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Extreme weather increasing level of toxins in food, scientists warn

2016-05-30 19:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: As they struggle to deal with more extreme weather, a range of food crops are generating more of chemical compounds that can cause health problems for people and livestock who eat them, scientists have warned. A new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says that crops such as wheat and maize are generating more potential toxins as a reaction to protect themselves from extreme weather. But these chemical compounds are harmful to people and animals if consumed for a prolonged...

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Lead in school water: Portland officials didnt warn teachers, students of known contamination

2016-05-28 00:22:14| PortlandOnline

Betsy Hammond in The Oregonian, May 27, 2016

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G7 leaders warn of Brexit risk to growth

2016-05-27 05:43:12| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

A declaration at the G7 meeting in Japan says a vote by the UK to leave the European Union would pose a "serious threat to global growth".

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Shifting monsoons to hit tea crops, researchers warn

2016-04-25 08:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate Home: Slow changes in the annual monsoon season may be reducing yields in one of the worlds most important crops and gradually watering down the tea in China. Scientists in the US have used a new approach to examine harvests of Camellia sinensis the evergreen bush whose leaves and leaf buds are used to produce tea - in southern Yunnan and other regions of China, and have identified a decline that could only be linked to the retreat of the monsoon, along with greater levels of downpour. That...

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Farmers Warn EU Ministers of Impact of Mercosur Trade Agreements

2016-04-12 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

EU - Farm organisation Copa & Cogeca has urged Ministers to reject outright an EU Commission offer on agriculture which includes sensitive agriculture products in the free trade talks with the Latin American trade bloc Mercosur.

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