| Another Item for Climate Panel's To-Do List The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change would do well to cultivate contacts between its authors and reporters in poor countries. feeds.nytimes.com |
New drug-resistant superbugs found in 3 states By MARILYNN MARCHIONE 2010-09-14T01:27:27ZBOSTON (AP) -- An infectious-disease nightmare is unfolding: Bacteria that have been made resistant to nearly all antibiotics by an alarming new gene have sickened people in three states and are popping up all over the world, health officials reported Monday.... hosted.ap.org |
Discarded plastic strangles croc The Environment Department says a crocodile found dead on the banks of the Fitzroy River in central Queensland died after becoming tangled in plastic. abc.net.au |
Canada Declares BPA, a Chemical in Plastics, to Be Toxic Various groups disagree on the harmfulness of the compound, bisphenol A, which is already banned from use in baby bottles. feeds.nytimes.com |
The Bay Citizen: Bottle Ban? What Ban? Supervisors May Ask The city’s 11 current supervisors and their staff members have guzzled $4,387 worth of bottled water since the ban on using city money to buy bottled water went into effect. feeds.nytimes.com |