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By ALAN FINDER
LOS ALTOS, Calif. — “Can we take a look at your backpack?”
Ana Homayoun repeats that question countless times a day. No, she does not screen airline passengers or work security at a basketball arena.
Ms. Homayoun is a tutor. She helps teenagers with subjects like math and science, but she particularly specializes in teaching boys how to become more organized.
One afternoon in her cozy office suite in this affluent.. Read More
Environment Related | 01.5.08
Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:53 PM ET
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A new porous material can soak up heavy metals from liquids like a sponge, U.S. researchers said on Thursday, offering a host of potential uses including removing pollutants such as mercury or lead from water.
The material is an aerogel, a type of rigid foam made from a gel in which most of the liquid has been replaced by gas.
"What we've made is a new kind of aerogel that is ma.. Read More
Environment Related | 07.28.07
Earth Times
Wednesday June 27, 2007
As the first trial in Vaccine Court explores the relationship between vaccines and autism, a new survey released today indicates a strong correlation between rates of neurological disorders, such as ADHD and autism, and childhood vaccinations.
The survey, commissioned by Generation Rescue, compared vaccinated and unvaccinated children in nine counties in Oregon and California. Among more than 9,000 boys age 4-1.. Read More
Environment Related | 06.27.07
Fri Jun 8, 2007 2:01PM EDT
By Nita Bhalla
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The world's wild tigers are on a "catastrophic" path to extinction as numbers continue to decline because of increased poaching, habitat destruction and poor conservation efforts by governments, a new report has said.
In less than a century, Asia's largest predator has been relegated to isolated populations residing in only 7 percent of the areas they once occupied, according to a re.. Read More
Environment Related | 06.8.07
By B. Williams
Many people will remember a famous TV ad where a woman races to her washing machine, fabric softener in hand, only to arrive just as the wash ends. This woman who "forgot to ad the fabric softener" was actually doing herself and her family a favor.
Although they may make your clothes feel soft and smell fresh, fabric softener and dryer sheets are some of the most toxic products around. And chances are that the staggering 99.8 per.. Read More
Environment Related | 06.8.07
WP: What few contaminated products FDA discovers are often shipped again
By Rick Weiss
The Washington Post
Updated: 11:34 p.m. ET May 19, 2007
Dried apples preserved with a cancer-causing chemical.
Frozen catfish laden with banned antibiotics.
Scallops and sardines coated with putrefying bacteria.
Mushrooms laced with illegal pesticides.
These were among the 107 food imports from China that the Food and Drug Administration detained at U.S. ports .. Read More
Environment Related | 05.20.07
Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:18 AM ET
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Evidence that pesticides can cause Parkinson's disease is stronger than it has ever been after a meeting of experts who have put together links in animals and people, scientists say.
One study shows that farm workers who used the common weedkiller paraquat had two to three times the normal risk of Parkinson's, a degenerative brain disease that eventually .. Read More
Environment Related | 04.23.07
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