Prenatal exposure to pollution harmful for kids

Source: Wonder Woman India

Researchers included repeated evaluations of 162 asthmatic children aged between six and 15 years and their mothers. The mothers' residences during pregnancy were geocoded and pollutant concentrations were obtained from the Aerometric In ...
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Highwood museum reopens two years after fire

Source: Calgary Herald

HIGH RIVER — Walking among the displays at the newly reopened Museum of the Highwood in High River, it’s easy to forget the calamity that befell the facility on July 28, 2010. Except for a few pictures and a display case of soot-c ...
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Poleward-shifting climate zones - where are they headed and why?

Source: Humanitarian News

The Earth's principal climatic zones appear to be shifting poleward. If this continues, as climate models project, the weather patterns that give rise to deserts in the subtropics, and stormy wet weather in the mid-latitudes, will ...
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New research from last week 21/2012

Source: AGW Observer

This week we have few paleoclimate studies. There’s atmospheric carbon dioxide record from Antarctic ice core, faint young sun problem review, the paper on storegga tsunami and 8.2 ka cold event, and one on the role of methane release in end-Triassic ma ...
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What coal mining can do for our country

Source: Silicon India

Coal mining in the past was not as environmentally friendly, or regulated. There were a number of different coal mining methods used in the past. Coal mining in the past was not as safe as the current mining methods used. Coal ...
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Avon-Fragrances-Imari (3 lippies, 74 reviews)

Source: Make Up Alley

I dont like the way people always put this fragrance down, because it really isnt THAT bad. Its definitely not something I would wear in the summer time, but its a perfect scent for winter evenings. A nice ...
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Chicago breaks heat record with 95-degree day

Source: Chicago Sun-Times

A new high temperature for May 27 has been set in Chicago. The record high temperature for the date had been 94 degrees, set in 1911, according to the National Weather Service. As of 2:51 p.m. Sunday, the official temperature in C ...
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Boulder County residents with asthma, other lung diseases urged to limit outdoor activity

Source: Daily Camera

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is urging people in Boulder County and elsewhere along the Front Range with lung disease, including asthma, to reduce prolonged or heavy outdoor activity t ...
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Sunita Narain: Pollution, the great leveller

Source: Business Standard

It’s unfortunate that instead of fighting pollution and demanding change, the city’s rich and famous – many drive big cars and run them on subsidised diesel – think they can opt out of this “dirty” system and even generate th ...
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