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| Aging well starts in womb, as mom's choices affect whole life. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
