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June
Dangers of Spray-on Sunscreen
EarthTalk® E - The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Isn’t spray sunscreen a health and environmental nightmare when it seems that more of the sunscreen ends up going up my nose than on the kid at the beach next to me? -- Lillian Robertson, Methuen, MA
Rethinking Nuclear Energy
EarthTalk® E - The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Radioactive rain recently fell in Massachusetts, likely due to Japan’s nuclear mess.
Power Argument: The Need for Nuclear Energy
The television screen flashed with the horrific images coming from thousands of miles away.
Farm-raised Fish Isn't Mercury Free
EarthTalk® E - The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: I thought “farm raised” was the way to go when buying fish, to avoid mercury contamination.
Cleaning Up Dirty Coal
EarthTalk® E - The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that only a handful of outdated coal-burning power plants generate a sizable amount of the mercury pollution generated in the United States? If so, is anything being done to clean these sites up or shut them down? -- Frank...
West Virginia Gubernatorial Primary Shapes 2012 Challenges for Progressives
Earl Ray Tomblin and Bill Maloney, Democrat and Republican, will line up alongside Mountain Party candidate Bob Henry in October for a special election to determine a successor to the unexpired term of Joe Manchin, former Governor, who replaced the late Sen. Robert Byrd last fall.
