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Lead Exposure Can Cause Accelerated Decline in Cognition in Older Women

The April 2009 issue of the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) reports on a study examining the association of chronic low-level exposure to lead and accelerated declines in cognition in women age 47–74 years.

29 Mar 2009

UN Climate Chief Takes Earth Hour Message to Climate Change Talks

UN climate chief Yvo de Boer today urged delegates to crucial negotiations starting today to take heed of yesterday’s Earth Hour call from hundreds of millions of people wanting decisive global action on climate change this year

29 Mar 2009

Florida to Get World's Second Largest Solar Power Plant

Lauren Engineers and Constructors recently signed a contract with Florida Power and Light Company (FPL) as the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for a new 75 MW Concentrated Solar Power Plant located near Indiantown, FL

29 Mar 2009

Centex Constructing Energy Efficient Homes in Minneapolis Area

Centex Corporation today announced that construction is under way on Centex Energy Advantage homes across the Minneapolis metro area

29 Mar 2009

Frozen Antarctic Dust May Answer Climate Change Questions

Dust trapped deep in Antarctic ice sheets is helping scientists unravel details of past climate change

29 Mar 2009

TrickleSaver Energy Saving Devices Coming to Australia and New Zealand

Australians and New Zealanders will soon be able to save 'trickling' power, save money AND save the planet by using 'TrickleSaver' energy saving devices

29 Mar 2009

Environmental Groups List Georgia-Pacific Gypsum's Moisture and Mold-Resistant Tile Backer

Georgia-Pacific Gypsum is announcing that DensShield tile backer, the only tile backer with a built-in barrier to prevent moisture penetration, has been listed by two leading environmental organizations

29 Mar 2009

New Research Suggests That Climate Change Will Shift the Use of Agricultural Chemicals and May Harm Humans

New research suggests that increasing changes in global climate and oscillations in atmospheric temperatures may shift the use and spread of agricultural chemicals and pathogens, resulting in potentially harmful human exposures

29 Mar 2009

MIT Study Labels Modern Manufacturing as Spectacularly Inefficient

Modern manufacturing methods are spectacularly inefficient in their use of energy and materials, according to a detailed MIT analysis of the energy use of 20 major manufacturing processes

29 Mar 2009

Global Warming Effects on Spiders May Lead to Bird Extinctions

Warm summers are dramatically reducing populations of daddy long legs, which in turn is having a severe impact on the bird populations which rely on them for food

29 Mar 2009

Nanotech Treatment for Solar Cells Boosts Efficiency

Using two different types of chemical etching to create features at both the micron and nanometer size scales, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a surface treatment that boosts the light absorption of silicon photovoltaic cells in two complementary ways

29 Mar 2009