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VA denied responsibility for Legionnaires' deaths
2013-02-08 15:41:50| Food - Topix.net
Security guards on Wednesday patrol the sidewalk at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Oakland.
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United Kingdom: Bee deaths 'not down to pesticides'
2013-02-08 09:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Last week the European Commission proposed that member states restrict the use of certain classes of pesticide that are believed to be harmful to bees. The Today programme's science correspondent Tom Feilden explains that this comes after the European Food Safety Authority (Efsa) issued guidance on the use of chemical neonicotinoids, in which they recognised "high acute risks" to bees who encountered residue from these sprays in pollen and nectar in crops like oilseed rape and sunflowers. Speaking...
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Lawmaker: NYC subway deaths a 'wake-up call'
2013-02-08 03:34:39| Railroads - Topix.net
Alarmed about safety after a spate of recent deaths in the nation's busiest subway system, lawmakers pressed transit officials on Thursday to step up studies of platform barriers, warning systems and other measures that could stop trains from hitting people.
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United Kingdom: Oil additive polymer PIB may be responsible for seabird deaths
2013-02-06 17:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A sticky substance that has killed hundreds of seabirds could be a polymer often used to improve the performance of lubricating oil, it has emerged. Professor Steve Rowland, an expert in pollution from Plymouth University, examined the substance found on one of the guillemots washed up on the south coast of the UK. He concluded that it is PIB polyisobutene which is used in products ranging from adhesives to sealants and chewing gum. The makeup of the samples he and his team have analysed suggests...
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Poultry causes most food deaths as leafy greens lurk behind
2013-01-30 12:39:26| Biotech - Topix.net
Chicken, turkey and other poultry meat are responsible for more food-related deaths than any other items, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
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