The team at Blue Planet Run would like to share their perspective of an amazing young woman who goes the distance to help others. We have been in awe of Katie Spotz for quite some time for all that she does for Blue Planet Run. She ran as part of a four-person team for the

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Blue Planet Run Foundation: Peer Water Exchange Reports that Access to Safe Water Brings Health and Happiness to Kenyan Hospital

By Blue Planet Run

This guest post comes to us from the Blue Planet Run Foundation. Annette Fay visited Blue Planet Run’s project in Kisii, a crowded town nestled on top of a hilly, green part of the Kenyan countryside. The news from the completed water project demonstrates just how immense the impact of safe drinking water can be

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Have Eco-Anxiety? You Probably Do, But There’s Hope

By Max Lindberg

More and more people are showing up at their therapists these days with signs of what is called eco-anxiety, or fear concerning environmental issues. Santa Fe, NM therapist Melissa Pickett says this unrest has been growing in the last two years, and may be the tip of the iceberg. Michael d’Estries wrote about Melissa in

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Worst way to die. Ever.

By Aaron Brodeur

Hey Diggers! Here’s reason #42 why this site is better than yours. And, my weekly non-green bit of bizarrary brings us to Germany and the scene of one of the creepiest ways to die around… A MAN who lived in his own “zoo” of lizards and insects was fatally bitten by a pet black widow

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