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How Canada stole the American Dream DUNCAN HOOD | June 25, 2008 ...The wealth numbers, in particular, are shocking. As of 2005, the median family in Canada was worth US$122,600, according to Statistics Canada, while the U.S. Federal Reserve pegged the median American family at US$93,100 in 2004....
Tennessee ranks high in obesity By: Emily Bregel The South still leads the nation in obesity rates, with Tennessee ranking in the top three for the heaviest population, according to the most recent government data. Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee head up the list of the nation’s most obese...
CFLs or Compact fluorescent lights, you know the "curly bulbs" that are all the rage. Legislation was passed that phases out all incandescent lighting by 2012. The problem? You can't just throw them away in some states and I'm sure other states will be passing laws that prohibit public disposal. If...
WASHINGTON, July 11, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Statement of David Moulton, Director of Climate Policy, The Wilderness Society ..."Today the EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) is expected to make it official: our nation's protector of the environment has decided to take a...
By H. JOSEF HEBERT 28 Apr 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration is undermining the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to determine health dangers of toxic chemicals by letting nonscientists have a bigger — often secret — say, congressional investigators say in a report obtained...
U.S. Identifies Tainted Heparin in 11 Countries By GARDINER HARRIS The New York Times Published: April 22, 2008 WASHINGTON — A contaminated blood thinner from China has been found in drug supplies in 11 countries, and federal officials said Monday they had discovered a clear link between the...
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