Environmental Health NewsLinks to articles in today's press about environmental health. Many more links available today at www.EnvironmentalHealthNews.orgWhat the Mississippi River flood tells us about global warming.- June 19, 2008 The slug of slow-moving destruction that is making its way from Iowa down the Mississippi River Valley is extraordinary by any measure.http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/mississippi-river-flooding-47061801 Iowa flooding could be an act of man, experts say.- June 19, 2008 Some scientists suspect that Iowa's natural disaster wasn't really all that natural, and that changes in the land, recently and over time, have made Iowa land not only highly profitable but also highly vulnerable to flooding.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061803371.html Growing strengthand dividein climate opinion.- June 19, 2008 Although recent polls show that a majority of Americans are willing to tackle climate change, the political divide over this issue is deepening.http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2008/jun/policy/ee_climateopinion.html Midwest floods dredge up dispute.- June 19, 2008 As the Mississippi breaches levees, drowns crops and submerges towns, a debate is intensifying among scientists, environmentalists and developers about whether development not only flirts with disaster, but helps cause it.http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121379518004684125.html Its time for my bath! British keyboards beg to be cleaned.- June 19, 2008 Last month, British microbiologist Peter Wilson released his revolting finding that a persons keyboard could harbor five times as many bacteria as a toilet seat.http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/06/16/its-time-for-my-bath-british-keyboa... Lower Murray River 'is nearing collapse.'- June 19, 2008 The Water Minister denied that federal and state governments were too slow to deal with the drought-ravaged Murray-Darling Basin crisis, as scientists predicted parts of the river faced "complete ecological collapse" within months.http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23887065-30417,00.html How much does animal testing tell us- June 19, 2008 The basic reason for animal trials is to determine two issues before any new compound is introduced into a human: safety and efficacy, whether a compound is safe for human ingestion and also whether or not a product works for its intended purpose.http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1815241,00.html Oyster larvae hit by bacteria.- June 19, 2008 Biologists are waging war against a bacteria in the Pacific that may be related to a "dead zone" of low oxygen plus warmer temperatures, and that has been killing oyster larvae and threatening to cripple the $111-million-a-year shellfish industry.http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/jun/18/oyster-larvae-hit-by-bacteria/ Catch-22: Feds cut climate research to save fuel.- June 19, 2008 They haven't rechristened a ship the Irony, but federal researchers are canceling and cutting back on voyages aimed at studying climate change and ocean ecosystems so they can save money on boat fuel.http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/06/18/fuel_prices_research.html Scientists fighting disease with climate forecasts.- June 19, 2008 With climate change come new threats to life, and scientists hope to be able to better predict them as they forecast the weather.http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2008/06/18/scientists_fighting_disease_wi... |