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World's highest drug levels entering India stream
PATANCHERU, India - When researchers analyzed vials of treated wastewater taken from a plant where about 90 Indian drug factories dump their residues, they were shocked. Enough of a single, powerful antibiotic was being spewed into one stream each day to treat every person in a city of 90,000.
Nations:U.S. Sweden India Source:(AP)
2009-01-25
Mont., fed gov't loosen rules on Yellowstone bison
BOZEMAN, Mont. - State and federal officials have agreed to allow bison to migrate into parts of Montana from Yellowstone National Park -- a move expected to slow but not stop an annual slaughter of the animals.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-12-18
Food crunch opens doors to bioengineered crops
KUNMING, China - Zeng Yawen's outdoor laboratory in the terraced hills of southern China is a trove of genetic potential -- rice that thrives in unusually cool temperatures, high altitudes or in dry soil; rice rich in calcium, vitamins or iron.
Nations:China Philippines India Argentina Brazil Switzerland People:Wen Jiabao Activities:Global Food Crisis
2008-11-30
Japanese clone mouse from frozen cell, aim for mammoths
TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese scientists said Tuesday they had created a mouse from a dead cell frozen for 16 years, taking a step in the long impossible dream of bringing back extinct animals such as mammoths.
Nations:Japan South Korea Source:(AFP)
2008-11-04
Eating kangaroos could help fight global warming: scientist
SYDNEY (AFP) - An offbeat suggestion that Australians should eat kangaroos instead of cattle and sheep has been given a scientific stamp of approval by the government's top climate change adviser.
Nations:Australia Source:(AFP)
2008-10-02
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