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| Daily links to top stories in the news about environmental health. Radar antennae reveal how disease and pesticides are harming bees navigation. Honey bees are being fitted with tiny radar antennae to find how disease and pesticides are effecting the insects as they hunt for food. The researchers have found that the insects become disorientated and have trouble navigating when exposed to controversial pesticides called neonicotinoids. The Telegraph, United Kingdom. The poison pill in India's search for cheap food. Nearly a decade ago, the Indian government ruled out a ban on the production and use of monocrotophos, the highly toxic pesticide that killed 23 children this month in a village school providing free lunches under a government-sponsored program. Reuters A race to save the orange by altering its DNA. In 2005, a disease that ravages citrus crops around the world reached Florida's stories groves. Growers took desperate measures. Nothing seemed to work. Can they benefit from genetic engineering? And will the public accept that? New York Times [Registration Required] Internal EPA report highlights disputes over fracking and well water. In an internal EPA PowerPoint presentation obtained by the Tribune/Los Angeles Times Washington Bureau, staff members warned their superiors that several wells near Dimock, PA, had been contaminated with methane and substances such as manganese and arsenic, most likely because of local natural gas production. Los Angeles Times [Registration Required] Did Halliburton cut a good deal with Justice? Is the criminal plea agreement Halliburton struck with the Justice Department a good deal for the company? On Friday shrugged off the company's admission of guilt. After the announcement Friday of a share buyback program of up to $3.3 billion, Halliburton’s stock closed at $45.98, up 3.7 percent. Washington Post [Registration Required] Series of expensive mistakes has led to review at Sellafield nuclear plant. The UK Government is expected to take back control of the clean-up of nuclear waste at Cumbria's Sellafield, following a string of failures by a private sector consortium of US, French and British engineers. The Independent, United Kingdom. Researchers seeking clues in 'unprecedented' dolphin die-off. For the last three years, dolphins have been dying at an unprecedented rate in the Gulf of Mexico, and experts say there’s still no end in sight. Panama City News Herald, Florida. Trash talk and the real dirt on a 'toxic tour' of Los Angeles. A 'toxic tour' past rail yards, smokestacks and refineries aims to show officials the consequences of their decisions in low-income, predominantly Latino communities in southeast L.A. Los Angeles Times [Registration Required] Obama says he'll evaluate pipeline project depending on pollution. President Obama said in an interview that he would evaluate construction of the Keystone XL pipeline on the basis of whether it would significantly contribute carbon to the atmosphere. New York Times [Registration Required] Longer pollen seasons nothing to sneeze at. Earlier springs and later fall frosts linked to climate change have already lengthened the pollen season - in some areas, significantly, by two weeks or more, studies show. And there are indications that the "allergenicity" - the potency of the pollen - is increasing. Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania. [Registration Required] Scotland's beaches appear to be 'shrinking.' A new study has found that the low tide mark is moving closer to land at a much quicker rate than the high tide mark, effectively causing the beach in between to reduce in size as sediment is lost. Edinburgh Scotsman, United Kingdom. Waquoit is Cape's own climate-change lab. This is where climate change is happening — in a matter of decades, not centuries. As sea levels rise, the saltwater marshes along Cape Cod and other coastal communities are being driven inland and drowning the plant life at its edges. Cape Cod Times, Massachusetts. North Carolina forecast calls for extreme weather. Most discussions about climate change in North Carolina tend to revolve around sea-level rise, which is statistically significant, and the threat to the coastline. But that’s just one piece of the picture. Greensboro News & Record, North Carolina. North Carolina backs off pro-active stance on climate. Flood and drought aren’t just symptoms of climate change. They also provide an apt metaphor for North Carolina’s response to the issue. After initiating some of the country's earliest state-sponsored research and response to global warming, now at the state legislature, "you can't even talk about climate change." Greensboro News & Record, North Carolina. Missouri ballot measure targets coal industry. Progressive activists from St. Louis this week will open a new front in their long-running battle with Peabody Energy: They’re going after tax breaks for the coal giant’s business partners. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri. Thou shalt not eat meat… on Mondays at least. Nutritionists are promoting an 11th commandment in Mexico: “Thou shalt not eat meat… at least one day a week.” Mexico, with a population of over 118 million, is now one of the most obese countries in the world, surpassing even the United States. Tierramerica, Latin America. Special report: 'In vitro' beef - it's the meat of the future. Asked the cost of a regular beefburger, you might guess around £3... with fries. But, next week, a select group will be fed a £250,000 patty. What's the difference? This one was grown in a laboratory - from a cow's stem cells. The Independent, United Kingdom. Twelve charged over West Sussex anti-fracking protests. A dozen people, including two teenage boys, have been charged in connection with anti-fracking protests, police have said. Edinburgh Scotsman, United Kingdom. Analysists consider oil by train versus pipeline. Trains loaded with crude oil roll through South Texas on a daily basis, ferrying the cargo to coastal refineries. And despite the recent train derailment disaster in Quebec, which killed dozens as its crude oil cars ignited in the town of Lac-Megantic, the crude-by-rail trend likely won’t stop. Houston Chronicle Louisiana coastal erosion lawsuit: Attorneys explain its chances and potential pitfalls. The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East’s jaw-dropping lawsuit this week against a host of oil, gas and pipeline companies is creative, ambitious and unprecedented. New Orleans Times-Picayune, Louisiana. Minnesota land used for WWII gun powder plant focus of controversy. Ruins, concrete slabs, abandoned tunnels and towers lining a portion of UMore Park may be a common sight for drivers in Rosemount – they’ve been there since World War II. But what lies beneath them has raised the contentious question of who is responsible for cleaning it up. Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minnesota. Cleanup of toxic site in Earlysville long overdue, regulators say. In Virginia, environmental regulators say cleanup of a contaminated Earlysville plant site is almost three decades overdue. But the work in assessing the extent of the problem is just beginning. Charlottesville Daily Progress, Virginia. Zero waste Atlanta. The restaurant and hospitality business can pile up lots of waste if it isn’t careful. And to keep all that junk and goop out of landfills, the restaurants, hotels and convention center in downtown Atlanta got together a few years back to create the first zero waste zone in the southeast. Living On Earth George Mitchell, a pioneer in hydraulic fracturing, dies at 94. George P. Mitchell, the son of a Greek goatherd who capped a career as one of the most prominent independent oilmen in the United States by unlocking immense natural gas and petroleum resources trapped in shale rock formations, died on Friday in Galveston, Tex. He was 94. New York Times [Registration Required] More news from today Shortcuts to stories from today about The good news, Avian flu, Climate, Children's health, Air pollution, Cancer, Reproductive disorders, Endocrine disruption, Birth defects, Learning and developmental disabilities, Immune disorders, Environmental justice, Superfund, Water treatment/sewage, Food safety, Integrity of science, Green chemistry. You can also read last weekend's news. Plus: If you were on vacation last week, don't miss last week's top stories... Would you like to display the news stories from EnvironmentalHealthNews.org on your own web site? Check out our RSS feeds. 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