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April 28, 2004: World Food Prices Rising: Environmental Neglect Shrinking Harvests in Key Countries
National Bureau of Statistics reports that retail food prices in March were 7.9 percent higher than in March 2003. The price of vegetable oil is up by 26 percent, meat by 15 percent, and eggs by 19 percent ...
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King County Environmental Purchasing Policy
(Ord. 14811 § 31, 2003: Ord. 9240 § 9, 1989). 10 ...
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Post-Secondary Education Statistics in 2001
Average salaries for men in 1998-99 ($58,048) were considerably higher than the average for women ($47, ... 24 percent, bachelor's degrees increased 18 percent, master's degrees increased 41 percent, and doctor's degrees increased 17 percent during this period. The number of first-professional degrees was 13 percent higher ...
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President Must Address Veterans' Side of Nuclear Nightmare
An Institute of Medicine study released in October found a 50 percent higher leukemia-death rate among land-based military personnel in the Nevada desert who participated in ... troops who did not. Death rates for prostate and nasal cancers were upwards of 20 percent higher for atomic-test participants, according to the IOM study. Science, once again, proved what The ...
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New Rules Project - Agriculture - Back the Dairy Compact - column by Stacy Mitchell
The second argument against the compact is that higher ... region has increased by only 3 percent. Meanwhile, milk production nationally grew by more than 8 percent. The real threat to ... far away as New Mexico. Miami milk prices are 20 percent higher than in Boston and Chicago. Certainly, if New England's ...
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additives harmful
Click Here to submit it for approval. Are Women at Higher Risk for Cancer?? Why a Natural Fiber Chemical Free Mattress? ... percent more headaches and were 19 percent more likely to suffer from depression, and infants under six months of age had 30 percent more ear infections and 22 percent higher ... women who work in the home are at a 54% higher risk of developing cancer than women who work outside the ...
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EIA - Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the U.S. 2006-Overview
Relatively robust economic growth in 2006, at 2.9 percent, coupled with a 1.5-percent drop in total greenhouse gas emissions, led to the ... by an average of 2.5 percent per year, resulting in a total reduction of almost 10 percent from 2002 to 2006. The steady ... level of total U.S. carbon dioxide equivalent emissions is 0.6 percent higher when the GWPs from the Third Assessment Report are used; however, ...
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Ocean level, temperature rising at higher than expected rates | Rodale Institute
An international team of researchers reports the rise in ocean temperatures and the subsequent rise in sea levels were 50 percent higher than the levels ... warming is greatest in the upper ocean” where expansion rates exceed the additional 50 percent temperature increase. Full story: Science Daily Bookmark/Search this post with: Hugg Delicious Digg ...
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Gunderboom, Inc. | In partnership with seventy percent of the Earth
Gunderboom, Inc. | In partnership with seventy percent of the Earth What is turbidity and why is it a problem? Turbidity refers to ... amount of total suspended solids (TSS) in the water, the murkier it appears and the higher the measured turbidity. The major source of turbidity in the open water zone of most ...
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Gunderboom, Inc. | In partnership with seventy percent of the Earth
Gunderboom, Inc. | In partnership with seventy percent of the Earth Gunderboom® PCS™ Particulate Control System (continued) How the PCS™ works. The PCS™ ... billets and anchored in place. Depending on particulate concentrations, required flow rate, and other parameters, higher levels of control may be achieved by using different fabrics, multiple layers, multiple booms and ...
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