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Little Progress So Far on U.S. Goal of Cutting Food Waste in Half
While 1 in 8 Americans are considered to be "food insecure," an estimated 40 percent of the nation's supply of fruits, vegetables, dairy and meat goes to waste, discarded by farmers, retailers, restaurant owners and households.
Most States Legalizing Pot Growing Have Yet to Grapple with Power Demand
Cannabis cultivation in the United States this year will consume 1.8 million megawatt-hours of electricity, about as much as the nation’s 15,000 Starbucks stores.
Golf, Pesticides and a Father’s Death
Harold Nisker can be seen on a 1980s home video, golf club in hand, at a course back-dropped by the Rocky Mountains in Banff, Alberta. "I think the greens are very bad. And I can't putt," he says to the camera. "Other than that I'm having a great time."
Safety Agency Probes Data Breach Amid Complaints About Muzzling of Hazard Information
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is struggling to contain the fallout from a data breach involving thousands of companies, highlighting the tension between the agency's mandate to protect consumers and to prevent reputational damage to product makers.
Soaring Costs But Meager Progress in Cleanup of ‘Scariest’ Nuclear Sites
The progress of a Department of Energy program to clean up the nation’s most dangerous nuclear waste sites appears to be slowing down even though it’s still devouring billions of dollars.
Job-Related Falls Should Be Easy to Prevent, But Workers Are Still Dying in Record Numbers
Last August, Higinio Romero was working on the roof of a condo in South Florida when he slipped and fell two stories, landing on rocks below. Emergency workers found him unconscious and bleeding from his ears. Romero — a father of two children, 4 months old and 10 years old — died about an hour later. According to a sheriff’s report, he had unclipped his safety harness shortly before the fall.
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Lead Exposure in Older Homes Means Children “Pay With Their Lives”
Q&A: Authors Say Toll From the Toxic Metal Still Plagues U.S.
By Lilly Fowler on April 11, 2013
U.S. health authorities estimate that about 535,000 children are still at risk of developmental problems due to elevated levels of lead in their blood. In an interview, public health historians Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner discuss the history and scope of the lead problem.
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