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Aging well starts in womb, as mom's choices affect whole life.
Description: Research into the "developmental origins of adult disease" suggests that a mom's healthy living may help her child avoid problems such as cancer, heart disease, depression and diabetes not just in childhood, but 50 years from now.
Purity of federal 'organic' label is questioned.
Description: Shortcomings in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's program mean that consumers, who at times pay twice as much for organic products, are not always getting what they expect: foods without pesticides and other chemicals, produced in a way that is gentle to the environment.
Concerns over bisphenol A continue to grow.
Description: New animal studies link the chemical bisphenol A, which leaches from such polycarbonate plastics and food can linings, with heart arrhythmias in females and permanent damage to a gene important for reproduction. The results suggest that even adult exposures may cause harm.
EPA allows TVA to dump spilled coal ash in Alabama.
Description: The nation's largest utility can dump millions of tons of coal ash from a Tennessee spill into an Alabama landfill, federal regulators said Thursday, despite criticism that the plan is unfair to one of Alabama's poorest counties.
Chevron must halt Richmond expansion.
Description: A judge has ordered Chevron Corp. to stop work on its controversial oil refinery expansion in Richmond, handing environmentalists their biggest victory to date in a long fight over the project.
Politicians reconsider drilling off Florida coast.
Description: For years, oil production has been largely banned in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast. That's because of concerns that a major spill could devastate the state's most important industry: tourism. But now, some officials appear willing to reconsider.
Agency focused on cutting toxics loses funding.
Description: It is a miniscule slice of the state’s $27 billion budget - less than $1.5 million to fund the obscure Toxics Use Reduction Institute, part of a state-mandated program that has reduced the use of hazardous substances by local manufacturers 41 percent in its 20-year history. That funding has been eliminated.
West Virginia Supreme Court delays ruling in DuPont appeal.
Description: The West Virginia Supreme Court has delayed a ruling in DuPont Co.'s appeal of a $400 million verdict against the company for polluting the Harrison County town of Spelter. The appeal is one of the biggest cases to reach the court in recent memory.
Tiverton soil cleanup to start in fall.
Description: The remediation will mark an end to a major legal battle settled in U.S. District Court in May, which also inspired legislation signed by Governor Carcieri that raises maximum fines against corporate polluters.
Creative solutions found for some abandoned mines.
Description: Decades–old gold, silver and zinc mines have left a toxic legacy still felt today in the West. This summer, the Environmental Protection Agency celebrates a few creative solutions to get new owners to clean up and redevelop old mine sites.

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