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Saturday, October 11, 2008

Health officials: Don't panic over chromium 6 (The Monterey County Herald)	Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:02:35 GMT
SANTA CRUZ — After meeting with Davenport residents to discuss the airborne levels of chromium 6, a carcinogenic chemical believed to have come from the Cemex plant, health officials Wednesday encouraged the public not to panic. more...

Binge drinking linked to breast cancer (The New Zealand Herald)	Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:30:00 GMT
A leading surgeon says breast cancer rates could soar unless young women cut back on binge drinking - and that mammograms are being "oversold". more...

LPCS addresses playground concerns (Adirondack Daily Enterprise)	Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:16:50 GMT
LAKE PLACID - Lake Placid Central School officials are taking steps to address the issue of the wooden castle-style playground at the elementary school that may be leaching arsenic, a potentially harmful chemical. more...

Is it green? If only there were a way to tell (San Francisco Chronicle)	Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:25:56 GMT
The other day I walked to my neighborhood store to buy dish soap. This is not in itself an essay-worthy fact, though I probably could have squeezed out a couplet about my peaceful walk through leafy streets, carrying my canvas shopping bag and listening to... more...

Healthy skin from the outside in (Westerly Sun)	Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:18:49 GMT
Holly is available Monday through Saturday. Call today to set up your appointment: 860-536-3880, Stonington Natural Health Center, Your Place for Health & Healing, at Quiambaug Cove, 107 Wilcox Road, Suite 103, Stonington, Connecticut. more...

Are you safe in the places you go for comfort and safety? (Belleville News-Democrat)	Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:08:24 GMT
The place you go for comfort and safety -- is it loaded with danger zones? more...

Water agency kept uranium contamination secret (Orange County Register)	Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:14:59 GMT
Metropolitan water district knew of radioactive contamination at Hayfield site for eight years. Agency says the problem is not a "show-stopper." more...

Links (EUActiv)	Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:54:45 GMT
These are "only the first substances of very high concern identified through the formal process," stressed ECHA Executive Director Geert Dancet, adding that new proposals were being prepared and that the candidate list would be updated. more...

Anti-Processed Meat Campaign Is As Extreme As the Pro-Vegan, Animal Rights Group Behind It (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)	Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:29:00 GMT
A petition to ban processed meats from the school lunch program is as extreme as the pro-vegan, animal rights group behind it, said American Meat Institute (AMI) Foundation President Randy Huffman, Ph.D. more...

What Causes Cell Defenses To Crumble? (Medical News Today)	Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:07:41 GMT
Pacific Grove (CA)/Leipzig. Researchers have for the first time identified complete gene sequences and function of two proteins in mussels that play a key defensive role against environmental toxicants. more...