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| November 25, 2008 |  |
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 London (UPI) Nov 22, 2008 
British city governments say they want separate collections for household food scraps to be extended across the country in a bid to reduce landfill.
Of the 434 municipal governments, or local councils, across Britain, 113 now collect food waste separately and send it to facilities to be recycled into compost rather than adding it to burgeoning landfills. The Local Government Association ... read more 
Maputo, Mozambique (UPI) Nov 23, 2008 Rats in Africa have been trained to use their sensitive noses for the benefit of humans by sniffing out land mines and diagnosing tuberculosis. The rats involved in finding land mines in Mozambique have been bred to be the size of raccoons, The Boston Globe reports. While the squads of mine-sniffing rats were mocked at first, officials are considering using them in the Democratic ... more
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Brussels (AFP) Nov 24, 2008NATO is not considering any naval blockade as a way to combat piracy off Somalia, the alliance's secretary general said Monday, after maritime groups urged international action. "Blocking ports is not contemplated by NATO," Jaap de Hoop Scheffer told reporters, adding that such action has not been endorsed by the UN Security Council. "This is, at the moment, not on the cards." NATO has ... more  
Doha, Qatar (SPX) Nov 25, 2008The 193 Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer - representing virtually all countries of the world - have agreed for the second year in a row to strengthen their treaty to provide additional protection for both the ozone layer and the climate system. The Parties will start collecting and destroying ozone-depleting substance from stockpiles and from ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 25, 2008Although Americans are becoming increasingly aware of toxic chemical exposure from everyday household products like bisphenol A in some baby bottles and lead in some toys, women do not readily connect typical household products with personal chemical exposure and related adverse health effects, according to research from the December issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. ... more  
Seattle (UPI) Nov 24, 2008 Crew members of a research ship say they were surprised to find a volcano more than 10,000 feet underwater off the coast of Washington. Jeremy Weirich, the operating officer on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship Okeanos Explorer, said the volcano was found while crew members were testing a new mapping program on underwater topography 200 miles off the Washington ... more |
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Sydney (AFP) Nov 24, 2008A new report revealed on Monday the devastating effect of settlement, irrigation and Australia's long-running drought on one of the country's biggest rivers. The assessment of the Murray-Darling Basin -- known as the "food basket" of Australia because of its high level of farming -- found that water flowing to the mouth of the Murray River had dropped from more than 12,000 gigalitres a year ... more 
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (UPI) Nov 24, 2008 Conservationists say living reef aquariums may be endangering Florida's coral reefs. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said the use of crabs, snails and other invertebrates in high-end aquariums could upset the ecology of Florida's reefs, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Monday. "There has been a change in consumer demand," biologist Jessica McCawley ... more 
New York (UPI) Nov 24, 2008 Children of families displaced by hurricanes Katrina and Rita are showing serious physical and mental health issues, a U.S. hospital study indicates. The report, released Monday by the New York's Children's Health Fund, reviewed medical records of 261 children who lived in a federally funded Baton Rouge trailer park until early summer, USA Today reported. Forty-one percent of ... more 
Dhaka (AFP) Nov 24, 2008Bangladesh's garment industry is growing rapidly despite the global economic turmoil as China loses orders due to high prices and worldwide demand for cheap clothing soars. Nearly 5,000 apparel makers here initially sought government help when some top US and European buyers postponed and cut orders in the wake of the worst financial crisis since the 1930s Great Depression. But clothing ... more |
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