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| Daily links to top stories in the news about environmental health. How drugs pumped into supermarket chickens pose a terrifying threat to our health. Today, large-scale poultry production has precious little to do with green fields and ruddy-cheeked farmers. Every year, more than 40 billion chickens are slaughtered worldwide for meat, the vast majority of them intensively factory-farmed. London Daily Mail, United Kingdom. The plight of the honeybee. You can thank the Apis mellifera, better known as the Western honeybee, for 1 in every 3 mouthfuls you'll eat today. Honeybees are the "glue that holds our agricultural system together." But that glue is failing. Around 2006, commercial beekeepers began noticing something disturbing: their honeybees were disappearing. Time Magazine Persisting impact of Arkansas oil spill tears community and family fabric. The Pegasus pipeline runs between Illinois and Texas, over streams, under rivers, through wilds, and under relatively few homes. The fact that it split open underneath a housing development was a twist of bad luck. Residents at first didn't understand the risks. But then they got official word that the pipeline contained known carcinogens and other chemicals that might explain the headaches and dizziness. Inside Climate News African nations vow tougher stance on dumping of electronic waste. African nations have called for continent-wide action to staunch the import of electronic waste, including old computers and mobile telephones from Europe where stringent environmental laws make exporting used goods cheaper than disposing of them at home. Euractiv, Belgium. Japan may create frozen ground barrier to stop radioactive leak in Fukushima. Since an earthquake and tsunami shattered the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant in 2011, radioactive water has been pouring into the sea off the coast of Japan at a rate of 300 tons per day. Jeffrey Brown reports on the revelation made public by plant operator TEPCO (Part 1 of 2). PBS NewsHour Fukushima reinforces worst fears for Japanese who are anti-nuclear power. How are the Japanese people reacting to the news of the continuing contamination leak and what does it mean for Japan's energy policy? Jeffrey Brown talks with a nuclear fusion engineer and a research associate in Japanese studies about what the government may do to stop the flow (Part 2 of 2). PBS NewsHour Militant Filipino farmers destroy Golden Rice GM crop. Genetically modified foods have an image problem all over the world. Field trials of GM wheat were targeted last year in the UK, and now some 400 farmers in the Philippines have stormed a government-owned GM research field. New Scientist Green sea turtles eating more plastic than ever. Endangered green turtles are ingesting more man-made debris, including potentially lethal plastic products, than ever before, a new Australian study has shown. Agence France-Presse Miccosukee struggle to save Everglades -- and a way of life. The Miccosukee – a proud, private and unconquered people who fled into the Everglades nearly two centuries ago to escape forced removal to the West -- say they have nowhere else to go and must keep fighting to save their land from pollution. South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Florida. CDC: Heat wave the deadliest extreme weather event. Heat waves are the deadliest of extreme weather events, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this week. Heat waves are dangerous for everyone, but the elderly, children, the poor and those with pre-existing medical condition are particularly at risk. Those who have outdoor jobs like athletes and laborers are also in danger. CBS News With warmer winters, ticks devastating New Hampshire moose population. With winters warming, moose are devastated by exploding tick populations: Tick eggs that once perished on snow-covered ground in northern states now survive in great numbers, tormenting moose and causing their populations to plummet. Washington Post [Registration Required] China tries £20m hi-tech raindance as country roasts in heatwave. A heatwave across central and eastern China has led to drinking water shortages for almost 3 million people in Jiangxi and Hubei and hit crops. On Wednesday, Shanghai had its hottest day since records began 140 years ago, with temperatures soaring to 40.8C, and authorities issued a fifth red alert warning for further extreme heat. The Guardian, United Kingdom. Tiny Pacific islands make big plans for climate resilience. The South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga doesn't have the loudest voice at the climate change negotiations, and it isn't known for pulling stunts to draw attention to the grave threats islands face from global warming. But over the past five years the archipelago has done something analysts say will have a far more lasting impact. ClimateWire Power plant guidelines rule significantly altered in White House review. An Environmental Protection Agency rule proposed in June to regulate discharges of toxic pollutants from power plants was significantly altered during White House review to include additional regulatory options for industry, an EPA document shows. Bloomberg BNA Wacky weather changing Iowans’ climate change perceptions. Scientists say annual weather proves little about climate trends, but this year and last, at opposite ends of the extreme weather spectrum, have strengthened Iowans’ belief that the state’s climate is changing. Cedar Rapids Gazette, Iowa. The town where 'fracking' is already happening. Wytch Farm in Dorset is in the heart of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. But you would be forgiven for not knowing the largest oilfield in western Europe is even there. The Telegraph, United Kingdom. Who really discovered 2011 Keystone leak? What happened after North Dakota rancher Bob Banderet's emergency call, when he found the Keystone pipeline gushing oil from a pumping station near his land in 2011, leaves Banderet and pipeline safety advocates with lingering questions about the nation's leak detection standards as oil pipelines enter an era of unprecedented expansion and scrutiny. EnergyWire Leak at oil sands project in Alberta Heightens conservationists' concerns. The oil company calls it “seepage.” Environmentalists describe it as a “blow out.” Either way, the leak at the oil sands project in Northern Alberta — which has spilled 280,022 gallons of oil across 51 acres since June — is stoking the controversy over the energy source. New York Times [Registration Required] EPA acknowledges fly ash contamination to water. Among 18 new pollution sites confirmed this week by the Environmental Protection Agency to have contaminated ground or surface water with fly ash waste is Hatfield's Ferry Power Plant in Monongahela Township, Greene County. Washington Observer-Reporter, Pennsylvania. What's in your Michigan lakewater? Many of us like to operate under the assumption that water is water is water. That is, the water we're coating ourself in every time we head to a Northern Michigan beach is pure and clean as the driven snow — the driven, non-polluted, bacteria-free snow. Petoskey News-Review, Michigan. On the rebound. Scientists from around the world aren’t traveling to remote corners of Central Asia out of concern for the region’s dandelion biodiversity. Their motivation is a curious substance in the flowers’ roots: rubber. 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