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| Russian boys who drink locally produced milk, are breast-fed for more than three months or live near shut-down factories have higher exposures to banned pesticides, according to new research. The goal of the work was to figure out why some Russian children have extremely high exposures to these chemicals. More... Drugs found in Lake Michigan, miles from sewage outfalls. Prescription drugs are contaminating Lake Michigan two miles from Milwaukee’s sewage outfalls, suggesting that the lake is not diluting the compounds as most scientists expected, according to new research. Environmental Health News Bald eagles are back in a big way and the talons are out. After nearly being wiped out, inadvertently, by strong insecticides that were in widespread use until the 1970s, bald eagles have come roaring back in places like the James River, south of Richmond, Va. Today the raptors fly around together, hang out in communal roosts and are fiercely competitive. Morning Edition, NPR. China's newest market opportunity: pollution control. The Chinese government recently announced that it will invest $275 billion—an amount equivalent to Hong Kong’s GDP—over the next five years to combat air pollution. But many in China aren’t prepared to wait, and are taking matters into their own hands. The Atlantic Native Americans camp out to protest Wisconsin mining project. In the far north of Wisconsin, near Lake Superior, some Native Americans are protesting a proposed mining project. They claim it would threaten their lands and water. All Things Considered, NPR. Safeway to pay $600,000 fine, trim emissions at stores. Safeway has agreed to reduce air pollution caused by its refrigeration equipment at 659 stores and pay a $600,000 fine as part of a settlement reached Wednesday in the federal court in San Francisco. San Francisco Chronicle, California. Carnival, EPA reach pact to curb cruise ship air pollution. Federal regulators have reached a tentative deal with Carnival Corp. on a plan to reduce air pollution from nearly a third of its cruise ships, but the accord comes too late to reverse at least a temporary loss of lucrative cruise business for Baltimore. Baltimore Sun, Maryland. Scientist cleared of libel in Taiwan court. A Taiwanese environmental engineer sued for suggesting a link between a petrochemical company's emissions and cancer rates was today cleared of libel by a court. Nature Good hygiene may be to blame for soaring Alzheimer's. Researchers have linked the "hygiene hypothesis" – the idea that lack of exposure to germs, viruses and parasites harms the immune system – to rising rates of dementia in richer nations. The Telegraph, United Kingdom. World set to use much more wastewater. The world is set to use far more treated wastewater to help irrigate crops and feed a rising population as fresh water supplies dry up, a team of U.N.-backed experts said on Thursday. Reuters Report: Climate change putting fish at risk. Freshwater fish are dying in New Hampshire and Maine due to extreme weather events coupled with rising water temperatures from climate change, creating environmental and economic hazards, fishing experts say. Portsmouth Herald, New Hampshire. Neighbors call for notice when fracking moves in next door. The practice of hydraulic fracturing is something typically associated with fields and open land. But it's not uncommon in Colorado and other states for a residential neighborhood to become the site of oil and gas activity. All Things Considered, NPR. Fracking practices to blame for Ohio earthquakes. Wastewater from the controversial practice of fracking appears to be linked to all the earthquakes in a town in Ohio that had no known past quakes, research now reveals. LiveScience Iron ore mines underneath Kiruna, Sweden, have caused cracks – officials are relocating whole city. For more than 100 years, one of the world’s largest iron ore mines has provided Kiruna with jobs and wealth. But as mining operations have expanded, cracks have started appearing in the city centre, threatening the foundations of the buildings. The Independent, United Kingdom. Northwest salmon: Tribes work to restore habitat. It has been about a year since the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission report "State of Our Watersheds" was released in September 2012. In it, the commission outlined the ways that salmon habitat was being degraded even as restoration efforts continued. Indian Country Today Media Network Connecticut lobstermen brace for first Long Island Sound shutdown. Connecticut’s lobstermen are bracing for the start of the Long Island Sound fishery’s first-ever seasonal shutdown. The closure is set to begin Sunday and extend to Nov. 28 in an attempt to give the Sound’s depleted lobster population a chance to rebuild. New York WCBS TV, New York. PCB site in Pointe-Claire: Quebec’s environment minister approves Reliance’s plan for cleanup. The Quebec government has approved a cleanup plan for a Pointe-Claire warehouse that has been illegally storing thousands of litres of PCB-contaminated oil for more than a decade. Montreal Gazette, Quebec. Changes to poultry rules are flawed, report says. The U.S. Agriculture Department’s plan to change its poultry inspection procedures relied on incomplete and antiquated data, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office released on Wednesday. New York Times [Registration Required] Tsunami study finds Southern California at risk. A large tsunami hitting California would cause major flooding in Long Beach and parts of Orange County and force 750,000 people to evacuate coastal areas in just a few hours, according to an extensive simulation published Wednesday by the U.S. Geological Survey. 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