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 [R Reflections] E-Waste: Where thousands more are exported, often illegally, from the Europe, US, Japan and other industrialized countries to the subcontinent, Asia itself discards an estimated 12 million tonnes each year. Electronic waste now makes up a whopping five percent of all solid waste worldwide.

[mark:mywords] Dangerous Tuna? Dangerous Environment...: Today, The New York Times published an Editorial in response to those findings saying that the Mercury levels found in tuna represent the deteriorating state of our oceans...and our environment. Interesting reading.

[down the avenue] More on Dangerous Levels of Mercury in Sushi: Source: Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences Institute. It continues to report that the FDA has rarely, if ever, taken any tuna off the market.

 [Sharkle's Video] Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs - The DANGERS!: So the energy-savings reduces more mercury in the environment than is added by the potential disposal problem of the bulb. When fluorescent bulbs are properly recycled, there is a major reduction in environmental mercury from the energy .

 [Main Feed - Environmental Defense] Press Release: Independent Research by The New York Times Reveals ...: January 23, 2008) Tuna with unsafe levels of mercury is on dinner menus at some of New York’s most well known and expensive eateries, according to a report in today’s New York Times. At some restaurants, mercury levels in tuna sushi even exceeded limits set by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

[thedailygreen.com article feed] Dangerous Levels of Mercury in Tuna Nationwide: Mercury is a potent neurotoxin and can hinder the development of infant and children's brains as well as potentially impact the health of adults. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration can remove fish from shelves if it bears more than 1 part-per-million of the metal, a level eight of the restaurants in the survey exceeded.

 [Buckeye State Blog - Pamphleteers of the Revolution] Super Duper Tuesday Results Thread: 5745, In congressional voting bender, Pryce tries to screw farmers, kids, and the environment, story, Thu, 08/02/2007 - 11:28am, Yes, No, Yes. 5744, One of My Big Problems With The Opinion, story, Thu, 08/02/2007 - 10:59am, Yes, No, Yes .

 [olyecology weblog] 282 - Earth's Tree News: The state owns about 13 percent of Ohio's 8.5 million acres of woodlands. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/01/ohios_forests_are_expanding_an.html Maine: 23) So how much carbon does a development emit? Environment Northeast estimates ...

[Jon Cogburn's Blog] wisdom from Ron Rosenbaum: But they also often contain mercury,one of the most damaging””and lasting””environmental toxins. Not a ton ofmercury, but still: A whole new CFL recycling structure will berequired to prevent us from releasing deadly neurotoxins into the watertable.

[Myke's Weblog] Breaking a Fluorescent bulb can be dangerous: The most important thing to remember is to never use a vacuum .A standard vacuum will spread mercury containing dust throughout the area as well as potentially contaminating the vacuum.

[The CW11 Morning News Blog] Dr. Steve: Vaccines vs. Autism, Your Blue-Eyed Daddy & The 2-Liter ...: Researchers from the university of Cincinnati tested polycarbonate plastic bottles and exposed them briefly to boiling hot water and found that the plastic released a chemical called bisphenol a or BPA which is an environmental estrogen. After coming in contact with the hot water, BPA was released 55 times more rapidly than with cold water.

 [Mouth of Tampa Bay: A restaurant blog | tampabay.com - St. Petersburg Times and tbt*] Mercury in fish--what do we need to know?: According to the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch, bacteria in water transform mercury into methylmercury. Smaller bottom feeders absorb the methylmercury, which they then pass up the food chain in higher concentrations.

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