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| Daily links to top stories in the news about environmental health. Is there danger lurking in your lipstick? A soft pink, a glowing red, even a cyanotic purple — millions of women and girls apply lipstick every day. And not just once: some style-conscious users touch up their color more than 20 times a day, according to a recent study. But are they also exposing themselves to toxic metals? New York Times [Registration Required] Soda linked to behavioral problems in young children, study says. New research blames soda for behavioral problems in children. Analyzing data from 2,929 families, researchers linked soda consumption to aggression, attention problems and social withdrawal in 5-year-olds. They published their findings in the Journal of Pediatrics on Friday. Los Angeles Times [Registration Required] Flap continues over Lejeune health assessment. A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging the Centers for Disease Control to complete a new, comprehensive report on the health effects of toxic tap water at the Camp Lejeune Marine base. The lawmakers also want the agency to investigate whether people were exposed to airborne toxins inside buildings after contaminated wells at the North Carolina base were closed in 1985. Associated Press Smoking ban: Shipping shifts to cleaner fuel. Starting next year, ships fueled only with heavy oil will no longer be allowed to sail Europe's North and Baltic seas. But cleaner alternatives are costly. Liquid natural gas could be the solution. Der Spiegel Fracking: 'Blanket opposition' risks ignoring needs of fuel-poor, says Church of England. The Church of England has entered the fracking debate, arguing that "blanket opposition" to the controversial method of extracting gas risks ignoring the needs of those in fuel poverty and undermining efforts to find less polluting fuels. The Guardian, United Kingdom. Democrats square off over call for fracking moratorium in Pennsylvania. An internal party disagreement over fracking is bubbling up and pitting the Pennsylvania Democratic state committee against many of its own elected officials – and possibly even President Barack Obama. Harrisburg Patriot-News, Pennsylvania. [Registration Required] Peru's oil rush threatens native tribes, again. Three ministers in Peru have resigned over pressure to continue oil exploration in the Camisea area of Peru. In the 1980s uncontacted tribes were partially wiped out by diseases brought in by oil workers. All Things Considered, NPR. A lethal dose of RNA. A new generation of genetically modified crops will kill insects by silencing their genes. Scientists are using RNAi, a type of RNA whose discoverers were awarded the Nobel Prize in 2006, to build a new generation of crops that can fend off pests by making them express small bits of RNA, carefully chosen to match, and silence, crucial genes in the target insects. Science [Subscription Required] Genetically modified crops pass benefits to weeds. A genetic-modification technique used widely to make crops herbicide resistant has been shown to confer advantages on a wild form of rice, even in the absence of the herbicide. Making weedy rice more competitive could exacerbate the problems it causes for farmers around the world whose plots are invaded by the pest, the lead scientist in the research said. Nature Dengue fever sweeps Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia is scrambling to combat a deadly outbreak of dengue fever, the tropical illness transmitted by mosquitoes. Health experts suspect that an unusually early rainy season that brought mosquitoes out in April, months ahead of what is expected. Wall Street Journal [Subscription Required] Colorado River: Drought forces first-ever cutbacks in Lake Mead water deliveries. The Bureau of Reclamation today announced it will reduce for the first time ever Colorado River water deliveries from the Lake Powell reservoir downstream to Lake Mead, which provides nearly all of Las Vegas' water. Greenwire Experts surer of manmade global warming but local predictions elusive. Climate scientists are surer than ever that human activity is causing global warming, according to leaked drafts of a major U.N. report, but they are finding it harder than expected to predict the impact in specific regions in coming decades. Reuters Kashmiri farmers unprepared for drought. For generations subsistence agriculturalists in a lush valley nestled between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range have relied on steady rainfall and glacial rivers to irrigate their farmland. But now this scenic alpine region is feeling the pinch of climate change. Inter Press Service A sparrow's story: Project looks at signs of climate change in Long Island Sound. A decade-long study of tidal marshes and their birds is the opening gambit in a two-state project to better understand how climate change is affecting Long Island Sound. Connecticut Mirror, Connecticut. TransCanada acknowledges oil sands crude could sink if spilled. In comments released yesterday by the State Department, TransCanada Corp. acknowledged a possibility that opponents of Keystone XL have long used against the project: The heavy oil sands crude that would run through the controversial pipeline, if spilled in water, could sink below the surface. EnergyWire Barred from Malaysia, but still connecting with critical jabs. Clare Rewcastle Brown is persona non grata in her native Malaysia, barred from entering the former British colony. But that does not silence Ms. Rewcastle Brown, who is one of the most effective voices calling attention to deforestation in Malaysia. New York Times [Registration Required] Three new pipelines through Kentucky, Indiana compete for natural gas liquids markets in the Gulf. The controversial Bluegrass Pipeline that would slice through Kentucky has been joined by two more pipeline ventures, all pushing to deliver natural gas liquids such as ethane and propane from the upper Midwest and Northeast to the Gulf. Louisville Courier-Journal, Kentucky. Obesity's death toll could be higher than believed, study says. The death toll of the nation's obesity epidemic may be close to four times higher than has been widely believed, and all that excess weight could reverse the steady trend of lengthening life spans for a generation of younger Americans, new research warns. Los Angeles Times [Registration Required] Thriving in Cape Cod's waters, gray seals draw fans and foes. Ted Ligenza, a fisherman on Cape Cod for nearly 40 years, was intrigued when he first started seeing gray seals bobbing in the harbor for the very first time about three decades ago. These days, they emerge by the thousands on sandbars or pop up in small groups along the shoreline, and are rankling those who make their living by the sea so much that some are calling for blood. 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