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Science News
December 22, 2001
Janet Raloff |
Fire Retardant Catfish? Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), fat-soluble industrial pollutants, are being found in freshwater fish. Toxicology studies are limited, but suggest that these substances can mimic hormones in the body. Tips on limiting your exposure.   |
Science News
November 3, 2001
Janet Raloff |
Bottled Water for All? U.S. households are water hogs. Responding to statistics showing that just two percent of tap water usage goes towards eating and drinking, some researchers say Americans should use less highly-treated water for bathing, washing, and watering their lawns... |
Salon.com
October 25, 2001
Mark D. Uehling |
Free drugs from your faucet How did tiny amounts of nearly every drug under the sun get into our drinking water -- and what are they doing to us? |
Salon.com
October 23, 2001
Suzy Hansen |
Stormy weather Floods, droughts, hurricanes and disease outbreaks -- an expert explains why climate changes give us yet another reason to find terror in the skies... |
Fast Company
September 2001
Fara Warner |
Where Is the Next Frontier of Innovation? Fast-paced experimentation. Distributed intelligence. Total teamwork. The scientific formula behind the new economy is still disrupting the status quo -- in this case, 20,000 leagues under the sea... |
Salon.com
July 31, 2001
Jim Fisher |
Poison Valley (Part 2) What new cocktails of toxic chemicals are brewing in the high-tech industry's "clean rooms" -- and will we ever know what harm they're causing? |
Salon.com
July 30, 2001
Jim Fisher |
Poison Valley Is workers' health the price we pay for high-tech progress? First of two parts... |
Science News
May 12, 2001
Janet Raloff |
A dietary cost of our appetite for gold New research indicates that in some regions of the world, the mining of gold produces an unrecognized toxic fallout: fish dinners laced with methylmercury... |
Salon.com
April 11, 2001
Laura Miller |
Volcano wars Nine scientists met grisly deaths in a 1993 eruption in Colombia, but the battle over who was to blame rages on... |
Salon.com
March 2, 2001
Dawn MacKeen |
Global warning Species from birds to butterflies are doing strange things, and a new report blames the behavior on the Earth's rising temperature... |
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