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GMO Weed Killer’s Cancer Risk
March 20. 2015, – by Mary Ellen Kustin, Senior Policy Analyst, Environmental Working Group Glyphosate – the active herbicide in the widely used Monsanto’s Roundup and Dow Agrosciences Enlist Duo weedkillers – is “probably carcinogenic to humans,” a working group of … Continue reading
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Ten Things You Need to Know if You Burn Wood
December 1, 2014-by Josh Schlossberg in the Biomass Monitor Wood heating is on the rise. 2.7 million U.S. households, making up roughly 2% of the population, are projected to burn wood as a primary heating source over the winter of 2014-2015, a … Continue reading
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Tagged air pollution, american lung association, bioenergy, biomass, cancer, fireplace, lung disease, respiratory, wood smoke, wood stove
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Studies examine potential links between coal and cancer in Eastern Kentucky
March 19, 2013-by James Bruggers in Watchdog Earth What do toenails have to with human health and the environment? Like hair, they can contain contaminants that are bodies are shedding. I once had my hair sampled for mercury and, to … Continue reading