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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 07.01.09 05:32 UTC

Research builds case to bring back bees

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- The mysterious decline in honeybees has generated renewed interest into finding new ways to boost bee numbers. Buoyed by public concern over honeybee hives afflicted with colony ...
hives  Pennsylvania  chemicals  Tammy Horn  Maryann Frazier  Karen Goodell  +4 more

BusinessWeek, 07.01.09 01:02 UTC

Stocks Rise after Fed Minutes

Investors also weighed reports on factory orders, service-sector sentiment, and pending home sales. Alcoa announced production and job cuts
Fed Minutes U.S.  New York Stock Exchange  Dow Chemical  S&P 500  NASDAQ composite  NASDAQ 100  +7 more

Times Online Business, 07.01.09 00:43 UTC

US arm of LyondellBasell goes into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

The US arm of LyondellBasell Industries, the chemicals group that is part of the business empire of Len Blavatnik, the Russian-born oligarch, last night filed for bankruptcy protection in New York. ...
New York  LyondellBasell Industries  Basell Finance  Lyondell  chemicals  The Netherlands  +6 more

Daily Mail, 06.01.09 17:00 UTC

The Pill causes male infertility, says the Vatican

The contraceptive Pill is polluting the environment and is a major cause of  male infertility in the West, the Vatican has said. It claimed there was substantial evidence available to show that the ...
oral contraceptives  contraception  in-vitro fertilisation  male infertility  Epiphany  Osservatore Romano  +7 more

guardian.co.uk, 06.01.09 12:33 UTC

Japanese knotweed

. Japanese knotweed, the bane of gardeners and train companies, might finally have met its match. More than 120 sites across London are to be sprayed with a new chemical herbicide in a bid by one of ...
LONDON  Tube Lines Group  railway operator  chemical herbicide  chemicals  United Kingdom  +4 more

Times Online World News, 05.01.09 23:31 UTC

John Travolta's family call in own doctor over son's death

Doctors performed a post-mortem examination on John Travolta's son yesterday as controversy erupted over the Scientologist actor's handling of the boy's condition. The coroner sought to determine the ...
spiritual healing  Kawasaki Syndrome  Kawasaki disease  Autism  seizure  inflammation  +9 more

Chigago Tribune, 05.01.09 13:00 UTC

Experts warn of the dangers of "thirdhand" smoke

Dust from cigarettes is especially harmful to kids, researchers say
chemicals  Joel Africk  Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago 

Telegraph, 05.01.09 11:42 UTC

Coca Cola hits back over Fanta high pesticide level claims

Soft drink manufacturer Coca Cola has hit back at claims that its Fanta range contains pesticides at up to 300 times the level found in bottled or tap water.
Cambridge  St Andrews  Edinburgh  LONDON  Coca Cola  chemicals  +4 more

BBC Sciences, 05.01.09 09:32 UTC

Cancer cells 'cheat suicide call'

Cancer cells cheat death by reversing a process which causes normal cells to commit suicide at the end of their natural life, scientists have shown.
chemotherapy  cancer  the British Journal of Cancer  chemicals  chemical cocktail  Lesley Walker Cancer  +2 more

Belfast Telegraph, 05.01.09 03:00 UTC

Scientists identify tumour survival mechanism

A key tumour survival mechanism identified by scientists may help to explain how some cancers bounce back after chemotherapy. The research shows that cancer can reverse a natural self-destruction ...
chemotherapy  cancers  breast cancer  cancer  suicide-inducing chemicals  chemicals  +4 more
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