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Toxins in the Environment Further Age Humanity
2014-05-28 20:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Aging isn't just all about genes, exercise, and diet. Exposure to certain toxicants commonly found in the environment can accelerate physiological aging far more that you may think, a recent study suggests. The study, published in Trends in Molecular Medicine, names arsenic in groundwater, benzene in industrial emissions, ultraviolet radiation in sunlight, and the estimated 4,000 toxins in cigarette smoke as "gerontogens" - toxins in the environment that can accelerate the aging process. According...
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Dearborn steel plant may be allowed to release higher levels of toxins
2014-03-11 07:25:05| Waste Management - Topix.net
State Department of Environmental Quality and Severstal officials say pollution wouldn't increase - it's what's already been spewing from the Dearborn plant for years.
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DEQ considers plan to shorten list of regulated air toxins
2013-10-12 02:32:58| Waste Management - Topix.net
A proposal being considered by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality would decrease the regulation of chemicals emitted from companies or businesses.
Rich peoples bodies are polluted with different, more expensive toxins
2013-08-05 21:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Oh sure, the modern world guarantees that our bodies are little more than Tupperwares filled with poison. But you dont really expect the rich to have the same toxins as you and me, do you? Plebeian toxins? Perish the thought. No, rich people harbor a higher class of contaminants, ones they pick up from eating seafood and lounging on the beach. According to researchers at the University of Exeter, relying on data from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, poor people are more...
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Maps show levels of cancer-linked toxins in Portland air
2013-07-12 21:39:33| Waste Management - Topix.net
PORTLAND, Ore. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has released maps predicting the spread of cancer-linked air toxins over the next few years.