Diesel report’s publication delayed as industry demands to see documents first Publication of a landmark government study probing whether diesel engine exhaust causes lung cancer in miners — already 20 years in the making — has been delayed by industry and congressional insistence on seeing study data and documents before the public does. Read full [...]
Senators push for bill to approve Keystone pipeline A group of 44 U.S. senators, all Republican but one, have signed on to proposed legislation that would authorize the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL oil pipeline despite the refusal of President Obama to advance the project. Read full article >> Digest powered by RSS Digest
Long-term-care insurance offers protection, but it’s not right for everyone In the last years of Martin Privot’s life, his family had to start selling his assets to pay for his nursing home costs. “He needed 24-hour care and couldn’t be left alone,” recalls his daughter Toni Footer. “My biggest fear was we would run [through [...]
Nicotine replacement therapy may work fine in clinical trials, but not so much in the real world. That’s according to research published Monday in the journal Tobacco Control. The study, by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and the University of Massachusetts, Boston, tracked 787 adults who had quit smoking. Read full article [...]
Researchers propose putting a price on whales Hoping to defuse a three-decade-long feud over whale hunting, three academics are making an audacious proposal: the world should put a price on killing whales, and allow conservationists and whalers alike to bid on the right to take them. Read full article >> Digest powered by RSS Digest