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Harvard: Lab Workers Poisoned By Tainted Coffee

AP | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

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BOSTON — Six Harvard University medical researchers were poisoned in August after drinking coffee that was laced with a chemical preservative, a...

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Shock And Caw: Pesky Starlings Sill Overwhelm

AP | MIKE STARK | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Birds, Starlings, Starling Flocks, Pests, North America, Bird Strikes, Most Hated Bird, Shakespeare, Poison, Green News

SALT LAKE CITY — The next time the sky darkens with a flock of noisy unwelcome starlings, blame Shakespeare – or, better yet, a few of his...

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A Long-Overdue Apology to Bret Michaels.

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 07.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Soup, Carrie Prejean, Bret Michaels, Liza Minnelli, Tony Awards, Broadway Theater, Sexually-Transmitted Diseases, Poison, Entertainment News
Tallulah Morehead

I sincerely hope that your injuries are not as painful as listening to your performance was. I wish you well with your recovery.

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Agricultural Pesticides a Major Threat to Lions

Panthera | Posted 05.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Poison, Lion, Hunting, Ranching, Panthera, Africa, Furadan, Conservation, Pesticide, 60 Minutes, Green News
Panthera

Sold legally to farmers for their crops, Furadan is all too accessible to herders, ranchers and pastoralists who use it to poison predators which might kill their livestock.

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Poison: One Lump or Two?

Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 03.15.2009 | Style

Read More: Candy, Toxic Chemicals, Valentine's Day, Pesticides, Poison, Usda, Sugar Beets, Monsanto, Style News
Andrew Kimbrell

As with mercury levels in corn syrup, our government agencies have simply not taken the time to conduct proper research, preferring rather to push genetically modified sugar beat initiatives at the whim of Monsanto and other agribusinesses.

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Chocolate or Pills Which Is Worse for Pets?

Cindy Letchworth | Posted 03.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Poison, Aspca, Cats, Poison Remedies, Chocolate, Valentine's Day, Animals, Medications, Dogs, Living News
Cindy Letchworth

The ASPCA has reminded us pet lovers that certain valentine treats can be harmful to our furry companions.

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Taking Mercury off the Table

Sloan Barnett | Posted 01.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Living Advice, Toxic Chemicals, Mercury Poisoning Symptoms, Poison, Mercury, Environment, Green Living, Mercury Poisoning, Chemicals, Pollution, Green Living Tips, Green News
Sloan Barnett

Emissions from coal-fired power plants release airborne mercury, which eventually settles in bodies of water and, with the help of bacteria, is transformed into the very toxic methyl mercury.

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Rain, Autism, and Mercury

David Kirby | Posted 12.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Mercury, Rain, Autism Mercury, Autism, Autism Vaccines, Poison, Children, Babies, Toxins, Living News
David Kirby

A new study makes one thing fairly clear to me: Autism is not a purely genetic disorder -- our changing, endangered, dirty environment is playing a role.

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Alabama Dems Benefit From GOP Congressman's Toxic Ties To Saddam

Nathaniel Bach | Posted 10.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq Study Group, Tull Chemical Company, Mike Rogers, Poison, Alabama, Josh Segall, Saddam Hussein, Campaign Contributions, Sodium Fluoroacetate, Peter DeFazio, Alabama House Races, Compound 1080, Home News
Nathaniel Bach

GOP candidate Mike Rogers took money from a donor whose poison was found in the hands of Hussein's regime. The poison-maker also contributed to Roger's personal PAC shortly after a bill to ban the substance was introduced to a House Committee on which Rogers sits.

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The VMAs Need To Call It A Day

Jason Notte | Posted 10.10.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears, Eminem, Jordin Sparks, Pee Wee Herman, Vmas, Poison, Sarah Palin, C.C. Deville, Brett Michaels, High School Musical 3, Heidi Montag, Lil' Kim, Courtney Love, Axl Rose, Sumner Redstone, Dave Grohl, The HIlls, Disney, Mtv, Vince Neil, Perez Hilton, Madonna, Guns 'N' Roses, Video Music Awards, John Norris, Kurt Loder, The Jonas Brothers, Tom Petty, Barack Obama, Katy Perry, Foo Fighters, Diana Ross, Lauren Conrad, David Lee Roth, Christina Aguilera, Axl, Jimmy Fallon, Entertainment News
Jason Notte

Sadly, with the advent of antidepressants and the rise of Disney on the Billboard charts, Kid Rock and Tommy Lee's slap fight last year may have provided the show's last unscripted punch.

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A Night Out With Poison's Bret Michaels

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2008 | Entertainment

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THE beer was chilling inside Bret Michaels's dark wood-paneled tour bus just minutes after a recent set at the Meadowlands when word filtered back to ...

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Poison's Rikki Rockett Arrested On Rape Charge

AP | Posted 04.05.2008 | Entertainment

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PHILADELPHIA, Miss. — Poison drummer Rikki Rockett was arrested on a rape warrant and his case was turned over to the district attorney's office...

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