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Europe Needs Genetically Engineered Crops, Scientists Say
April 25, 2013 The European Union cannot meet its goals in agricultural policy without embracing genetically engineered crops. That's the conclusion of scientists based on case studies showing that the EU is ... > full story -
Scientists Advocate a Simple, Affordable and Accurate Technology to Identify Threats from Sea-Level Rise
April 25, 2013 Researchers are calling for the global adoption of a method to identify areas that are vulnerable to sea-level rise. The method, which utilizes a simple, low-cost tool, is financially and technically ... > full story -
A Simple Solution to Air Pollution from Wood-Burning Cookstoves
April 24, 2013 Wood-burning cookstoves, used by millions of people worldwide, cause air pollution, disease and death. A team of university students studied the problem and came up with a simple, low-cost solution: ... > full story -
Study Reveals Alcohol Industry Tactics to Influence Alcohol Policy Reform in Scotland
April 23, 2013 The alcohol industry misrepresented international evidence on effective alcohol control measures in an attempt to influence the Scottish Government's public health policy to its advantage, according ... > full story -
Scientists Reveals Escalating Cost of Forest Conservation
April 23, 2013 New research illustrates how changes to farming could dramatically increase future costs of ... > full story -
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Health Impact Assessments Prove Critical Public Health Tool: Best Way to Gauge Impact of Gas Drilling on Communities
April 22, 2013 As natural gas drilling expands, policymakers, communities and public health experts are turning to health impact assessments to predict the effects of gas drilling on communities, according to a new ... > full story -
Combating H7N9: Using Lessons Learned from Recent Studies on H5N1
April 22, 2013 Researchers have developed a series of messages for policy makers that are highly relevant to the current ... > full story -
Nitrogen Has Key Role in Estimating Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Land Use Change
April 19, 2013 A new global-scale modeling study that takes into account nitrogen -- a key nutrient for plants -- estimates that carbon emissions from human activities on land were 40 percent higher in the 1990s ... > full story -
'First Step' in Addressing Effects of Climate Change
April 18, 2013 A new report on potential effects of climate change uses existing observations and science-based expectations to identify how climate change could affect habitats, plants and animals within the ... > full story -
Despite Superbug Crisis, Progress in Antibiotic Development 'Alarmingly Elusive'
April 18, 2013 Despite the desperate need for new antibiotics to combat increasingly deadly resistant bacteria, the US Food and Drug Administration has approved only one new systemic antibiotic since the Infectious ... > full story
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