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NEMA Best Practices Whitepaper Highlights Rupture Risk in Metal Halides
2015-06-22 21:50:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), Rosslyn, Va., has released a new whitepaper about managing rupture risks in metal halide lighting systems. read more
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Fracking poses 'significant' risk to humans and should be temporarily banned across EU
2015-06-20 22:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: A major new scientific study has concluded that the controversial gas extraction technique known as fracking poses a significant risk to human health and British wildlife, and that an EU-wide moratorium should be implemented until widespread regulatory reform is undertaken. The damning report by the CHEM Trust, the British charity that investigates the harm chemicals cause humans and wildlife, highlights serious shortcomings in the UKs regulatory regime, which the report says will only get...
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Samsung To Fix Keyboard Bug that Puts 600M Smartphones at Risk
2015-06-19 21:22:23| Wireless - Topix.net
Saying it takes all security threats very seriously, Korean handset maker Samsung acknowledged that it is working on a fix for the vulnerability that occurs when keyboard updates are carried out on Galaxy devices. In a statement, the firm noted that the vulnerability requires a specific set of conditions for a hacker to exploit a device, including the need for the user and the hacker to physically be on the same unprotected while downloading a language update.
Proposed floodplain restoration reduces flood risk and restores salmon habitat
2015-06-19 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Salmon are severely impacted by the loss of floodplain habitats throughout the West Coast. In few places is this more pronounced than in Oregon's Tillamook Bay, where nearly 90 percent of estuaries' tidal wetlands have been lost to development -- threatening the survival of federally-protected coho salmon and the safety of the local community. Now, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, NOAA Fisheries, and others have come together to reduce flood risk, increase resiliency of the ecosystem, and...
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Yemen conflict has put six million people at risk of severe food insecurity
2015-06-19 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
A new joint-study by two United Nations (UN) organisations has revealed that close to six million people are at risk of moving towards severe hunger and will need emergency food and life-saving assistance as a result of the ongoing conflict.
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