Wednesday, May 14, 2003
Where's Lorax when you need him?
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Autism cases in California nearly doubled over the past four years to more than 20,000 -- a phenomenon whose cause may be difficult to pinpoint because it is not related to population increases or the way the disorder is diagnosed, a state study said on Tuesday.-Yahoo
More than 29.6 million California residents are breathing dirty air, as the outdoor air in 34 counties received an "F" for ozone air pollution (smog), according to the American Lung Association's annual State of the Air report-California Lung Association
They couldn't be related could they? Nah.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, June 18 (IPS) - Continued high rates of birth defects have been reported in the industrial areas along Mexico's border with Texas state of Texas, despite promises that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) would address such problems.-Oneworld.org
The Natural Resources Defense Council, for example, described Mr. Bush's policy on the environment in a recent report as a "fundamental threat more sweeping and dangerous than any since the dawn of the modern environmental movement in 1970."-NY Times
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