Environment

Overdue Standards Better Protect People from Human Pesticide Tests

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today strengthened federal standards to make it harder for the chemical industry to use people as test subjects in pesticide research that is sent to EPA to help set health protection standards.

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Scientists Explore How Zinc Fights Off Infection

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Blizzard Shuts Down US Northeast

The northeastern U.S., including the cities of New York and Boston, is all but shut down as a ferocious blizzard blankets the region.

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Earthjustice Files Lawsuit To Stop Further Pollution in the Everglades

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The Everglades. For decades, polluted stormwater from huge sugar and vegetable operations has fueled nuisance vegetation...

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