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The Birth Control Pill Threatens Fish Reproduction

Jennifer Lance — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:28:18 +0000

An estimated 80 million women worldwide take oral contraceptives (aka “the Pill“) to “inhibit ovulation and thus prevent pregnancy”. First available to the public in the 1960s, the Pill has been pronounced as “the most significant medical advance of the 20th century”. Although the Pill revolutionized women’s health, traces of the contraceptive are ending up [...]

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NY Proposes Recycling Cooling Water at Nuclear Power Plants

Jennifer Lance — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:27:55 +0000

When one thinks of nuclear power, images of cooling towers rising into the sky come to mind. Water is needed in nuclear power production in order to cool the “waste heat” generated and in case an accident occurs. The Union of Concerned Scientists explains: For every three units of energy produced by the reactor core of [...]

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Silver Nanoparticles Can Mutate and Kill Fish Embryos

Derek Markham — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:40:49 +0000

Nanoparticles of silver are in more than 200 different products on the market as anti-microbial agents, but scientists are now questioning whether the practice is safe for our environmental and personal health. Nanoparticles, silver in particular, get washed down the drain and into our waterways, exposing fish and other aquatic life and raising big concerns [...]

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Water Supplies Tainted by Artificial Sweeteners

Jennifer Lance — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:19:21 +0000

Municipal water supplies contain “significant amounts” of artificial sweeteners, according to a new study from the Water Technology Centre in Karlsruhe, Germany.Â Featured in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, the study found water treatment does not remove the artificial sweeteners.Â Natural News writes: Researchers from the Water Technology Centre in Karlsruhe, Germany examined [...]

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Biologists Warn 3 Pesticides Harm Salmon

Jennifer Lance — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:00:30 +0000

Three common agricultural pesticides carbaryl, carbofuran and methomyl are jeopardizing the survival of salmon and steelhead in the Pacific Northwest.Â Federal biologists warn these pesticides can affect andronomous fishes’ abilities to smell, swim, grow, and avoid predators, and ultimately will kill them in certain concentrations.Â The National Marine Fisheries Service is recommending restrictions and bans [...]

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