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| Daily links to top stories in the news about environmental health. A secret race for abandoned nuclear material. Working in top secret over a period of 17 years, Russian and American scientists collaborated to remove hundreds of pounds of plutonium and highly enriched uranium — enough to construct at least a dozen nuclear weapons — from a remote Soviet-era nuclear test site in Kazakhstan that had been overrun by impoverished metal scavengers. New York Times [Registration Required] Are Democrats about to fracture over fracking? Led by President Obama, most Democrats have tried to occupy a careful middle ground on the natural-gas industry that's transforming the U.S. energy economy. But that balance might not last much longer. National Journal Chevron bringing fracking to Eastern Europe. Chevron is betting it can win over Eastern Europeans with the idea of energy independence even after dry wells and government delays led Exxon Mobil and Talisman Energy to scrap efforts to tap natural gas deposits in Polish shale. San Francisco Chronicle, California. Middle England and the eco-warriors say victory is theirs in the battle for Balcombe. Few aligned to the burgeoning No Dash For Gas anti-fracking coalition are contemplating anything other than victory, an assessment strengthened by announcement by the energy firm Cuadrilla that it was scaling back its test drilling on police advice. London Observer, United Kingdom. Double-dipping in Pennsylvania gas leases. William Capouillez works as a director for the Pennsylvania Game Commission, where his responsibilities include overseeing leases for oil and natural gas development on 1.4 million acres of public game lands. During his lunch breaks, coffee breaks, evenings, and holidays, Capouille signs private leases for private owners with the same companies that often work with his state agency. Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania. [Registration Required] UC Davis study links chemical BPA to asthma. A study of the fetuses of pregnant rhesus macaque monkeys fed bisphenol A has shown that the exposure to BPA led to changes in their lungs that increased the potential for developing asthma. Sacramento Bee, California. Merck suspends sales of cattle-feed additive Zilmax in US, Canada. Merck & Co.'s animal health division said Friday it would temporarily suspend sales of its widely used feed additive Zilmax in the U.S. and Canada, while it investigates problems of animal lameness and immobility that some companies are associating with the drug. Wall Street Journal [Subscription Required] Vietnam turns back a 'tsunami of pesticides.' For years, the entomologists at Vietnam's Southern Regional Plant Protection Center in Long Dinh had tried to sell rice farmers on the benefits of reducing pesticide use—to little effect. So in 2001, they took a different tack: They challenged 950 farmers to try for themselves. And it worked. The farmers generated more net income. Science [Subscription Required] Not enough known regarding effect of pesticides on environment, researchers argue. Despite the skyrocketing usage of pesticides throughout the world, little is known regarding exactly how these pesticides affect not only the plants they were developed to protect but humans and animals as well. Nature World News Feds want to drop mouse poison on Farallon Islands. The only way to eradicate the nonnative mice infesting the environmentally sensitive Farallon Islands is to shower the islands with powerful rodenticides by helicopter, a new federal study concludes. Associated Press 'March of the incinerators' threatens drive to recycle more rubbish. As new figures reveal that recycling rates have fallen for the first time in 30 years, experts warn that the UK is in danger of building far more incineration capacity than it needs. London Observer, United Kingdom. Warmer winters have brought a troublesome pest to New Jersey: Asian tiger mosquitoes. According to a Mercer County scientist, the subtropical species can harbor more than 30 viruses that can be dangerous to humans and has been in New Jersey since 1995. Trenton Times, New Jersey. Fires, smoke, floods are drawbacks of Alaska's hot summer. Alaska residents have been enjoying an unusually warm, sunny summer, but the pleasant weather has come at a cost: choking smoke from an extended wildfire season, flooding rivers due to fast-melting snow and glacial ice, and fish covered in algae. Reuters Change in Japanese apples blamed on global warming. Global warming has subtly altered the taste and texture of Japanese apples over the last 40 years, although consumers may not realize it, according to new research. Los Angeles Times [Registration Required] Changes in store as Ohio warms. Bugs are lasting longer, birds are moving north and ice fishing on Lake Erie is becoming a lot more difficult. Ohio is warming, but not just anecdotally. The numbers don't lie. Newark Advocate, Ohio. North Carolina files more coal ash suits against Duke. North Carolina filed additional lawsuits against Duke Power on Friday in a move that broadens efforts to force the utility to get a better handle on pollution coming from coal ash ponds. Asheville Citizen-Times, North Carolina. Despite two bans, styrofoam trash still plagues Haiti. Despite two government decrees making their import and usage illegal, styrofoam cups and plates are used and littered all over the capital, as well as bought and sold, wholesale and retail, completely out in the open. Inter Press Service Residents in path of rapidly growing Idaho fire urged to get out. The message Saturday from fire officials to hundreds of people in the path of a wildfire burning in Idaho's Wood River Valley: Pack up your essential belongings, your pets and go. Dubbed the Beaver Creek Fire, the blaze swelled significantly – and dangerously – over the course of the day. CNN Iowa, EPA near deal on regulation of livestock operations. A breakthrough in six years of negotiations over how Iowa regulates 8,000 livestock operations could come this week. Environmentalists fear the deal will stink. Des Moines Register, Iowa. Shipping continued after computer inspection system failed at meat plants. A troubled new computer system used by inspectors at the nation’s 6,500 meatpacking and processing plants shut down for two days this month, putting at risk millions of pounds of beef, poultry, pork and lamb that had left the plants before workers could collect samples to check for E. coli bacteria and other contaminants. New York Times [Registration Required] Studies: Increased pollution can lead to greater risk of autism. There may be a link between where a pregnant woman lives and the likelihood of her baby developing autism. Multiple studies – from both coasts – are connecting the brain disorder to pollution levels. Redlands Daily Facts, California. Sinkholes a risk, but Florida shocker unlikely in Ohio. This month’s dramatic collapse of a villa at the Summer Bay Resort in central Florida raises the question: Could a hole that big in the ground open up under a residential area in Toledo? Anything’s possible, but in Ohio most sinkholes are from water main and sewer leaks, and don't reach the same scale as in Florida. Toledo Blade, Ohio. In all flavors, cigars draw in young smokers. A rainbow of cheap flavored cigars and cigarillos, including some that look like cigarettes, line the shelves of convenience stores and gas stations, often right next to the candy. F.D.A. officials say they intend to regulate cigars and other tobacco products, but they do not say how or when. 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. 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