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- Best Life Magazine: Health & Fitness: Our oceans are turning into plastic...are we?
  Posted by Justonehumbletruthseeker
  Plastic is harming wildlife, especially oceanic wildlife. Some signs are obvious -- but some are harder to spot, like the miniscule pieces of plastic lurking beneath the surface. What effect does this have on us?
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- Gold Mining Executive Acquitted of Pollution in Indonesia
  Posted by Jeff from Al Jazeera
  Chief judge Ridwan Damanik told Manado's provincial court: "Pollution charges against Newmont Minahasa Raya and Richard Ness cannot be proven." The US embassy in Jakarta also welcomed the decision, saying: "This positive resolution will undoubtedly have a beneficial effect on Indonesia and foreign investor confidence." Villagers living around Buyat Bay had tumors, rashes...
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- World's most polluted cities? Try these 10
  Posted by Billbar from MSNBC
  Three Russian cities on Wednesday made the top 10 of a list they'd rather not be on: worst polluted cities of the world. The Russian cities are Dzherzhinsk, Norilsk and Rudnaya Pristan. The other cities are: Linfen, China, Haina, Dominican Republic, Ranipet, India, Mayluu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan, La Oroya, Peru, Chernobyl, Ukraine and Kabwe, Zambia. They are not ranked by level of pollution.
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- State's freshwater fish tainted, study says
  Posted by Jon from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  Toxic flame retardents in our fish. Maybe it's time to ban these chemicals.
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- China‘s growing pollution reaches U.S.
  Posted by j1o2n3a4s5 from localnewsleader.com
  Beijing is looking towards renewable energy and increasing fuel efficiency, they simply must. There are estimates that 16 of the world’s most polluted cities are in China. Some EPA estimates tell that on certain days 25 percent of California’s air pollution can be traced to China. Chinese government officials say pollution could quadruple over the next 15 years if energy use and emmissions aren’t curbed.
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- Bush Pollution Curbs Are Rated Equal to Clinton's
  Posted by Billbar from Washington Post
  The Bush administration's new program to cut harmful pollutants from utilities through a cap-and-trade system will do nearly as much to clean the nation's air as the Clinton administration's effort to make aging power plants install pollution controls when they modernize or expand, a report by the National Academy of Sciences has concluded.
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- Columbia River toxins moving up food chain
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Times
  First were the crayfish near Bonneville Dam, so loaded with toxins that scientists wondered how they could still be alive. Then researchers learned Columbia River fish were contaminated enough that nearby tribes face dramatically higher risks of disease. Scientists since have found deformed sturgeon,
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Seattle's smog levels violate federal limits

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