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New Cost-benefit Model Will Aid Efforts To Conserve Wilderness (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 11-02-2006 at 03:00:30
| A new conservation model that measures the value of ecosystem services benefiting humans -- ranging from flood control to crop pollination -- can foster more win-win solutions between wilderness advocates and landowners, according to University of British Columbia researcher Kai Chan. |
New Research House To Guide Future Home Development (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 11-02-2006 at 03:00:30
| The University of Nottingham is helping to battle climate change on the home front -- with the construction of a new experimental house on campus that will cut "greenhouse gas" emissions by 60 per cent. |
Radiation Increases Risk Of Second Primary Tumors For Childhood Survivors (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 11-02-2006 at 03:00:30
| Radiation exposure may increase the risk of brain and spinal column tumors in survivors of childhood cancer, according to a study in the November 1 Journal of the National Cancer Institute. |
Climate Change Tops Americans' Environmental Concerns (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 11-02-2006 at 03:00:30
| According to a recent MIT survey, Americans now rank climate change as the country's most pressing environmental problem -- a dramatic shift from three years ago, when they ranked climate change sixth out of 10 environmental concerns. |
Urban Sprawl Not Cause Of Human Sprawl: Study (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 11-02-2006 at 09:00:30
| As health-spending on obesity-related illnesses continues to rise in the United States, many suggest that urban planning geared towards active and healthy living could be an important tool to curb obesity. But does urban sprawl really cause human sprawl? Not according to research conducted at the University of Toronto, the London School of Economics and Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Spain. |
Household Items May Pose Danger During Pregnancy (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 11-02-2006 at 09:00:30
| What do popcorn bags, frying pans and mattresses have in common? Chemicals contained in these and other common household items may affect maternal thyroid function and may lead to impaired fetal brain development, according to PhD candidate Glenys Webster, of UBC's School of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. |
Deficiency In Exposure To Sunlight Linked To Ovarian Cancer (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 11-02-2006 at 12:00:22
| Using newly available data on worldwide cancer incidence, researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at UCSD have shown a clear association between deficiency in exposure to sunlight, specifically ultraviolet B (UVB), and ovarian cancer. |
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