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SD judge refuses secondhand smoke testimony Report finds workplace, restaurant smoking bans reduce nonsmokers’ risk of heart attacksWASHINGTON — A major report confirms what health officials long have believed: Bans on smoking in restaurants, bars and other gathering spots reduce the risk of heart attacks among nonsmokers. Nearly 1,000 children in central China test positive for lead poisoningBEIJING — Nearly 1,000 children in a central Chinese province have tested positive for excessive lead in their blood, state media reported Tuesday, the latest of several lead poisoning cases involving thousands of children across the country. WHO urges nations to set tighter radon controls in homes to reduce lung cancer risksGENEVA — The World Health Organization on Tuesday drastically reduced the amount of radon from natural sources that countries should allow to accumulate in buildings, given the fatal lung cancer it can cause. Feds failed clear brush in L.A. wildfire area that could have slowed huge blazeLOS ANGELES — Federal authorities failed to follow through on plans earlier this year to burn away highly flammable brush in a forest on the edge of Los Angeles to avoid the very kind of wildfire now raging there, The Associated Press has learned. Feds didn’t clear brush in L.A. wildfire area, blame bad weather, environmental rulesLOS ANGELES — Federal authorities failed to follow through on plans earlier this year to burn away highly flammable brush in a forest on the edge of Los Angeles to avoid the very kind of wildfire now raging there, The Associated Press has learned. China detains 15 parents for unrest over lead poisoning, claims links to banned sectBEIJING — Police in central China detained 15 parents for a violent protest over factory pollution that left hundreds of local children with lead poisoning, and accused them of links to the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement, villagers said Wednesday. Spitting image: Gritty Chinese city cleans up its act, seeks to win ‘civilized’ awardGUANGZHOU, China — Government-backed neighborhood groups are going door-to-door in south China’s gritty business capital with a set of simple requests: Please stop spitting in public, cutting in bus lines and talking loudly in the streets. Officials begin lead poisoning investigation after 1,300 children sickened in central ChinaBEIJING — Health and environmental officials have been sent to central China to investigate who is responsible for pollution from a manganese processing plant that caused more than 1,300 children to become sickened with lead poisoning, a local government official said Monday. Savings? What savings? ‘Minnesconsin’ cost-sharing effort captures little cashMADISON, Wis. — As it turns out, mating gophers and badgers isn’t so easy. Just ask the bureaucrats in Wisconsin and Minnesota, who are trying to find efficiencies and save money on everything from sharing amusement ride inspectors to buying ammunition and tires. China says 2 environmental officials being investigated after 2nd lead poisoning caseWENPING, China — Two environmental officials were being investigated Saturday after more than 1,300 children were sickened with lead poisoning caused by pollution from a manganese processing plant in central China. Chinese factory officials detained in new lead poisoning case after 1,300 children sickenedBEIJING — China has detained two factory officials after 1,300 children were poisoned by pollution from a manganese processing plant, days after emissions from a lead smelter in another province sickened hundreds. Chinese state media say 1,300 children sickened in new lead poisoning caseBEIJING — More than 1,300 children have been sickened by lead poisoning in central China, the second such case involving a large number of children this month, state media said Thursday. Chinese state media say 1,300 children sickened in new lead poisoning case in HunanBEIJING — More than 1,300 children have been sickened in a lead poisoning case in China’s central Hunan province, the second such case involving a large number of children in the past month, state media said Thursday. Lead poisoning that sickened hundreds of children stokes tensions in Chinese townCHANGQING, China — Farmer Wang Zhifan jabs a stubby finger toward the sprawling smelter blamed for poisoning hundreds of local children with lead. He bares his yellowed teeth and spits hard. Police, security guard China factory after villagers protest over lead poisoning incidentCHANGQING, China — Dozens of police and plainclothes officers guarded a Chinese smelting plant in central Shaanxi province on Wednesday, days after hundreds of villagers stormed the factory because more than 600 children from two nearby villages had been sickened by lead poisoning. Chinese mayor apologizes for lead poisoning that sickened hundreds of children: reportCHANGQING, China — A mayor apologized to residents of two Chinese villages where more than 600 children were sickened by lead poisoning, saying a nearby smelter targeted by angry protests would not reopen until it meets health standards, state media said Tuesday. Number of kids sickened by lead poisoning rises to 600 in northwestern ChinaBEIJING — More than 600 children have been sickened with lead poisoning in a northern Chinese province where authorities shut a smelter earlier this week thought to have caused the contamination, state media reported. Town welcomes PCB-tainted Hudson River sludge to Texas disposal site; critics fret about waterLUBBOCK, Texas — Later this month, the first trainloads of PCB-tainted sludge dredged from the Hudson River will arrive and, in the eyes of critics, will turn a stretch of West Texas into New York’s “pay toilet.” Supreme Court upholds $500 million settlement in asbestos-related lawsuitsWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to let an insurance company settle some asbestos lawsuits for about $500 million in exchange for blocking any future litigation resulting from its long relationship with Johns Manville Corp., once the world’s largest producer of asbestos. EPA declares public health emergency in Montana town ravaged by asbestosWASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Wednesday it will pump more than $130 million into a Montana town where asbestos contamination has been blamed for more than 200 deaths. Countries meet to consider measures making ship recycling more green, humaneSINGAPORE — When it comes to jobs that workers in rich Western countries don’t want, there are few more dirty and dangerous than scrapping the world’s freighters, luxury liners and oil tankers. From New York to New Zealand, how swine flu outbreak hopscotched the globeA 5-year-old Mexican boy takes ill in his dusty village. He coughs, he sneezes, he gasps for breath. From New York to New Zealand, how fast-moving swine flu epidemic hopscotched the globeA 5-year-old Mexican boy takes ill in his dusty village. He coughs, he sneezes, he gasps for breath. Residents in small Mexican town believe their community is ground zero for swine flu epidemicLA GLORIA, Mexico — Everyone told Maria del Carmen Hernandez that her kindergartner’s illness was just a regular cold. But it seemed like the whole town of 3,000 was getting sick. Judge denies motion to dismiss charges against all Grace executivesMISSOULA, Mont. — A federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss environmental crime charges against four former executives of W.R. Grace & Co. Residents in small Mexican town believe their community is ground zero for swine flu epidemicLA GLORIA, Mexico — The people in this town of 3,000 high in the Veracruz mountains believe their community is ground zero for the swine flu epidemic, even if health officials deny it. Judge says govt presented a ‘discombobulated’ case in Grace trialMISSOULA, Mont. — The federal judge considering motions to dismiss charges in the W.R. Grace asbestos case told prosecutors Monday that they “presented discombobulated allegations” and didn’t understand the evidence. |
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