Etiqueta: contaminación

EPA human experiments debunk notion of ‘killer’ air pollution: Agency hides exculpatory results

18. abril 2012

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EPA human experiments debunk notion of ‘killer’ air pollution: Agency hides exculpatory results

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has conducted air pollution experiments on live human subjects that discredit its claims that fine particulate matter kills people. JunkScience.com obtained the explosive and heretofore undisclosed results through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and reveal them here for the first time. Introduction. Last September, JunkScience.com broke the news that EPA researchers had reported in Environmental Health Perspectives the case study of a woman who allegedly suffered atrial fibrillation after being exposed to concentrated airborne fine particulate matter[...] 

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Are Germ-Killing Soaps Affecting Dolphin Development?

9. abril 2012

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Are Germ-Killing Soaps Affecting Dolphin Development?

Dolphins are swimming in waters tainted with triclosan, an ingredient in antibacterial soaps and other products, but they aren’t winding up squeaky clean By Brett Israel and Environmental Health News BATHING DOLPHINS: Dolphins are swimming in soapy seas, and it may be disrupting their development. Image: FLICKR/POCHACCO20 Dolphins are swimming in waters tainted with germ-killing soaps, but they aren’t winding up squeaky clean. Triclosan, an antibacterial chemical found in everyday bathroom and kitchen products, is accumulating in dolphins at concentrations known to disrupt the growth[...] 

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Más de 22.000 fragmentos de basura pululan por el espacio

7. junio 2011

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Más de 22.000 fragmentos de basura pululan por el espacio

Más de 22.000 fragmentos de basura pululan por el espacio, según datos de las principales agencias espaciales que tienen previsto reunirse entre los próximos 7 y 9 de junio en Madrid en la I Conferencia Europea sobre Vigilancia Espacial. A la conferencia asistirán representantes de la Agencia Espacial Europea (ESA, por sus siglas en inglés) y de las agencias espaciales de Estados Unidos (NASA), Alemania, Francia, Japón, Reino Unido, Canadá, China y Corea del Sur. También intervendrán ingenieros y expertos del sector privado, como Nicolas Bobrinsky, responsable de la fase preparatoria[...] 

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