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Karen Bowman, environmental-health nurse, answers questions
Karen Bowman. What work do you do? I have the best job in the world! I’m president of Karen Bowman & Associates Inc., a nurse-owned firm that provides occupational- and environmental-health services to the global community. How does it relate to the environment? The company designs and implements cost-effective, sustainable solutions that enhance health and […]
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U.S. public-transit ridership highest since 1957, chemical exposure may contribute to obesity, and m
Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: Aren’t You Glad You Use Dial? Was It the Cowlick? The Weight of the World A Little Light Music Maybe They Should Just Call It LNG Beach Next Stop, Wonderment Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: Food and Punishment Moonshine Lullaby […]
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Cob Report
Coalition of ranchers and farmers fights subsidies for corn ethanol It’s one thing when dirty hippies oppose your energy-independence scheme, but when ranchers, chicken farmers, and pork producers pile on the hate, that’s trouble. An ad hoc coalition is opposing U.S. corn ethanol subsidies and pushing to end U.S. tariffs on Brazilian sugarcane ethanol. “This […]
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Aren’t You Glad You Use Dial?
World sweats through warmest winter on record Congratulations, global citizens, for weathering the warmest winter in the Northern Hemisphere since record-keeping began in 1880. From December to February, combined land and ocean temperatures were 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit above average, says a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration study published Friday in Science. El Niño helped make […]
