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US-EPA Press Release: 8/19/2009, A Record 150 New England Communities Take Steps to Save Energy and Money - "Reflecting a growing national interest in greening local government, municipalities that join EPA’s Community Energy Challenge pledge to reduce energy consumption in their municipal facilities by at least 10 percent. Collectively, the communities participating in the Community Energy Challenge represent more than 30 percent of New England’s population."
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Winniepeg Free Press: 7/30/2009, 'BPA-Free' bottles leach chemical: study - "
Manufacturers are questioning test results that found bisphenol A in baby bottles that are being marketed as free of the chemical, which Health Canada has banned for use in bottles intended for infants." This is just one more reason to go plastic-free!
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Bangor Daily News: 7/18/2009, State identifies toxic chemicals - "The Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday released a list of about 1,700 “chemicals of high concern”— substances that pose a significant risk to human health that also are used in manufacturing common consumer goods."
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Journal Sentinel: 5/16/2009, Use of plastic bottles increases BPA in study - "Drinking cold beverages out of polycarbonate bottles significantly increases the concentration of bisphenol A found in a the body. Researchers from Harvard University and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found a 70% increase in the amount of BPA detected in the urine of college students who drank from plastic bottles made with BPA."
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Mercola: 4/21/2009, How To Avoid MSG - "Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is one of the most common and hazardous food additives on the market. MSG is reportedly more toxic than alcohol, tobacco and many drugs. MSG is an excitotoxin, so it tricks your brain into wanting to eat more and more foods containing the ingredient, even if you are already full. Side effects of MSG include: obesity, eye damage, headaches, depression, fatigue and disorientation. Food manufacturers know that health-conscious consumers try to avoid MSG, so it is oftentimes not listed in a product's ingredients. MSG is banned in organic foods. Here's a list of ingredients that ALWAYS contain MSG: Autolyzed Yeast -- Calcium Caseinate -- Gelatin Glutamate -- Glutamic Acid -- Hydrolyzed Protein -- Monopotassium Glutamate -- Monosodium Glutamate -- Sodium Caseinate -- Textured Protein -- Yeast Extract -- Yeast Food -- Yeast Nutrient"
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Washington Post: 4/17/2009, EPA Proposes Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions - "
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposal today finding greenhouse gas emissions pose a danger to the public's health and welfare, a determination that could trigger a series of sweeping regulations affecting everything from vehicles to coal-fired power plants." This is a very significant break through, lets all hope the support will come within congress.
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Canwest News Service: 4/14/2009, Health Canada makes it official: BPA is health hazard - One year after taking BPA into consideration and six months after officially banning the subtance, Canada, the first country in the world, has made it official, BPA is hazardous to human health. The U.S. FDA still considers BPA safe for food storage, do you?
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CBC News of Canada: 4/22/2008, Product bans: What do you think should be next? -
"The federal government announced that Canada will ban the import and sale of polycarbonate baby bottles containing bisphenol A (BPA)."
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Associated Press: 3/13/2008,
EPA toughens smog standards; 1 N.H. county now in violation-"The federal government says the air in (New Hampshire's) Hillsborough County is simply too dirty to breath."
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Concord Monitor: 3/11/2008, Solar energy firm leaves waste behind- "We didn't know how bad it was until things started dying."
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Concord Monitor: 3/11/2008, Getting fuel from a bug?- "It eats what nobody else will eat- cornstalks, leftover chaff from hay or whatever - and can turn it into ethanol."
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Concord Monitor: 3/10/2008, Pharmaceuticals in drinking pose long term risk- "Even users of bottled water and home filtration systems don't necessarily avoid exposure. Bottlers, some of which simply repackage tap water, do not typically treat or test for pharmaceuticals."
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Concord Monitor: 8/5/2007, Scientits warn of reproductive harm from plastics- "
So far, no governmental agency here or abroad has restricted its use."
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