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Hunger, malnutrition in Canada's Arctic nears crisis
2014-03-28 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: A new report highlighted Thursday growing hunger and malnutrition in Canada's Arctic as development snowballs and tastes change, and called for immediate actions to stop an "emerging public health crisis." The report found that most northern households are twice as likely -- 27 percent versus a national average of 12 percent -- to face hunger or fear of starvation. Northern households with children reported even higher rates of food insecurity. Nearly 115,000 people, mostly indigenous, live...
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arctic
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Crews try to contain oil spill in Texas' Galveston Bay as peak bird migration season nears
2014-03-23 06:13:20| Appliances - Topix.net
A barge carrying nearly a million gallons of especially thick, sticky oil collided with a ship in Galveston Bay on Saturday, leaking an unknown amount of the fuel into the popular bird habitat as the peak of the migratory shorebird season was approaching.
Toxic Substance Control Act Reform Nears
2014-03-18 15:26:00| Chemical Processing
House releases discussion draft of Toxic Substance Control Act reform legislation.
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act
reform
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BANGLADESH: Funds fall short as Rana Plaza compensation nears
2014-03-14 16:37:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Compensation payments to victims of the Rana Plaza factory collapse are due to start next month - but campaigners admit funds still fall far short of the $40m needed to make payments to all workers.
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fall
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Dow AgroSciences nears jackpot from genetic engineering
2014-03-09 15:21:22| Chemicals - Topix.net
Dow AgroSciences LLC is spending millions of dollars and racking up hundreds of patents as its expands ever deeper in the burgeoning global market for genetically modified crops and pesticides.
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genetic
dow
jackpot
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