Unsustainable water use depleting the world's major aquifers - 2 Jan 2012 Unsustainable water use depleting the world's major aquifers. A decade-long research project shared by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Germany's Aerospace that has monitored underground water sources via satellite has ..
Illnesses caused by Salmonella-contaminated meat - 26 Dec 2011 Following a recall of 40,000 pounds of ground beef due to suspected E. coli contamination, another recall was issued for an undetermined amount of ground beef when it was found to be tainted with Salmonella. At least 16 people throughout seven states..
New Zealand oil spill penguins released back into the sea - 29 Dec 2011 Following an October 2011 oil spill, New Zealand volunteers and members of the public gather to celebrate as the last of some dozens of rehabilitated blue penguins from the Mount Maunganui area are successfully returned to the ocean. http://www.huffi..
Landmark harp seal skin ban in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan - 22 Dec 2011 On Monday, December 19, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) announced that Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan had notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of their intent to ban both the import and export of harp seal fur. They now join t..
US agrees to limit medical research on chimpanzees - 18 Dec 2011 The US National Institutes of Health states that new research on chimpanzees is suspended, effective immediately, as well as more stringent criteria being implemented for existing experiments, with animal welfare advocates hopeful that this will also..
Warning News - 31 Dec 2011 Saying that all products had been intercepted before reaching the public, one of China's largest companies in Sichuan province announced on December 26, 2011 that a large batch of milk was found containing excess levels of the cancer-causing substanc..
Warning News - 28 Dec 2011 The World and British Anti-Doping Agencies issue a joint warning advising athletes to avoid organ meats such as liver in the upcoming 2012 Olympics as these may contain the drug clenbuterol, which is fed to livestock in some countries and is not only..
Relief news from the Philippines - 2 Jan 2012 Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association relief news from the Philippines. As rain leading to overflowing rivers from tropical storm Sendong caused flash flooding in the Mindanao region of the Philippines on December 17, over 1,250 people t..
Relief news from Honduras and Nicaragua - 17 Dec 2011 Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association relief news from Honduras and Nicaragua. As of mid-December 2011, tens of thousands of people in Central America have still been struggling to recover from devastating floods in October, which caused..
Iraqi groups agree to proposal of peace - 27 Dec 2011 In a meeting held on Saturday, December 24, participants that included representatives of all Iraqi political parties as well as scholars and tribal leaders signed an accord proposed by leading cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to help foster the nation's stabi..
US troops return home from Iraq - 17 Dec 2011 In a ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, December 15, US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced that the US mission in Iraq had officially come to an end. Leon Panetta: Challenges remain, but the United States will be there to stand by the Ir..
More stringent measures seeing reduced US alcohol-related accidents - 30 Dec 2011 In its 2011 annual report, the US organization Mothers Against Drunk Driving has given top five-star ratings to the states of Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska and Utah for their legislation to halt driving while under the influence of alcohol. Eff..
Central Moscow to be alcohol-free on New Year’s Eve - 24 Dec 2011 Extending a ban that already has been imposed on the sale of hard liquor after 11PM, the municipal government of Moscow, Russia announced that starting at 7 PM on December 31, through 8 AM the following morning, all alcohol sales will be prohibited i..
Illegal drug users in Russia to be charged with a criminal offense. - 4 May 2011 With an estimated 2.5 million Russians addicted and 30,000 who die annually to heroin alone, President Dmitry Medvedev has declared the situation a national disaster and along with administration members is overseeing the creation of new laws to redu..
Smoking during pregnancy harms the circulation of the unborn child - 31 Dec 2011 A study conducted with 259 children by scientists at the University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands has found that children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy have artery walls that are thicker and stiffer compared to the children whose ..
Quit-smoking program for teens uses tech tools - 28 Dec 2011 As many young adults in the US resolve to quit the harmful habit of smoking for the New Year, the National Cancer Institute and the government partner in a new program that employs texting, a smart phone application, and the website teen.smokefree.go..
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