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Hospitals go 'green' to cut contaminants, improve patient environment.
Hospitals may have a surprising unhealthy side -- inadvertently contributing to illness and pollution by exposing patients and staff to a witch's brew of toxins. (10-4-2006)
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Running out of breath.
If you want to grasp the enormity of the environmental challenges facing India, visit Kanpur -- shockingly polluted, overcrowded, and with a population that's still rapidly expanding. (10-4-2006)
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Was image more important than victims?
Autopsies on victims of Britain's worst water poisoning were a "worthwhile public relations exercise" only if they proved people had not suffered long-term effects, documents released to the WMN show. (10-4-2006)
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Top doctors say Trade Center dust could cause cancer.
Top New York doctors are concerned that the dust cloud that fell on the city after the World Trade Center attack could have contained cancer-causing agents. (10-4-2006)
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Report identifies 12 toxic sites.
Toxic waste has been uncovered in at least 12 Nelson-Tasman sites, including some now used for housing and recreation, according to a secret 1996 report. (10-4-2006)
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Sewage threatens marine life, says UN.
Sewage is a growing threat to oceans and seas, putting at risk marine life and habitats as the pollution problem escalates, the United Nations Environment Program says. (10-4-2006)
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Ontario lagging on water safety, report says.
A hard-hitting report said that regulations governing the use of manure and sewage sludge on farm fields have been weakened. (10-4-2006)
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The century of drought.
Drought threatening the lives of millions will spread across half the land surface of the Earth in the coming century because of global warming. (10-4-2006)
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Global warming devastates sea ice in Arctic Circle.
Sea ice in the Arctic last month melted to its second lowest monthly minimum in the 29-year record of satellite measurements. (10-4-2006)
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Study warns of stark costs of failing to counter climate change as leaders meet.
A ground-breaking study warns that the world faces paying multi-trillion pound economic costs if it does not move urgently to act on climate change. (10-4-2006)
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