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New studies show that low-cal soda might just be as unhealthy as regular.

2015-04-27 13:10:05| Beverages - Topix.net

Junk-food giant PepsiCo is preparing to make the biggest change to its Diet Pepsi brand in three decades, Bloomberg News reports : it's nixing the controversial low-calorie sweetener aspartame. In its place, Diet Pepsi will get its sweet jolt from a mix of sucralose and acesulfame potassium.

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Climate sceptics and fringe political groups are an unhealthy cocktail

2014-10-27 19:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Proof that professional climate sceptics swim in a narrow, shallow pond was provided last month in Chicago at the Heartland Institute's Fourth International Conference on Climate Change. It turned out to be less Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, more Two Degrees of Lord Monckton. But this month is set to provide further proof that it doesn't take a particularly complex Venn diagram to map the interconnections between the various movers and shakers in the sceptic camp. On 11 June, in Orlando, Florida,...

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European NOx regulation: an unhealthy decision?

2014-10-09 01:00:00| Ship Technology

In April, European politicians rejected plans to include nitrogen oxides while carbon dioxide was approved as part of ship emissions monitoring requirements. The move that has not gone down well with environmental groups who are citing estimates

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Air quality advisory alert for region- moderate to unhealthy for sensitive groups

2014-09-16 04:50:47| Waste Management - Topix.net

You've probably noticed our skies are a bit hazy Monday It's from smoke from fires in the region, which has prompted the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality to issue an air quality advisory and a burn ban for Nez Perce, Latah, Idaho, Lewis and Clearwater counties. The air quality is currently in the moderate category and is forecasted to remain in the moderate to unhealthy for sensitive groups category for the next few days depending on fire activity.

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